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
comprehensi
on.

B. Specific Objectives
3.1 Reading
Comprehension
3.2 Levels of Thinking
3.3 Importance Of
Critical and
Creative Thinking
3.4 Kinds of Reading
3.5 Getting the Main
Idea
Multi-media
approach
Lecture
Method
Inculcate the
value of making
good
judgments or
decisions
Stimulating
students
imagination for
them to
become
creative
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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
comprehensi
on.
readers.
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
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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scanning in
their own
words;
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
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
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and
predictions.

B. Specific Objectives
distinguish
the
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.
assumptions.
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
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
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differentiate
comparison
and contrast;
identify the
signal words
used in the
selection;
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.
sign of good
management
8. At the end of the
lesson, the students
should be able to:
A. General Objective
understand
determining
fact and
opinion.
B. Specific Objectives
differentiate
fact from
opinion
8. Fact and Opinion Multi-media
Approach
Lecture
Method
Cooperative
Learning
Approach
Being mindful
of the
information the
students
receive and
being able to
determine
whether it is a
fact or opinion
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cite examples
of fact and
opinion
write a
summary of
facts and
discuss
opinions from
the article
read
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
significance
of 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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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
10.1 Emphasis Multi-Media
Approach
Lecture
Method
Debate
Forum
Understand the
importance of
emphasis in
developing and
organizing
ideas
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of achieving
emphasis by
answering
the exercises
given
11. At the end of the
lesson, the students
should be able to:
A. General Objective
understand
coherence in
writing.
B. Specific Objectives
define
coherence
and its
patterns
determine
coherent
ideas in a text
write a
paragraph
observing
coherence

11. Coherence Multi-media
Approach
Lecture
Method
Cooperative
Learning
Approach
Understanding
the importance
of logical
sequencing and
transition
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V. Grading System/ Criteria
a. Quizzes 20%
b. Activities 20&
c. Midterm Exam 25&
d. Recitation 25%
e. Attendance 5%
f. Character 5%
100%