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| B.Stat-109: English for Statistics | ||
| Course Code | : | B.Stat-109 |
| Course Title | : | English for Statistics |
| Course Type | : | × |
| Level/Term and Section | : | B.Sc. Honours Part – I |
| Academic Session | : | 2019 – 2020 |
| Course Instructor | : | × |
| Pre-requisite (If any) | : | × |
| Credit Value | : | 2 |
| Total Marks | : | 50 |
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| COURSE DESCRIPTION: | ||||
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The aims of this course are to gather more knowledge regarding grammatical concepts, reading, writing and communication skills that are frequently used in the field of statistics. It also helps to create an open friendly classroom environment, to create something new ideas based on the acquired knowledge of skills; understand and apply the conventions of academic writing in English. Students can identify the pros and cons of the grammatical point of view and will be use the parts of speech analyze, which is measurable.
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| This course will develop the students’ ability to | ||||
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interact with academic content: reading, writing, listening, speaking; | |||
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demonstrate ability to think critically, utilize information and digital literacy skills; | |||
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demonstrate behavior and attitudes appropriate to a university environment; make inferences and predictions based on comprehension of a text. | |||
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identify the main idea(s) in the text and infer meanings of unfamiliar words;
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produce academic vocabulary appropriately orally and in writing;
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summarize/paraphrase information in a text and focus the topic and apply research procedures;
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produce accurate grammatical forms; and give an oral presentation in class using effective delivery strategies.
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Functional English: Review of part of speech; Articles; Phrases and clauses; Basic sentence structures, | Lecturing with Multimedia Projector, Interactive Board and Q/A session | Assignment, Class Tests, Presentation, Final Exam. |
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Verb-tense and its forms (Conjugation); Punctuations; Structure of simple, compound and complex sentences; |
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Narrations; Voice-change of voice; Corrections. |
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Comprehensions; Different types of paragraph writing; Report writing on a small projects; Academic writing. |
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| Assessment Strategy Evaluation Policy (Grading System) and make-up procedures: According to the ordinance. | ||||
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| Main Books Recommended: | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1) | Ahmed, S. (2010). Learning English the easy way. [Paulson] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2) | Swan, M. (2005). Practical English usage (Vol. 95). Oxford: Oxford University Press. | |||||||||||||||||
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| 3) | Carter, S.Mc. and S. Ash (2003). IELTS Test builder, Macmillan. [Jakeman, Wyatt] | |||||||||||||||||
| 4) | Dodge, Y., Cox, D., D. Commenges, P. J. Solomon, & S. Wilson (2003). The Oxford dictionary of statistical terms. Oxford University Press. [Baldick, McDowall] | |||||||||||||||||