COLEGIO DE SAN JUAN DE LETRAN Intramuros, Manila College of Liberal Arts, Sciences and Education LANGUAGES AREA AY 2006-2007

1st Semester
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Course Number : ENGLISH 10 Course Title : Study and Thinking Skills Prerequisite : English PLUS Course Description : This course is a study of communicative and thinking skills. It deals with the development of critical understanding of language gearing towards expressing oneself in various situations. Rationale : English, being a world language, is an indispensable tool subject in the curriculum. Its manifold importance is underscored by the four skills appended to it, namely: thinking, reading, speaking, and writing skills. These four skills are presented in an interrelated and integrative, sequential patterns. English 1 focuses specifically on students communicative and thinking skills for academic study.

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Course Objectives : General Objective: Develop the use of the English language as a tool for the expression of thought by utilizing the effective language-learning strategies. Specific Objectives: Cognitive: 1. Comprehend oral and written materials ranging from general interest to specific discipline. 2. Classify sentences according to structure, their rules and application in oral and written communications. 3. Identify the nuances of composition writing. 1. Appreciate the importance of communication skills in various situations.

Affective:

Psychomotor: 1. Organize information efficiently in the form of outlines, charts, etc. , both for the materials read and materials to be written. 2. Summarize and paraphrase materials read. 3. Interpret and construct non-prose texts. 4. Write unified and coherent paragraphs/essays using different rhetorical devices.

Specific Objectives

Subject Matter

Values Integrated

Strategies Teaching Methodologies Lecture Library Tour Library Orientation (c/o the Librarian)

Instructional Materials

Evaluation

Time Frame

Expected Outcome

Acquaint students with the use of the library

Library Orientation Classification Systems

Diligence

Reference Books/Materials found in the library

Finding materials in the library

1st week

Applied learned library skills

2nd week Take down notes Taking down notes Perseverance Strategies in taking down notes Slide viewing with audio Slide with audio Summarizing the notes Submitted articles listened to

Use different reading techniques

Reading techniques 1. scanning 2. skimming 3. previewing, overviewing, surveying 4. reading thoroughly

Industry

Lecture Group dynamics

Articles and text from books, magazines, and newspapers

Comprehensio n exercises Application of reading technique

3rd 4th Used week appropriate reading techniques according to information required

Read articles/text to understand the development of ideas

Reading for comprehension

Use of the reading techniques appropriate to the materials given

Articles and text from books, magazines, and newspaper

Comprehensio n exercises Quiz

5th week

Submitted a report on how the text read is developed

Familiarize students with different reading materials

Reading materials 1. newspapers 2. magazines 3. books 4. journals 5. handouts, etc.

Social Awareness

Quiz

Newspapers, magazines, books

Application of different reading techniques

6th 7th Familiarized week students with different reading materials

Distinguish facts from opinion

Fact and Opinion

Patience Attentiveness Precision

Panel Discussion Brainstorming

Reading materials

Quiz

8th week

Distinguished facts from opinion Made inferences

Make inferences

Make Inferences

Drills

Articles and text from books

Comprehensio n exercises

9th week

Community Service Integration: Read selections that will arouse social awareness

Reading on social issues and current events

Social Awareness

Group Dynamics Discussion Argumentation

Newspaper editorials, Books, and other reading materials

Reaction paper

10th week

Awareness on the things happening around the community and country

Interpret nonprose forms

Interpretation of non- Unity prose forms

Group discussion Drills

Illustration Charts Graphs and tables

Interpretation of charts, graphs and tables

11th week

Interpreted nonprose forms

Write effective sentences

Review of sentences 1. Sentence, clause and phrase 2. Subject and predicate 3. Types of sentences According to structure 4. Types of sentences according to function

Conscientiousness/ Drills concern for other people Board work

Articles showing concern for others/ community involvement

Quiz

12th Wrote effective th 14 sentences week

Develop a good paragraph Community Service Integration: Write a paragraph about a topic on community service

Paragraph Kinds of paragraph development

Patience

Class Discussion Writing paragraph

Sample paragraphs

Exercises in paragraph writing

15th 16th week

Enhanced the skill in paragraph writing

Community Development

Cooperation Concern for others

Brainstorming

Students output

Oral reading and Critiquing of each composition

Awareness on being of service to the community

Suggested Activities: Reading of required/suggested materials Review of parts of speech, as need arises or when the situation calls for it. Reading input, discussion of the input and the discourse features of the rhetorical patterns. Output in the form of written paragraphs/ compositions. References: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Communication Skills 1 by Esther L. Baraceros, Ph. D. English Studies for College by Maximo Ramos, 1983. A Complete Course in Freshmen English by Harper and Row. 1983. English in Perspective by Alfonso Perez. 1988. Handbook of English Grammar by Cuevas et.al., 1993. Effective English for College Freshmen by Josephine Serrano, et.al., 1969. The Essential English Handbook and Rhetoric by C. Jeriel Howard, et.al., 1985.

Requirements: a. b. c. d. Attendance Quizzes/Major Examinations Class Participation/Graded Recitation Submission of required compositions

COMPUTATION OF GRADES Midterm Grade Pre-Final Grade Final Grade 30% CS + 30%Q + 40% Midterm Exam 30% CS + 30%Q + 40% Final Exam Midterm Grade + Pre-Final Grade 2