English 5

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Unit I Critical & Analytical Reading Download

This unit is specially designed to develop and enhance the learners’ analytical reading skills, to cope with the rigors of academic reading.

By the end of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Comprehend texts
  2. Identify the main ideas
  3. Understand the writer’s point of view
  4. Interpret and infer meanings from texts
  5. Analyse and evaluate different texts
  6. Reflect and relate information to their own context.


Unit II Critical Thinking Skills

This unit aims to develop the ability to interpret, analyze and evaluate ideas and arguments. It also aims to teach these skills so that they can be transferred to other studies and to everyday life.

By the end of the unit, you will be able to:

  1. Understand what is meant by critical thinking and how it can be improved
  2. Identify reasons and conclusions: the reasons of reasoning
  3. Understand reasoning
  4. Clarify and interpret expressions and ideas
  5. Understand the acceptability of reasons
  6. Judge the credibility of sources skillfully
  7. Evaluate inferences


Unit III Grammar

This unit is particularly designed to improve the four major language skills. The objectives are linked to detailed descriptions of techniques and activities through which the learners could incorporate at each stage of language skills. 

By the end of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. Identify and correct sentence fragments
  2. Edit run-on sentences
  3. Correct misplaced modifiers
  4. Revise dangling modifiers
  5. Check faulty parallelism
  6. Practice subject verb-agreement
  7. Use the correct forms of grammatical structures in context
  8. Revisit tenses









Unit IV Summary Writing Download

The objectives of this unit will help the learners to reflect on their own writing process, and find ways to improve their summary writing techniques.

By the end of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Understand the importance of summary writing
  2. Identify main ideas / themes
  3. Identify supporting details
  4. Select and cluster relevant information
  5. Practice summarizing nursing and non nursing articles.

Unit V Letters to the Editor

This unit aims to enhance students’ professional letter writing skills pertaining to letters to the editors. It focuses on the content, language and style.

By the end of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. Understand and use the appropriate language
  2. Write letters to express their point of view on contemporary social issues.


Unit VI Presentation Skills

This unit focuses on developing communication skills of learners on a one-to-one basis. This will help them to present their ideas clearly and persuasively.

By the end of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Understand elements of a good presentation
  2. Know how to make well organized and clear presentation
  3. Focus on the purpose
  4. Understand the significance of the audience
  5. Develop clarity and accuracy in presenting information
  6. Handle questions raised by the audience
  7. Make effective presentations.


References:

  1. Axelrod, R. B., & Coper, C. R. (1990). Reading critically, writing well: A reader and guide (2nd ed.) New York: St Martin’s Press.
  2. Baudoin, E. M., Bober, E. S., Clarke, M. A., Dobson, B. K., & Silberstein, S. (1994). Reader’s choice (3rd ed.). Michigan: The University of Michigan Press.
  3. Davidson, W. (2001) Business writing: What works, what won’t (Rev. ed.). New York: St. Martin’s Griffin.
  4. Emmerson, P. (2004). Email English. Oxford: Macmillan.
  5. Fisher, A. (2004). Critical thinking: An introduction. Cambridge: 6. Cambridge University Press.
  6. Gardener, P. S. (2005). New directions: Reading, writing, and critical thinking (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  7. Glendinning, E. H., & Holmstrom, B. (2004). Study teaching: A course in reading skills for academic purposes (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  8. Howe, D. H., Kirkpatrick, T. A., & Kirkpatrick, D. L. (2004). English for undergraduates. Karachi: Oxford University Press.
  9. Longan, J. (2002). English skills with readings (5th ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill.
  10. Mosback, G., & Mosback, V. (2003). Practical faster reading: A course in reading and vocabulary for upper-intermediate and more advanced students. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  11. Murphy, R. (2004). Murphy’s English Grammar (3rd ed.). New Delhi: Cambridge University Press.
  12. Parrott, M., (2000). Grammar for English language teachers. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  13. Powell, M. (1999). Presenting in English. London: Language Teaching Publication.
  14. Ruetten, M. K. (2004). Focus on writing: Developing composition skills through instruction and practice 1. Singapore: Learners Publishing.
  15. Smaley, R. L., Ruetten, M. K., & Kozyrer, J. R. (2004). Focus on Writing: Refining composition skills through instruction and practice 2. Singapore: Learners Publishing
  16. Stevens, M. (1998). How to be better at giving presentations. New Delhi : Kogan Page.
  17. Wallace, M. J. (2004). Study skills in English: A course in reading skills for academic purposes (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  18. Wong, S. (1991). Summary writing: Techniques and practice Singapore: Manhattan Press.