SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, LITERACIES AND TRANSLATION

INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING
SEMESTER II
ACADEMIC SESSION 2014 / 2015

A. COURSE INFORMATION
Course Code

LSP 404

Course Title

TECHNICAL & ENGINEERING ENGLISH

Day

Time

Place

Coordinator/Lecturer :
Guest Lecturer

No. of Student

Credit Units

(Please refer to APPENDIX 1)

Puan Kam Su-Yin (KPK)

B. COURSE OBJECTIVES

At the end of the course, students will be able to :

(a) comprehend written and oral scientific texts as well as answer text-based questions
of different levels of difficulty;
(b) practise language skills;
(c) conduct indepth discussions on contemporary issues;
(d) identify main and supporting ideas in texts;
(e) evaluate opinions critically and provide oral and written responses;
(f) write essays and reports;
(g) write job application letters, resums and prepare for job interviews;
(h) apply language skills in analysing issues pertaining to sustainability;
(i) acquire soft skills so as to function effectively in social and occupational spheres.

C. REFERENCES
Magazines & Newspapers
a. Newsweek
b. Asiaweek
c. National Geographic
d. Readers Digest
e. New Straits Times
f. The Star
g. The Sun
h. Far Eastern Economic Review
i. Malaysian Naturalist
j. Health Today
k. Popular Science
l. The Edge
m. Time
n. The Economist
Books
a. Eastwood, John (2005) Oxford Learners Grammar, Grammar Finder
b. Hughes, Richard & Heah, Carmel (2006) Common Errors in English
c. Smalley, Regina, Ruetten, Mary & Kozyrev, Joann (2012) Refining Composition
Skills
d. Lesikar, Raymond & Pettit, John (1998) Report Writing for Business
e. Lucas, Stephen (2012) The Art of Public Speaking
Websites
a. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
b. http://www.washingtonpost.com/
c. http://www.indiatimes.com/technology/
d. http://techsciencenews.com/?gclid=CJKdpZzLyLwCFYQ34god3SkAHQ

WEEK/DATE
1
[23/2 27/2]

TITLE

NOTES

1st meeting
brief students on LSP 404
brief students on attendance
requirements
check students particulars, entry
requirements, etc.
UNIT 1 Discussing Issues

2
[ 2/3 6/3 ]

UNIT 1 Discussing Issues

3
[ 9/3 - 13/3 ]

UNIT 1 Discussing Issues

4
[ 16/3 20/3 ]

UNIT 2 Oral Presentations

5
[ 23/3 27/3 ]

UNIT 2 Oral Presentations

6
[ 30/3 3/4 ]

UNIT 2 Oral Presentations

INDIVIDUAL ORAL
PRESENTATION (15%)

7
[ 6/4 10/4 ]

UNIT 3 - Undertaking A Project

INDIVIDUAL ORAL
PRESENTATION (15%)

8
[ 13/4 17/4 ]

UNIT 3 - Undertaking A Project

9
[ 20/4 24/4 ]

UNIT 3 Undertaking A Project

WRITING TEST (15%)

10
[ 27/4 1/5 ]

UNIT 5 Job Interviews

1/5/15: Hari Pekerja (Friday)

11
( 4/5 8/5 )

UNIT 5 Job Interviews

JOB INTERVIEW (10%)

4/5/15: Hari Wesak (Monday)

12
( 11/5 15/5 ]

UNIT 5 Job Interviews

13
[18/5 22/5 ]

UNIT 4 Report Writing

14
[25/5 29/5 )
15
[ 1/6 5/6 ]

JOB INTERVIEW (10%)

LISTENING TEST (10%)

UNIT 4 Report Writing

Study Week

D.SCHEDULE
E. COURSE EVALUATION
COURSE WORK (50 %)
Mode

Percentage

Deadline

15%

Week 6 & 7

15%

Week 9

Individual Oral Presentation

(i) Each student will be given 10 minutes.
(Presentation : 5 - 7 minutes & QA : 3 - 5 minutes)
(ii) Topics will be vetted by the teacher.
(iii) Presentations will be assessed based on fluency and
coherence, lexical resource, grammatical range and
accuracy and pronunciation.
(iv) Students will be penalized for reading.

Writing Test
(i) Students are to write an essay of 350 words in 50 minutes.
(ii) Essays will be assessed based on coherence and cohesion,
lexical resource, grammatical range and accuracy.

Job Interview
(i) Teachers will fix an appointment for the interview which will
be held outside class time.
(ii) Students are to submit their job advertisement, resum and
job application letter 1 week before the interview.
(iii) Duration of interview: 10 minutes

10%

Week 11 & 12

10%

Week 13

Listening Test
(i) Students listen to a recording and answer questions based
on it.
(ii) Duration: 30-40 minutes
Notes:
Continuous assessments provide both students and teachers more opportunities to evaluate the
strengths and weaknesses of the students in the four different skills.
Final Examination (50%)
Mode
Reading Comprehension
Writing

Weightage
70%
30%