PUSAT PENGAJIAN BAHASA, LITERASI DAN TERJEMAHAN INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING SEMESTER 2 ACADEMIC SESSION 2012/2013

A. COURSE INFORMATION Course Code Course Title Credit Units B. COURSE OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES Objectives: This advanced level course is offered to students from the Schools of Management and
Communication. It aims to enhance students writing, reading, listening and speaking skills in academic, social and occupational contexts. It will also develop the students soft skills. Apart from that, it will also hone analytical and evaluative skills, and develop self-esteem and resilience.

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LSP 403 BAHASA INGGERIS PERNIAGAAN DAN KOMUNIKASI (BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATION ENGLISH)

Learning Outcomes: At the end of the course, students should be able to:
(i) comprehend written and oral business and communication texts as well as answer text-based questions of different levels of difficulty; (ii) practise language skills; (iii) conduct indepth discussions on contemporary issues; (iv) identify main and supporting ideas in texts; (v) evaluate opinions critically and provide oral and written responses; (vi) write essays and reports; (vii) write job application letters, resums and prepare for job interviews; (viii)apply language skills in analysing issues pertaining to sustainability; (ix) acquire soft skills so as to function effectively in the social and occupational spheres.

C. LECTURE SCHEDULE WEEK/DATE

1 [ 18/2/2013 22/2/2013 ] 2 [ 25/2 1/3 ] 3 [ 4/3 8/3 ] 4 [11/3 15/3 ] 5 [18/3 22/3 ] 6 [25/3 29/3 ] 7 [1/4 5/4 ] 8 [6/4 14/4 ] 9 [15/4 19/4 ] 10 [22/4 26/4 ] 11 [ 29/4 3/5 ] 12 [ 6/5 10/5 ] 13 [13/5 17/5 ] 14 [20/5 24/5 ] 15 [ 27/5 31/5 ] 16 [1/6 9/6 ] 17 19 [10/6 28/6 ]

TITLE Unit 1 Group Discussions Unit 1 Group Discussions

NOTES First Meeting: * Class administration - check students particulars, etc. * Briefing on attendance, assessments, etc.

Unit 2 Oral Presentations Unit 2 Oral Presentations Unit 2 Oral Presentations Individual Oral Presentation (15%) Individual Oral Presentation MID SEMESTER BREAK

Unit 5 Job Interview Unit 5 Job Interview Unit 3 Projects Unit 3 Projects Unit 3 Projects Unit 4 Report Writing Unit 4 Report Writing

Writing Test (15%)

1/5 Labour Day (Wed) Job Interview (10%) (held outside class time) Job Interview (held outside class time) Listening Test (10%) 24/5 Wesak Day (Fri)

Revision Week Examinations

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D. REFERENCES Texts : 1. Books Azar, Betty Schrampfer (2007). Fundamentals of English Grammar (3rd edition). Pearson. PTR Interactive. Courtland L.Bovee and John V. Thill (2005). Business Communication Today. United States of America: Pearson-Prentice Hall. Kitty O. Locker (2006) Business and Administrative Communication. New York: McGraw Hill. Lesikar, R.V., Flatley, M.E. and Rentz, K. (2008) Business Communication: Making Connections in a Digital World. 11th Edition. McGraw-Hill Irwin, U.S.A. Raymond V. Lesikar, Marie E. Flatley and Kathryn Rentz (2008). Business Communication: Making Connections in a Digital World. New York:McGraw-Hill Irwin. Yay Team! In the Black May 2008 CPA Australia

Journals : Websites : http://www.icscareersonline.com/communication_skills_group_discussions.htm http://www.exforsys.com/career-center/group-discussions/how-to-prepare-for-group-discussions.html http://ec.hku.hk/epc/presentation/ http://dcc2.bumc.bu.edu/prdu/Session_Guides/oral_presentation_techniques.htm http://www.laflemm.com/reso/inference.html http://www.csun.edu/~bashforth/098_PDF/06Sep15Connotation_Denotation.pdf http://www.bhavesads.com/advertisement/creating-advertisements.php http://custom-writing.org/blog/writing-tips/17.html http://www.scn.org/cmp/modules/rep-int.htm http://www.jobinterviewquestions.org/ http://www.resumagic.com/job_interviews.html http://www.effectivemeetings.com/meetingbasics/meetstate.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meetings Websites accessed on 22 Jun 2009

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COURSE EVALUATION

COURSE WORK (50 %) Mode a) Individual Oral Presentation (15%) ( i) Each student will be given 10 minutes. (Presentation: 5 - 7 minutes + answering questions from the floor: 3 - 5 minutes) ii) Topics will be vetted by the teacher. iii) Presentations will be assessed based on fluency and coherence; lexical resource; grammatical range and accuracy; and pronunciation. iv) Students will be penalised for reading. b) Writing (15%) 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; and grammatical range and accuracy. c) Job Interview (10%) 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. Duration of interview: 10 minutes d) Listening Comprehension (10%) Week 14 Students listen to a recording and answer questions based on it. Duration: approximately 45 minutes Notes: Final Examination (50%) Mode Reading Comprehension Writing Weighting 70% 30% 10% Week 12 & Week 13 10% Week 9 Weighting Deadline

15%

Week 6 & Week 7

15%