About This Course
Victoria University of Barbados
Faculty of Medicine
Department Of Basic Science
Course Title: English I
Course Code: PM110
Course Credits:6
Course Coordinator: –
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Overview
English 1 focuses on fundamental reading, thinking and writing skills. Students read for literal and implied meanings and produce a variety of texts that develop one central idea in keeping with the conventions of Standard English.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to
Read and comprehend a variety of print material;
- Distinguish between main ideas and supporting details;
- Distinguish between literal and figurative and inferential and explicit meanings;
- Summarize texts;
- Apply conventions of spelling, punctuation, capitalization and grammar;
- Generate, organize, develop and present ideas; and
- Write essays using a variety of methods of development
Material Includes
- A college dictionary (e.g., Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary or Oxford Con-cise Dictionary).
- Booklet of Readings Scarry, Sandra, and John Scarry.
- The Writer’s Workplace with Readings. 5 th ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt, 2005. Print.
Curriculum
5 Lessons
Week 1 – 4: Reading
A. Strategies
i. Annotating
ii. Questioning
iii. Connecting ideas
iv. Summarising
v. Evaluating
B. Comprehending
i. Word meaning (prefixes, suffixes, denotation, connotation)
ii. Main ideas and supporting details
iii. Literal and figurative language
iv. Explicit and implicit meaning
v. Facts and opinions
vi. Purpose and audience
Annotating5:01
Questioning7:09
Connecting Ideas00:00
Summarising00:00
Evaluating00:00
Week 5 – 8: Writing
A. Pre-writing
i. Brainstorming
ii. Mapping
iii Clustering
iv. Freewriting
v. Question-posing
vi. Discussing
B. Organizing
i. Focus
ii. Purpose and audience
iii. Introductions
iv. Thesis Statements
v. Topic Sentences
vi. Supporting Details
vii. Conclusions
C. Methods of Development
i. Cause/Effect
ii. Comparison/Contrast
iii. Advantages/Disadvantages
iv. Problem/Solution
D. Drafting
i. Writing
ii. Revising
iii. Rewriting
E. Editing
i. Grammar
ii. Punctuation
iii. Spelling
iv. Sentence Structure
Week 9: Revision And Midterm Exam
Week 10 – 13: Grammar and Mechanics
A. Agreement
i. Subject/verb
ii. Noun/pronoun antecedent
B. Cases of Pronouns
C. Past participles
D. Adjectival phrases
E. Verb Tenses
F. Punctuation
i. Comma
ii. Colon
iii. Semi-colon
iv. Apostrophe
G. Spelling
i. Rules
ii. Words often confused
iii. Capitalization
iv. Abbreviations
H. Sentences
i. Fragments
ii. Run-ons
Week 14: Revision
Week 15: Finals
Free
Enrollment validity:
190 days