COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: DEVELOPMENT OF READING AND WRITING SKILLS IN ENGLISH II

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ENG 104	D	2	3	0	0	3	4

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	Dr. Mirela Alhasani malhasani@epoka.edu.al
Main Course Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	M.Sc. Taqi Stojani tstojani@epoka.edu.al , NA
Second Course Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Compulsory
Study program: (the study for which this course is offered)	Bachelor in Software Engineering (3 years)
Classroom and Meeting Time:	D-209 Tuesday: 14:30-16:00
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Code of Ethics:	Code of Ethics of EPOKA University Regulation of EPOKA University "On Student Discipline"
Attendance Requirement:	75%
Course Description:	This course is a well-balanced and harmonized combination of ELT methodology with real functional professional setting. Its aim is to improve students’ professional communication skills and content understanding in genres of engineering and architecture. The course is comprehensive in its scope of topics and themes by offering opportunities of high- priority language useful to any branch of engineering (mechanical, electrical, civil, computing, environmental) and to architecture by focusing on tasks and skills related to drawings, description of technical problems as well the dimensions and precision. It is designed with an emphasis on all four dimensions of ESP learning: authentic activities illustrating daily engineering situations, original listening to professionals at work, speaking and writing tasks affiliated to contemporary problems and sensitive issues of engineering and architecture by making the course practical, and motivating.
Course Objectives:	The course is designed for intermediate to advanced level students who need to use English of computing for academic study and afterwards, for work purposes. It will equip students with tailored jargon to describe devices and gadgets. English for Communication technology offers social, linguistic and educational reasons for taking the course. the main linguistic aim of this ICT English course is to provide peculiar vocabulary, syntax and discourse functions beneficial for developing linguistic competence for computer , electronic and software engineering students.

BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE COURSE

1	This EAP class is based on needs assessment analysis.
2	It is designed to foster learner's autonomy in English for academic purposes.
3	To use effectively the discourse patterns of academic English.
4	It is driven by the principle of learners being critical thinkers to self-reflect on abundant academic literature in the domain.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Living with computers pp 12-15/ health and safety 30-33
2	Operating systems and the Graphical Use Interface / Word processing 32-35
3	Multimedia / sound and music – digital audio players 40-45
4	Programming / computers and work. pp 44-48
5	ICT Systems/ Networks 50-55
6	Faces of the Internet / email pp 52-55
7	The World Wide Web / web design – video, animations, and sound pp 56-59
8	Midterm Exam
9	Chatting and video conferencing / Internet security (crime, viruses) preventive tips pp 60-63
10	E-commerce and online banking. pp 64-67
11	Mobile phones / Robotics, androids, Artificial Intelligence 68-71
12	Intelligent homes and Future trends/ troubleshooting and help desks pp 72-75
13	Prefixes and Suffixes in computing vocabulary pp 76-80
14	Revision prior to final exam

Prerequisite(s):	Students should have taken fall semester English 103 Development of Reading and Writing Skills level1.
Textbook(s):	Professional English in Use ICT part of the series of Professional English in Use titles from Cambridge University Press.
Additional Literature:
Laboratory Work:	None
Computer Usage:	Searching Engines - power point /word
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	At the End of the Academic course students will be able to develop four English skills about technology
2	They will be able to conduct individually and in teams, research on a phenomenon.
3	They will cover Sophisticated literature , be selective on credibility of the information
4	They will be able to gather data, build up convincing arguments and express them effectively both in written and verbal forms
5	Students will be able to enrich and enhance their vocabulary and linguistic patterns on professional English for Informatics.
6	Students will be able to present case studies in fluent computer engineering English on a theme of their studies.

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Bachelor in Software Engineering (3 years) Program
1	Engineering graduates with sufficient theoretical and practical background for a successful profession and with application skills of fundamental scientific knowledge in the engineering practice.	4
2	Engineering graduates with skills and professional background in describing, formulating, modeling and analyzing the engineering problem, with a consideration for appropriate analytical solutions in all necessary situations	4
3	Engineering graduates with the necessary technical, academic and practical knowledge and application confidence in the design and assessment of machines or mechanical systems or industrial processes with considerations of productivity, feasibility and environmental and social aspects.	3
4	Engineering graduates with the practice of selecting and using appropriate technical and engineering tools in engineering problems, and ability of effective usage of information science technologies.	3
5	Ability of designing and conducting experiments, conduction data acquisition and analysis and making conclusions.	4
6	Ability of identifying the potential resources for information or knowledge regarding a given engineering issue.	5
7	The abilities and performance to participate multi-disciplinary groups together with the effective oral and official communication skills and personal confidence.	5
8	Ability for effective oral and official communication skills in foreign language.	5
9	Engineering graduates with motivation to life-long learning and having known significance of continuous education beyond undergraduate studies for science and technology.	5
10	Engineering graduates with well-structured responsibilities in profession and ethics.	5
11	Engineering graduates who are aware of the importance of safety and healthiness in the project management, workshop environment as well as related legal issues.	3
12	Consciousness for the results and effects of engineering solutions on the society and universe, awareness for the developmental considerations with contemporary problems of humanity.	5

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)	1	30
Presentation	1	20
Final Exam	1	40
Attendance		10
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	8	3	24
Mid-terms	1	6	6
Assignments	1	9	9
Final examination	1	13	13
Other			0
Total Work Load:			100
Total Work Load/25(h):			4
ECTS Credit of the Course:			4

CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE COURSE LECTURER

The subject fulfilled the students' objectives in professional engineering. The students were interested in information science technologies, artificial intelligence, computing and environmental topics. Lectures and presentations were held to reach their target. The students gained the main knowledge of the subject.