SEM III 2015/2016

ENGLISH FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES (BBA3382)

SESSION I SESSION II
WEEK 1& 2 Ice Breaking Course Outline
Course Assessment
Assign Hari Raya
Assign FAQs
WEEK 3&4 The Muslim Show Summary-writing overview
 short-writing Summary-writing drill
 making citation
 oral presentation
WEEK 5&6 RAYA BREAK
Video submission (Qurban)
WEEK 7&8 Listening prep Midterm

WEEK 9&10 The Companion Quest prep The Companion Quest Quiz

WEEK 11&12 Reading/text drill Summary-writing drill

Summary writing review Essay-writing drill
Mock Finals Mock Finals discussion
WEEK 13
Hadith interpretation and Acting

WEEK 14 FINALS

*dates and lessons are subjected to changes (public holidays, university’s activities, and
unforeseen events).

ENGLISH FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES (BBA3382)

ASSESSMENTS WEIGHT (DUE) DATE

ASSIGNMENT 10% Week 5 (12&13/9/2017)
 (Indv.) Hari Raya Qurban report
PRESENTATION (Speaking) 10% Ongoing (each class 3
 (Indv.)Addressing Common FAQs people)
QUIZ & Midterm
 (Indv.) QUIZ 1 (10%) – Listening 20% Week 7 &8 (25/9– 6/10/17)
 (Indv.) Midterm (10%)
COURSEWORK ASSESSMENT
 (Grp.) The Companion Quest 10% Week 10 (10&11/10/17)
 (Grp.) Hadith interpretation and reacting 10% Week 12 (24th - 28th Oct 17)

FINALS (Reading and Writing) 40 % WEEK 14

(31st July – 4th Aug)
 Unit Topic

1. Study Skills
 Project management
 Learning and studying techniques
 Thinking and memorizing; test/presentation preparation
 Research and information gathering skills
 Activity: individual and team management and participation

2. Reading Skills
 Reading Comprehension and vocabulary exercises
 Skimming for main ideas
 Scanning for details
 Using contextual clues to guess meanings
 Summarizing

3. Writing Skills
 Thesis statement
 Planning, organization and development of composition
 Introduction, body, conclusion
 Drafting, rewriting and editing.

4. Listening Skills
 Developing general comprehension skills
 Dealing with vocabulary requirements
 Identifying main ideas and supporting details
 Making inferences
 Listening critically (appraising information)
 Drawing conclusions

5. Speaking Skills
 Discussion in small groups- giving opinion, challenging others, interrupting
politely
 Oral presentation- academic presentations, discourse markers, using visual
aids, summarizing

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Communicate freely on Islamic content,

2. Use the language correctly and understand different grammar items discussed in the
text.
3. Learn new vocabularies and usage of words in the texts.
4. Read and comprehend various texts from Islamic point of view.
5. Able to improve their reading, listening and speaking skills.
6. Able to relay Islamic information to society.

* Penalty for late submission – 1 mark will be deducted for each day after the
submission date