INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING
SEMESTER II
ACADEMIC SESSION 2014 / 2015
A. COURSE INFORMATION
Course Code
LSP 404
Course Title
Day
Time
Place
Coordinator/Lecturer :
Guest Lecturer
No. of Student
Credit Units
B. COURSE OBJECTIVES
C. REFERENCES
Magazines & Newspapers
a. Newsweek
b. Asiaweek
c. National Geographic
d. Readers Digest
e. New Straits Times
f. The Star
g. The Sun
h. Far Eastern Economic Review
i. Malaysian Naturalist
j. Health Today
k. Popular Science
l. The Edge
m. Time
n. The Economist
Books
a. Eastwood, John (2005) Oxford Learners Grammar, Grammar Finder
b. Hughes, Richard & Heah, Carmel (2006) Common Errors in English
c. Smalley, Regina, Ruetten, Mary & Kozyrev, Joann (2012) Refining Composition
Skills
d. Lesikar, Raymond & Pettit, John (1998) Report Writing for Business
e. Lucas, Stephen (2012) The Art of Public Speaking
Websites
a. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
b. http://www.washingtonpost.com/
c. http://www.indiatimes.com/technology/
d. http://techsciencenews.com/?gclid=CJKdpZzLyLwCFYQ34god3SkAHQ
WEEK/DATE
1
[23/2 27/2]
TITLE
NOTES
1st meeting
brief students on LSP 404
brief students on attendance
requirements
check students particulars, entry
requirements, etc.
UNIT 1 Discussing Issues
2
[ 2/3 6/3 ]
3
[ 9/3 - 13/3 ]
4
[ 16/3 20/3 ]
5
[ 23/3 27/3 ]
6
[ 30/3 3/4 ]
INDIVIDUAL ORAL
PRESENTATION (15%)
7
[ 6/4 10/4 ]
INDIVIDUAL ORAL
PRESENTATION (15%)
8
[ 13/4 17/4 ]
9
[ 20/4 24/4 ]
10
[ 27/4 1/5 ]
11
( 4/5 8/5 )
12
( 11/5 15/5 ]
13
[18/5 22/5 ]
14
[25/5 29/5 )
15
[ 1/6 5/6 ]
Study Week
D.SCHEDULE
E. COURSE EVALUATION
COURSE WORK (50 %)
Mode
Percentage
Deadline
15%
Week 6 & 7
15%
Week 9
Writing Test
(i) Students are to write an essay of 350 words in 50 minutes.
(ii) Essays will be assessed based on coherence and cohesion,
lexical resource, grammatical range and accuracy.
Job Interview
(i) Teachers will fix an appointment for the interview which will
be held outside class time.
(ii) Students are to submit their job advertisement, resum and
job application letter 1 week before the interview.
(iii) Duration of interview: 10 minutes
10%
Week 11 & 12
10%
Week 13
Listening Test
(i) Students listen to a recording and answer questions based
on it.
(ii) Duration: 30-40 minutes
Notes:
Continuous assessments provide both students and teachers more opportunities to evaluate the
strengths and weaknesses of the students in the four different skills.
Final Examination (50%)
Mode
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Weightage
70%
30%