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

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ENG 103	D	1	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:	Dr. Mirela Alhasani malhasani@epoka.edu.al , Tuesday 13.30 - 15.30
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 Electronics and Digital Communication Engineering (3 years)
Classroom and Meeting Time:	Classroom D-301
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% Mandatory
Course Description:	Development and Writing Skills in English aims to help students develop as writers within the English-speaking academic community by raising awareness of, practicing, and reflecting upon the regulations, norms and written conventions of a standard piece of writing. The course will implicitly improve the overall English language mastery of students by utilizing scaffolding learning methodology of task- based assignments in a step by step learning process. The course will reinforce academic reading skills aiming to improve students’ reading and learning style towards more effective reading of professionally and scientifically intermediate/advanced English level texts. It also aims at developing critical thinking thus enabling students to respond to ideas in a cohesive and coherent and original, well-organized written style.
Course Objectives:	To equip students with the analytical/critical reading and writing skills needed to carry out academic endowments at Epoka University as well as in any other professional or academic English speaking environment . - to Acquire an awareness of and ability to use effectively the discourse patterns of academic English - to improve the reading and learning styles of students enabling them to think, read, reflect , analyze and write more effectively and coherently - To have the opportunity to develop writing process through generating ideas, drafting, peer evaluation and team work assessment - to sharpen reading, writing and public speaking skills through defending the written work convincingly through argument in verbal manner.

BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE COURSE

1	This EAP class is based on needs assessment analysis.
2	Development of critical reading and writing
3	Learner-centered classroom
4	Self- reflection of abundant academic literature in the domain.
5	To enrich the upper intermediate and advanced English competence in reading, speaking , writing about IT themes
6	Essay and paper structure , style, register , tone , citation
7	To read, analyze, defend and present verbally and orally IT case studies

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction to academic reading /writing (John Slaght, pp13-22; Anne Pallant, 1-12- Youtubee lecture EAP series Uk
2	Development of effective reading styles Slaght and Pallant, pp 1-11- effective reading styles theory and practical sessions in class
3	Logic, language and functions of organizing paragraphs; Lecturers Note. - Internet based lectue EAP series logics and arguentation
4	Planning an Essay/ writing first draft ( Anne Pallant, pp 16-25
5	Organizing/supportive ideas and incorporating/referencing sources- lecturer's note (John Slaght, pp31-42)
6	The SPSIE (situation-problems-solutions-implications-evaluation) approach
7	Paragraph development; types of paragraphs, writing extended definitions, intro and conclusions (Anne Pallant ,52-63
8	Practical sessions- Peer and class evaluation
9	Midterm exam
10	Developing your ideas into writing: Analyzing the question ( A. Pallant, pp 64-77)
11	Paragraph development: coherence and cohesion- practical session . peer evaluation
12	Writing about Cause and Effect, Lecturer's not. practical session
13	Writing to compare and contrast- Lecturer's note. practical exercises
14	Practical essay illustrations /class and peer feedback

Prerequisite(s):	Students enrolling to ENG 103 Development of Reading and Writing Skills in English should have taken advanced score B2 and/or C1 level at Aptis entry test held at the premises of Epoka University prior to course registration and students' enrollment.
Textbook(s):	Mandatory Course books: John Slaght, English for Academic Study: Reading, Garnet Education, UK First Edition 2017 Anne Pallant, English for Academic Study: Writing, Garnet Education, UK, 2017 Artificial Intelligence Tools. Podcast on academic writing by EWAA. Lectures by the professor of the course.
Additional Literature:	Center of Academic Writing at Central European University, Vienna. YouTube open lecturers on Academic English. Purdue University online writing sources.
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:	For research, writing, source citation, and presentations
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	At the End of the Academic course students will be able to develop reading and writing skills in an analytical way
2	They will be able to conduct research on a phenomenon. individually and in teams,
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 English for Academic Purposes
6	Students will be able to prepare presentation and defend it orally to public in advanced English.

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

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Bachelor in Electronics and Digital Communication 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	5
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.	5
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.	4
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.	5
5	Ability of designing and conducting experiments, conduction data acquisition and analysis and making conclusions.	5
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.	4
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.	4
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.	4
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
Homework	5	6
Presentation	1	15
Final Exam	1	55
	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)	5	2	10
Mid-terms	0	0	0
Assignments	2	15	30
Final examination	1	12	12
Other			0
Total Work Load:			100
Total Work Load/25(h):			4
ECTS Credit of the Course:			4

CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE COURSE LECTURER

Students showed interest and commitment . active participation in compliance with contemporary student-centered communicative approach.