2.english Grammar and Composition 1 BS ACT

University of Management and Technology
School of Commerce and Accountancy

Quaid e Azam Campus
Course Outline
Course Title: English Grammar and Composition 1
(EN-114)
Program
Credits Hours 3
Duration 15 Weeks / 30 Sessions
Resource Person
Contact/Email
Course Description:
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This course is intended to be an interesting and stimulating content for upper-intermediate students. It
provides the practical reading, speaking, listening and writing skills necessary for learners who need
English for working in Business. It also contains a wide range of essential business vocabulary and grammar
activities. All four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) will be focused by using a
variety of resources (online material, contemporary newspaper and magazine articles, films, documentaries)
with a particular emphasis on grammar and vocabulary. Starting with word/sentence formation and
paragraph development, the course will progressively move on to the activities and exercises illustrating
the concepts of narration, description, comparison and contrast, cause and effect and audio/visual
comprehension. Moreover, the primary purpose of the course is to develop confidence in the participants
to write and speak in the target language independently. By the end of the course, students will be able to
exhibit the improvement in language skills within appropriate contexts (academic, social, personal & work
related).
Learning Objectives:
After studying this course the students will be able to:
1. The course has twin aims: improving communication technique and developing and consolidating
the target language appropriate to the above communication contexts.
2. A range of reading and writing activities will be provided so that students will present and write
personal, expository and persuasive/argumentative essays effectively in both written and oral
communication
3. Demonstrate excellent comprehension skills in presentations and written work
4. Give good formal and informal presentations
5. Demonstrate proficiency in English grammar and composition
Teaching-Learning Methodology:
▪ Lectures
▪ Recommended Text/Supplementary Texts, Handouts
▪ Skill Development Exercises
▪ Discussions
▪ Audio Visual Aids
▪ Project Report/Term Paper
Recommended Text Books:
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1. Collins English for Business: Intermediate Business grammar and Practice
Harper Collins Publishers
By: Larson, Wild, Chiappetta
2. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language
Person Publishers, Pakistan Edition
By: Randolph Quirk, Sidney Greenbaum, Geoffrey Leech, Jan Svartvik
Supplementary Text Books:
1. English for Business Communication Edition: 2003

By: Sweeny, S. Gripping IFRS, Pakistan Edition
2. Basics of English Grammar Edition: Fourth

By: Azar, B., & Hagen, S.
Assessment & Evaluation:

Quizzes 15%
Assignments 10%
Final Project 20%
Project Presentation/Presentations 10%
Mid Term 25%
End Term Exam 40%
Total: 100
Assignments and Quizzes Policy:

• Assignment submission after the two days of due date would not be accepted. The
submission will be allowed for the very next two days after submission deadline with a
penalty of 0.5 deduction each day. No re-take of assignment.
• There will not be any re-take of the quizzes.
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SCEHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
Week 1 Contents/Topics to be Taught Tasks/Activities
Ice breaker (Speaking Skills), Pair activity to introduce partners to the

1.1 class
Introduction of Course Outline
.
1.2 General discussion on Parts of speech Elicitation from students
Week 2
Types of nouns including genitive and possessive forms Reading handouts/exercises
2.1
Lecture and Gap fill exercises and open
2.2 Types of Adjectives class discussion
Week 3 Quiz 1
3.1 Reading Comprehension: Story Classroom Activity
3.2 Reading Comprehension: Story Classroom Activity
Use of tenses through contextual

Week 4 Tenses formation including Simple tense, Progressive tense activities
and Perfect tense. Assignment 1
4.1
Parts of Speech Identification
Punctuation
Classroom Activity
4.2 Common errors in punctuation and COMMA Coordination;
Repair Mixed Construction
Week 5 Sentence Structure and Building (SVO) Lecture

5.1
5.2 Independent and Dependent clause Lecture and Class Activity
Lecture and Practice worksheet

Week 6 Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences
6.1
Assignment 2
Informal Letter
Lecture on Informal Letter & template of informal letter.
6.2 Common expressions used in letter
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Week7 Exercise in class & Reading of articles
7.1 How to write a paragraph? Basic paragraph patterns, writing at home for discussion in class
the controlling idea as a topic sentence
Practice of Paragraph Writing
7.2 Building paragraph through the use of linkers in English
Quiz 2
Week 8
Revision for mid term Address Students’ Queries
8.1
8.2 MID TERM EXAMINATION
Usage of Figurative Language including irony, metaphor,

Week 9 hyperbole, personification and simile
9.1 Lecture
Identification and Practice Exercise,

9.2
Poem (TBA) Poetic Analysis
Quiz 3
Week 10
Introduction to Articles (a, an and the) In class Practice Exercise
10.1
Assignment 3
Explanation of the stanzas of the given
10.2 poem and identification of figurative
Continuation of Articles language
Week 11 Types of Adverbs Lecture and Worksheet

11.1
Types of Essays:
Quiz 4
11.2 Descriptive Writing (Techniques)
Lecture and Sample
Week 12
Writing Descriptive Essay Classroom Activity
12.1
12.2 Narrative Writing (Techniques) Lecture and Sample
Week 13 Writing Narrative Essay Classroom Activity

13.1
Practice on answering the questions in Reading

Comprehension Practice of Reading Comprehension in
13.2
class
Week 14 Assignment 4
Final Presentations on already given topics Poster Display
14.1
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Assignment 4
14.2 Final presentations on already given topics
Poster Display
Week 15 Assignment 4
Final presentations on already given topics
15.1 Poster Display
15.2 Address Students’ Queries

Revision of the basic concepts
Week 16 END TERM EXAMINATION
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University of Management and Technology

School of Commerce and Accountancy

Course Title: English Grammar and Composition 1

Duration 15 Weeks / 30 Sessions

After studying this course the students will be able to:

Supplementary Text Books:

1. English for Business Communication Edition: 2003

2. Basics of English Grammar Edition: Fourth

Assessment & Evaluation:

Assignments and Quizzes Policy:

• There will not be any re-take of the quizzes.

Week 1 Contents/Topics to be Taught Tasks/Activities

Ice breaker (Speaking Skills), Pair activity to introduce partners to the

1.2 General discussion on Parts of speech Elicitation from students

3.2 Reading Comprehension: Story Classroom Activity

Use of tenses through contextual

Week 5 Sentence Structure and Building (SVO) Lecture

5.2 Independent and Dependent clause Lecture and Class Activity

Lecture and Practice worksheet

8.2 MID TERM EXAMINATION

Usage of Figurative Language including irony, metaphor,

Identification and Practice Exercise,

Week 11 Types of Adverbs Lecture and Worksheet

12.2 Narrative Writing (Techniques) Lecture and Sample

Week 13 Writing Narrative Essay Classroom Activity

Practice on answering the questions in Reading

15.2 Address Students’ Queries

Week 16 END TERM EXAMINATION

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