English for Medical Sciences     This course is student-active, and is designed to develop autonomous skills through an ordered approach to Reading (more info.)  Spring (2008/2009) This course comprises relatively short reading texts at the general level.  (more info.)  Spring(2008/2009) In this course attention is focused on the ESP aspect of the program (more info.) Spring (2008/2009) English 123 Course is a beginner's level course based on a communicative syllabus and a broad integrated multi-syllabus approach (more info.) Spring (2008/2009) The course is constructed around the central idea of preparing the students to listen to and interact with university-level lectures in English. (more info.) Spring (2008/2009) This course is student-centered, and is designed to develop autonomous skills through an ordered approach to Reading. (more info.) Spring (2008/2009) The Listening/Speaking component is carried out in the language laboratory through the use of audio tapes. (more info.) Spring (2008/20089) This course represents the final stage in the series of courses designed for Pre-Med. students. Attention is focused on the ESP component of the program. (more info.) Spring (2008/2009)   COURSE DESCRIPTION: Najm 112 Course Name Najm 112: English for Nursing Contact Hours 3 Credit Hours 3 Pre-requisite Najm 124 Core book Reading Power, 2nd edition, by Beatrice S. Mikulecky and Linda Jeffries This course is student-active, and is designed to develop autonomous skills through an ordered approach to Reading.  Reading Power is divided into four major sections: the first one is motivational in nature, as it includes reading-for-pleasure topics.  The second and third sections target thinking and comprehension skills, respectively.  The last section aims at training the students to read faster. Objectives: 1.                  To inculcate the habit of reading in English mostly at the general level 2.                  To stimulate critical and participatory approaches to reading 3.                  To develop autonomous skills in reading 4.                  To develop mostly general lexical skills 5.                  To encourage the development of reading-related skills, such as previewing, anticipation, inference, scanning and skimming  Instruction method: There will be a context preview as a pre-reading task at the beginning of each class.  Teaching proceeds through active involvement of the student in both the discussion and the reading of the material. Evaluation: There will be two mid-terms, carrying 25% of the total grade each and a final exam (50%).   COURSE DESCRIPTION: 113 Course Name Najm 113: English for Nursing Contact Hours 3 Credit Hours 3 Pre-requisite Najm 124 Core book Cause and Effect, by Patricia Ackert This course comprises relatively short reading texts at the general level.  The readings aim at further developing general reading skills and vocabulary buil-up. Objectives: 1.                  To inculcate the habit of reading in English mostly at the general level 2.                  To develop autonomous skills in reading 3.                  To develop mostly general lexical skills Instruction method: There will be a context preview as a pre-reading task at the beginning of each class.  Teaching proceeds through active involvement of the student in both the discussion and the reading of the material. Evaluation: There will be two mid-terms, carrying 25% of the total grade each and a final exam (50%).   COURSE DESCRIPTION: 114 Course Name Najm 114: English for Nursing Contact Hours 3 Credit Hours 3 Pre-requisite Najm 124 Core book The Language of Medicine in English, by Ethel Tiersky & Martin Tiersky In this course attention is focused on the ESP aspect of the program.  The Language of Medicine in English provides the students with a variety of readings in the medical field in general. Objectives: 1.                  To familiarize the students with medical readings 2.                  To provide them with a substantial amount of medical terms. Instruction method: Teaching proceeds through active involvement of the student in both the discussion and the reading of the material. Evaluation:  There will be two mid-terms, carrying 25% of the total grade each and a final exam (50%).   COURSE DESCRIPTION: 131 Course Name Najm 131: Listening/Speaking Contact Hours 2 Credit Hours 4 Pre-requisite Najm 124 Core book Contemporary Topics (Advanced listening comprehension), by    David Beglar & Neil Murray (Longman Publishing Group) The course is constructed around the central idea of preparing the students to listen to and interact with university-level lectures in English.  Objectives: 1.                  To help the students to concentrate while listening 2.                  To develop general listening/speaking skills 3.                  To train the students to take notes while listening 4.                  To suggest approaches to the understanding of intonation, syllabification, stress 5.                  and sound production Instruction method: Teaching will be conducted in the language laboratory through the use of audio tapes.  First, there will be warm-up activities consisting in topic and vocabulary preview before the actual listening to the tapes begins.  Listening is carried out in two stages, during which the students are encouraged to take notes, review key ideas, retain information and apply what they have learned. Evaluation: There will be two mid-terms, carrying 25% of the total grade each and a final exam (50%).     COURSE DESCRIPTION: 132  Course Name Najm 132: Reading Contact Hours 2 Credit Hours 4 Pre-requisite Najm 131 Core book More Reading Power, 2nd edition, by Beatrice S. Mikulecky and Linda Jeffries (Longman Inc., 1998)  This course is student-active, and is designed to develop autonomous skills through an ordered approach to Reading.  More Reading Power is divided into four major sections: the first one is motivational in nature, as it includes reading-for-pleasure topics.  The second and third sections target thinking and comprehension skills, respectively.  The last section aims at training the students to read faster. Objectives: 1.                  To inculcate the habit of reading in English mostly at the general level 2.                  To stimulate critical and participatory approaches to reading 3.                  To develop autonomous skills in reading 4.                  To develop mostly general lexical skills 5.                  To encourage the development of reading-related skills, such as previewing, 6.                  anticipation, inference, scanning and skimming Instruction method: There will be a context preview as a pre-reading task at the beginning of each class.  Teaching proceeds through active involvement of the student in both the discussion and the reading of the material.  Evaluation: There will be two mid-terms, carrying 25% of the total grade each and a final exam (50%).      COURSE DESCRIPTION: 133  Course Name Najm 133: Writing Contact Hours 2 Credit Hours 4 Pre-requisite Najm 131 and 132 Core book First Steps in Academic Writing, by Ann Hogue  The course is an initiation into the general principles of expository writing.  First Steps in Academic Writing incorporates students’ culture and personal experiences to teach them how to organize their thoughts and other aspects of the writing process. Objectives: 1.      To develop outlining and summarizing skills 2.      To develop general writing skills with special reference to spelling, punctuation, paragraphing, layout, etc. 3.      To develop the autonomous skill of self-expression Instruction method: The course features a number of pre-writing activities at the beginning of each unit, which would stimulate the students toward active participation in classroom discussions.  However, the focus of each unit is writing assignment.  Assignments are submitted to the instructor and are then discussed in order to expose major writing errors to the students as well as to commend outstanding writing. Evaluation: There will be two mid-terms, carrying 25% of the total grade each and a final exam.   COURSE DESCRIPTION:123   Najm 123: Architecture students  Course Name 3 Contact Hours 3 Credit Hours N/A Pre-requisite Enterprise 1: Beginner Coursebook. Virginia Evans & Jenny Dooley. (Express Publishing) ISBN: 1-84216-886-X Enterprise 1: Beginner Workbook. Virginia Evans & Jenny Dooley. (Express Publishing) ISBN: 1-84216-888-6 Core book English 123 Course is a beginner's level course based on a communicative syllabus and a broad integrated multi-syllabus approach intended to enable the student to rapidly reach a reasonable level of proficiency in reading, writing, speaking and listening at elementary level; that is, the objective is to develop the students' overall communicative competence. By the end of the 123 Course students will have begun to acquire and master the integrative skills they will need for their future academic studies. The syllabus covers the first half of the course book and provides a systematic focus at a basic level to grammar and language functions, vocabulary and the four skill areas. In the grammar component students are shown how the language works and provided with a frame of reference they can consult. New language is presented through dialogues and reading texts. The course material is functionally based and task-oriented, but includes patterns of the language to be practiced in reading, writing and conversation. The class work is extended by use of the practice book and other supplementary material, all of which provides additional practice in grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing and listening.
Course Name	Najm 133: Writing
Contact Hours	2
Credit Hours	4
Pre-requisite	Najm 131 and 132
Core book	First Steps in Academic Writing, by Ann Hogue

 The course is an initiation into the general principles of expository writing.  First Steps in Academic Writing incorporates students’ culture and personal experiences to teach them how to organize their thoughts and other aspects of the writing process.

Objectives:

1.      To develop outlining and summarizing skills

2.      To develop general writing skills with special reference to spelling, punctuation, paragraphing, layout, etc.

3.      To develop the autonomous skill of self-expression

Instruction method:

The course features a number of pre-writing activities at the beginning of each unit, which would stimulate the students toward active participation in classroom discussions.  However, the focus of each unit is writing assignment.  Assignments are submitted to the instructor and are then discussed in order to expose major writing errors to the students as well as to commend outstanding writing.

Evaluation:

There will be two mid-terms, carrying 25% of the total grade each and a final exam.

English 123 Course is a beginner's level course based on a communicative syllabus and a broad integrated multi-syllabus approach intended to enable the student to rapidly reach a reasonable level of proficiency in reading, writing, speaking and listening at elementary level; that is, the objective is to develop the students' overall communicative competence. By the end of the 123 Course students will have begun to acquire and master the integrative skills they will need for their future academic studies.

The syllabus covers the first half of the course book and provides a systematic focus at a basic level to grammar and language functions, vocabulary and the four skill areas. In the grammar component students are shown how the language works and provided with a frame of reference they can consult. New language is presented through dialogues and reading texts. The course material is functionally based and task-oriented, but includes patterns of the language to be practiced in reading, writing and conversation. The class work is extended by use of the practice book and other supplementary material, all of which provides additional practice in grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing and listening.