English Vocabulary copy 1
This course is intended to train students to understand and use words and phrases which are organized around common everyday topics, but also contains units on different aspects of language such as phrasal verbs, uncountable nouns and link words and phrases. The first part of the course is dedicated to aspects of vocabulary learning such as record keeping and dictionary use, and the next part is dedicated to the exercise of the use of the vocabularies. Students will have exercises in every meeting, mid-semester test at the 8th meeting, and semester test at the 16th meeting. The final assessment will be based on their daily performance in class, mid-semester test score and semester test score.
Seminar on ELT
This subject is designed to cover knowledge of seminars including running seminars, understanding seminar themes, developing
relevant topics, and preparing as well as presenting papers. This subject will also cover designing and developing power point
presentations.
Creative Writing
Students can recognize the basic skills of being a creative writer. Students read and write 3 types of narrative genres:
poetry, short stories and creative non-fiction (true stories that are good to tell). The learning process includes critical
reading, discussion, writing fiction and non-fiction. In this course, students will recognize some basic instructions in
creative writing such as characterization, plot, structure, perspective, setting, dialogue, pace and rhythm, tone, style,
symbolism, figurative language, and use of language. In addition, students are expected to write their own works.
Therefore, in their writing activities, they will go through the process of invention, drafting, revision, and presentation
where they can introduce their work and get suggestions from peers and lecturers.
Pronunciation
This course is aimed at developing the students' English pronunciation skills in terms ofrhythm and intonation to be used in
pronouncing English phrases and sentences in any contexts. Students are introduced with stressed and unstressed words, highlighting,
thought groups, rhythm patterns, contractions and reductions of verbs, modal perfects, and “H-words”, final and non-final intonation
patterns, rising and low intonation, and parentheticals and appositives. Students are provided with some activities like drillings and
practices to develop their pronunciation skills and required to demonstrate their pronunciation skills in video projects and
communicate their video projects to the society through social media.
Textbook Analysis
The course provides the concept on analyzing the contents of text book and to describe it in terms of scope and
sequence, organization, and the types of texts and exercises contained within. The analysis phase will involve
identifying these kinds of information: aims and objectives of the book, level of the book, skills addressed, topics
covered, situations it is intended for, target learners, time required, components, number and length of units and
organization of units. At the end of semester, the students can discuss the textbook analysis in terms of Educational
Podcast and write academic articles.
English for Journalism
English for Journalism is
one of available elective courses. This course is designed for students who are
interested in developing the skills needed for career in modern journalism. English
for Journalism is aimed at introducing the students with print and digital
media through readings and video lectures, while expanding vocabulary and
increasing ability to read, research, and develop local and global news
stories. Besides, in this course, students learn any types of journalism and
writing rules. this course, the students will learn about history of
journalism; important principles of making good journalism (i.e., grammar
problems and confusion, spelling of journalistic, punctuation, and the use of
direct and indirect speech); how to research, pitch and interview; words in
print; write, edit and proofread the article draft; news broadcasting (namely, speaking
skills for delivering news, writing script and read news report); and
journalism in the digital age. For the ongoing processes, students will be
assigned with individual and group work.
Essay Writing copy 1
This course develops students’ ability to write expository essays using different methods of development: logical division of ideas, chronological order, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, and classification. It is aimed at facilitating and training the students to write academically by developing their single paragraph to be an essay. Besides, they are also trained to have the strategy of paraphrasing and summarizing of data from Google Scholar, and so are the application of online grammar checker and plagiarism checker. Self and peer assessment are involved in it in terms of online mode of learning through E-Learning. They will also be assigned to create technological-based essay writing or multimodal composition. Students’ attendance, portfolio assignment, mid-term test, and final evaluation are considered in assessing their writing performance. At the end of this course, the students are expected to write a good essay.
Literature in ELT
LIterature in English Language Teaching provides knowledge and skills for teaching literature such as poem, prose, and drama in English language learning. This course aims to prepare the students with various reading materials related to various literary works, basic theories and the development of theories dealing with procedures in teaching literature and class project as real experience for learning literature. As prospective teachers, in the future, the students need the skills to integrate literature with English language skills of the middle and high school students.
ICT in ELT
The aim of this course is to provide students with a general understanding of computer skills and to improve and broaden their competencies in the use of software needed for university and workplace studies. The course focuses on including the Microsoft Office suite covering Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet Explorer. This course also discusses social media platforms, the internet, mobile applications, photo and video creation during the course. The course is not only academic in nature, but also improves the communication, management, and organizational skills of students through the use of ICTs.
Interpretive Reading
Interpretive Reading is the continuation of the previous course. In a more comprehensive and deeper explanation, students are leading to the more complex reading passages in order to develop and deepen students’ understanding of concepts of reading, reading for pleasure, reading comprehension skills, reading faster and thinking skills. This course aims to develop students’ awareness of the reading processes so that they will be able to learn to read in ways that are expected in colleges. Moreover, students are expected to master the lexical and syntactical contents of material to a minimum (at the low-intermediate or intermediate) level. Students are reading not more than about 2,600 vocabulary items in which a sentence does not exceed 18 words in length. Through Interpretive Reading, students are assisted to acquire an accurate understanding of what it means to read in English. Student’s awareness of reading and thinking is further encouraged in order that the students can formulate and articulate their ideas more precisely, and so they also acquire new ways of talking and thinking about a text.