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    Cairo English for Academic Purposes Program

    CRS Hi Ed Pre Intermediate 3

     

    Course Textbook: Skillful Reading and Writing 1

    Learning Outcomes

    By the end of the course, students will be able to:

    • Distinguishing facts from opinions

    • Identifying tone

    • Scanning

    • Using a chart to organize notes

    • Identifying similarities and differences

    • Identifying the source

    • Summarizing

    • Sequencing

    • Reading charts and graphs

    • Organizing new words; adjectives and adverbs

    • Adding suffixes to change verbs into nouns

    • Understanding compound words

    • Finding the correct definition of a word

    • Using collocations’

    • Using comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs

    • Using count and non count nouns

    • Expressing ability

    • Using simple past tense and future forms

    • Writing complete sentences

    • Using commas and colons

    • Using transitions to add information and emphasis

    • Using parallel structure

    Student Assessment

    You will be evaluated in a variety of ways throughout the course and receive feedback from the teacher to help you continue to improve your English language skills. Student assessment is based on the following criteria, on a scale of 100%. The passing grade is 70%.

    AMIDEAST Policies

    • Course duration: 36 hours
    • Session duration 3 hours
    • No of sessions: 12 sessions
    • Participants are expected to join the online session on time.
    • Break time is 15 minutes.
    • Make-up quizzes are to be held only once and due to an emergency situation.
    • Attendance Policy: participants should attend 75% of training sessions
    • Passing grade is 70%
    • Participants need to provide AMIDEAST with a valid e-mail address. This will enable them to check their attendance & grades and do online evaluation of instruction on AMIDEAST Learning Management System during the course. They will also get their final grade by checking the LMS.
    • Participants are encouraged to cooperate with each other and show respect and courtesy towards the instructor & other participants

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