COURSE SYLLABUS IN ENGLISH 111 (ENGLISH FOR STUDY AND THINKING SKILLS)

I. Course Code ENGLISH 111

II. Course Title ENGLISH FOR STUDY AND THINKING SKILLS
III. Course Description/ Credit Units/ Prerequisites/ Time Allotted English 111 provides the students with thinking skills and
language learning strategies necessary for academic studies. It
offers learning tasks that will not only make the students learn
about the language but also improve their knowledge or
intelligence as they use the English language in speaking,
listening, reading, and writing.

No. of Credit Units: 3 No. of Hours per Week: 3 (3 Hours lecture) Total time allotment: 54 Hours Prerequisites: None

IV. Course Contents:
Objectives Teaching Contents Strategies Values Infused Instructional
Devices and
Materials
Evaluation
Instruments
3. At the end of the
lesson, the students
should be able to:

A. General Objective
improve
reading
comprehensio
n.

B. Specific Objectives
3.1 Reading
Comprehensio
n
3.2 Levels of
Thinking
3.3 Importance Of
Critical and
Creative
Thinking
3.4 Kinds of
Reading
Multi-media
approach
Lecture
Method
Inculcate the
value of making
good judgments
or decisions
Stimulating
students
imagination for
them to become
creative readers.
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Essay
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Task &
Rubric
define what is
reading;
identify the
different levels
of thinking;
describe the
different kinds
of reading;
look for the
main idea of
the paragraph;
and
develop
reading
comprehensio
n.
3.5 Getting the
Main Idea
4. At the end of the
lesson, at least 75% of
the students should be
able to:

A. General Objective
understand
how to skim
and to scan
reading
materials.

B. Specific Objectives
define
skimming and
scanning in
their own
words;
4.1 Skimming and
Scanning

Multi-media
Approach
Lecture
Method

Applying the
skills of
skimming and
scanning in
dealing with
various reading
materials
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differentiate
skimming and
scanning;
identify the
reading
technique
required for
the given
activities;
realize how
skimming and
scanning can
help them in
their studies
and work; and
apply
skimming and
scanning to
various
reading
materials.
5. At the end of the
lesson, the students
should be able to:

A. General Objective
draw
conclusions,
and make
inferences and
predictions.

B. Specific Objectives
distinguish the
5.1 Drawing
Inferences
(Making
Predictions)
5.2 Drawing
Conclusions
Multi-Media
Approach
Lecture
Method
Experiential
Learning
Realizing the
uniqueness of
the human
personality
Being conscious
about the
importance of
factual evidence
over
assumptions.
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relationships
of conclusion,
inference and
prediction;
develop the
skills in
drawing
conclusions
and making
inferences and
predictions;
and
answer the
following
passages using
the learned
skills.
7. At the end of the
lesson, the students
should be able to:
A. General Objective
understand
how to
compare and
contrast.

B. Specific Objectives
differentiate
comparison
and contrast;
identify the
signal words
used in the
selection;
7.1 Making
Comparison
and Contrast
Multi-media
Approach
Lecture
Method
Cooperative
Learning
Approach
Instilling value
and art of logical
reasoning and
applying it in
real-life
situations
Promoting the
idea of good
relations as a
sign of good
management
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realize how
comparing and
contrasting
can help them
in their field of
study and in
their daily
lives; and
compare and
contrast two
things using
Venn diagram.
9. At the end of the
lesson, the students
should be able to:
A. General Objective
know the
authors
mood, point of
view and
purpose.
B. Specific Objectives
define the
authors
mood, point of
view and
purpose;
identify the
different
authors
purpose
through a quiz
bee; and
realize the
9.1 Determining
the Authors
Purpose,
Mood, and
Point of View

Multi-Media
Approach
Lecture
Method
Understanding
the role and
importance of
determining the
authors mood,
point of view
and purpose.
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significance of
the authors
mood, point of
view and
purpose to
their field of
specialization.
10. At the end of the
lesson, the students
should be able to:
A. General Objective
understand
emphasis in
developing
and organizing
ideas

B. Specific Objectives
explain ways
to achieve
emphasis in
developing
and organizing
ideas
give the
importance of
emphasis in
developing
and reading
paragraphs;
and
practice ways
of achieving
emphasis by
10.1 Emphasis Multi-Media
Approach
Lecture
Method
Debate Forum
Understand the
importance of
emphasis in
developing and
organizing ideas
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answering the
exercises given

V. Grading System/ Criteria
a. Quizzes 20%
b. Activities 20&
c. Midterm Exam 25&
d. Recitation 25%
e. Attendance 5%
f. Character 5%
100%