COURSE OUTLINE

EIC 1 (2018-2019)

COURSE OUTLINE

Course ID Course title Credits

AV012DV01 EIC 1 00

(To be applied to semester 19.1B, school year: 2019 – 2020 under decision No. ……… dated

……… by Rector of Hoa Sen University)

A. Course specifications:

Periods Periods in classroom

Total

periods*

Lecture/

Seminar

Laboratory/

Studio Activity Fieldwork

Self-

study

periods

Lecture

room

Lab

room Fieldwork

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)

158 60 98 00 158 77 00 00

*(1) = (2) + (3) + (4) + (5) = (7) + (8) + (9)

B. Other related subjects:

Other related Subjects Course ID

Prerequisites:

None

Co-requisites:

Other requirements:

C. Course description:

This course helps students achieve skills and language competence at A1

+ - A2 level based on

CEFR. Besides the traditional four skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing, this course also

focuses on academic reading and writing at beginning level to prepare students for their effective

further university study. As a result, this gives students a full picture of what the language is and

how it works in a certain context.

D. Course objectives:

Students can achieve all skills to understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to

areas of most immediate relevance, communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and

direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters, describe in simple terms aspects of

their background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

E. Learning outcomes:

After this course, students’ English competence will be at CEFR A1

+ - A2 level as follows:

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Listening Can understand phrases and the highest frequency vocabulary related to areas of most

immediate personal relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information,

shopping, local area, employment), catch the main point in short, clear, simple

messages and announcements

Speaking Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange

of information on familiar topics and activities, use a series of phrases and sentences to

describe in simple terms their family and other people, living conditions, their

educational background and their present or most recent job

Reading Can read very short, simple texts, find specific, predictable information in simple

everyday material such as advertisements, menus and timetables and understand short

simple personal letters

Writing Can master punctuation and capitalization; write complete sentences about their

families, classmates, things that people usually do, places around the world, two cities

in the same country

F. Instructional modes:

1. The course is implemented with modes of instructions as follows:

- Lecture and assignments involving 4 language skills

- Pair / Group work

- Class report / public speaking

- Role play

- Homework

2. In-class teaching and studying will be specific as follows:

The total periods of 158 (53 sessions) spread throughout a semester with 6 sessions / week, 3

periods / session (2 periods / 53rd

session) by foreign and Vietnamese teachers at the ratio of

2:4.

3. The number of students in each class is no more than 30 students.

4. English is taught 100% in the classroom.

5. Requirements for students taking the course:

- Students must finish all homework and assignment / projects, unit tests assigned by teachers

in charge.

- Students must pay attention to the lecture and participate in all the class activities.

- Students must take the mid-term test (week 5/6) and final test (week 10).

- Students’ course result must be at 5 points as minimum (out of 10) to pass the course.

- Students must attend at least 70% of their course sessions to be eligible for the final exam.

- Students must be on time. Students who arrive late more than 15 minutes must be marked

absent.

G. Textbooks and teaching aids: Required Textbooks and Materials:

English File 3rd

edition (Elementary), Oxford University Press (Student’s book,

Workbook, CD & CD Rom)

Suggested Course Materials:

Supplementary Pack (ELT supplementary materials, topics cards, collection of

various activities + homework)

Teaching aids:

- English File elementary itools

- White board(s) + markers

- Projector

- Computer

- Flash cards

- Board games

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H. Assessment Methods (Requirements for completion of the course):

1. Description of learning outcomes assessment: - Progress assessment: Students are required to do all homework, class unit tests, projects

and other tasks assigned by teachers in charge.

- Mid-term test: There are two parts: oral and written. In the oral test, each student will

take a 5-minute face to face interview with a teacher in class. For written test, all

students will take a 90-minute test on an assigned date.

- Final test: There are two parts: oral and written. In the oral test, each student will take a

5-minute face to face interview with a teacher in class. For written test, all students will

take a 90-minute test on an assigned date.

Written test

The Midterm Written test contains Listening, Vocabulary, Grammar, Reading for a

total of 80 marks. The Final Written test contains Listening, Vocabulary, Grammar,

Reading for a total of 60 marks + 20 marks from Writing (the writing skill is tested in

class).

Section Midterm (90 minutes), Units 1-5 Final (90 minutes), Units 1-10

Listening (20

marks)

Part 1: The audio is played TWICE. This part contains 10 multiple choice

questions.

Part 2: Students listen to this part ONCE only. This part contains 10 multiple choice

questions.

Outcomes to be tested (A1+- A2)

- Listen to dialogues / short descriptions for specific information and details

- Listen to dialogues / short descriptions for gists

Themes of audio files match with themes of units in the coursebook

Vocabulary (20

marks/

Midterm, 10

marks/ Final)

This section contains a total of 20 multiple choice questions. All the words tested are

from the main course book, including Vocabulary Builder.

Grammar

(20 marks/

Midterm, 10

marks/ Final)

This section contains a total of 20 multiple choice questions. All the grammar points

tested are from the main course book, including Grammar Builder.

Reading (20

marks)

Part 1: This part contains 10 multiple choice questions.

Part 2: This part contains 10 multiple choice questions.

Outcomes to be tested (A1+- A2)

- Read a short text for gist and detail

- Read a short text for specific information

Themes of reading texts match with themes of units in the coursebook

Oral test

Students can get a maximum score of 20 marks.

It takes each student 4 minutes to make a short talk based on the topic given by the

examiner and answer follow-up questions. Students wait at a designated area and are

called to testing rooms by corridor monitors. The student’s performance is scored on the

scale of 0 to 20 marks, based on 4 criteria: fluency, vocabulary, grammar and

pronunciation. All speaking tests are recorded for future reference.

*Note: - The oral test is normally conducted at least 1 day before the Written test.

- Short talk topic cards are identical to the topics in Task 2 of the Oral Test.

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2. Summary of learning outcome assessment

No. Duration Assessment procedure Percenta

ge

Time of

assessment

Progress

assessment Students must do all

homework, class unit tests,

projects and other tasks

assigned by teachers.

30% Week 1-18

Mid-Term

Test

90 mins

5mins

+ Written Test: 90 minutes

+ Oral Test: 5’ face to face

interview with a teacher

25% Week

11/12

Redo

midterm test

90 mins

5mins




Week 16

Final test 90 mins

5mins




45% Week 19

3. Academic integrity

Academic integrity is a fundamental value that affects the quality of teaching, learning, and

research at a university. To ensure the maintenance of academic integrity at Hoa Sen University,

students are required to:

Work independently on individual assignments

Collaborating on individual assignments is considered cheating.

Avoid plagiarism

Plagiarism is an act of fraud that involves the use of ideas or words of another person

without proper attribution. Students will be accused of plagiarism if they:

i. Copy in their work one or more sentences from another person without proper

citation.

ii. Rephrase, paraphrase, or translate another person’s ideas or words without proper

attribution

iii. Reuse their own assignments, in whole or in part, and submit them for another class.

Work responsibly within a working group

In cooperative group assignments, all students are required to stay on task and contribute

equally to the projects. Group reports should clearly state the contribution of each group

member.

Any acts of academic dishonesty will result in a grade of zero for the task at hand and/or

immediate failure of the course, depending on the seriousness of the fraud. Please consult Hoa Sen

University’s Policy on Plagiarism at http://thuvien.hoasen.edu.vn/chinh-sach-phong-tranh-dao-

van. To ensure the maintenance of academic integrity, the university asks that students report

cases of academic dishonesty to the teacher and/or the Dean. The names of those students will be

kept anonymous

2. Teaching staff:

No. Professor’s name

Email, Phone

number,

Office location

Office hours Position

1

…

http://thuvien.hoasen.edu.vn/chinh-sach-phong-tranh-dao-van

http://thuvien.hoasen.edu.vn/chinh-sach-phong-tranh-dao-van

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3. Outline of topics to be covered (Learning schedule):

Week/

meeting

Topics References Homework

assignment

1,2 Orientation

Unit 1

1A: My name’s Hannah, not Anna

- Listening & Speaking

- Grammar & Grammar Bank 1A

(p.124): verb be [+], subject pronouns

- Pronunciation & Sound Bank (p.166): vowel sounds, word stress


1B: All over the world

- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank

(p.149): the world

- Pronunciation: /ə/,/tʃ/,/ʃ/

- Grammar & Grammar Bank 1B

(p.124): verb be [?] and [-]

- Pronunciation & Speaking: Sentence

stress

- Vocabulary: numbers 21 - 100

- Listening

- English File

3rd

edition

(SB) – Ele (p.

4 - 7)

- Great writing

(Foundations)

- English

File 3rd

edition

(WB) - Ele

(p.4 - 7)

Unit 1

1C: Open your books, please.

- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank

(p.150): classroom language

- Pronunciation: /aʊ/,/uː/,/ɑː/ the

alphabet


- Grammar: possessive

- Speaking

Writing 1: Write sentences about you and

your family

Unit 2

2A: A writer’s room

- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank (p.151): things

- Grammar: a/an, plurals

- Pronunciation: final -s and –es


- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p.126):

this/that/these/those

- Pronunciation: th

- English File

3rd

edition

(SB) - Ele (p.

8 - 13)

- Great writing

(Foundations

)

- English

File 3rd

edition

(WB) - Ele

(p.8 - 12)

3,4 2B: Stars and stripes

- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank (p.152): colours, adjectives part 1

- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p,126):

Adjectives

- Pronunciation & Sound Bank (p.166): long & short vowel sounds

- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank: Adjectives part 2

- Reading: Hollywood stars-Who are

they?

- Speaking

2C: After 300 metres, turn right

- Vocabulary: feelings

- English File

3rd

edition

(SB) - Ele (p.

14 -17)

- English

File 3rd

edition

(WB) - Ele

(p.13 - 16)

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Week/

meeting


assignment

- Listening & Reading

- Grammar: imperatives, let's

- Pronunciation: understanding

connected speech

- Speaking

Writing 1: Write sentences about you and

your family (2nd

)

Unit 1&2: Revise & Check

- Grammar

- Vocabulary

- Can you understand this text?

- Can you understand these people?

- Can you say this in English?


- Grammar

- Vocabulary

- Pronunciation




Unit test 2 (Unit 3+ Unit 4)

Unit 3

3A: Things I love about Britain

- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank (p.153): verb phrases


present simple [+] and [-]

- Pronunciation: third person -s

- Speaking: Starbucks, summer, and

other things I love about Britain

3B: Work and play

- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank (p.154): Jobs

- Listening


present simple [?]

- Pronunciation: /ɜː/

- Speaking

- Reading: Uniforms - for or against

- English File

3rd

edition

(SB) - Ele (p.

18 - 23)

- English

File 3rd

edition

(WB) - Ele

(p.17 - 20)

5,6 Unit 3

3C: Love online

- Listening: Showing interest


word order in questions

- Vocabulary & Pronunciation: question words, sentence stress

Writing 2: Write sentences about your

classmates or friends (1st)

In-class project

- English File

3rd

edition

(SB) - Ele

(p. 24 - 25)

- English

File 3rd

edition

(WB) - Ele

(p.21 - 22)

Unit 4

4A: Is she his wife or his sister?


Whose ...?, possessive 's

- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank (p.155): family

- English File

3rd

edition

(SB) - Ele (p.

26 - 33)

- English

File 3rd

edition

(WB) - Ele

(p.24 - 29)

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Week/

meeting


assignment

- Pronunciation & Sound Bank (p.166): /ʌ/, the letter o


4B: What a life!

- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank (p.156): everyday activities

- Pronunciation: linking and sentence

stress

- Reading & Listening: Father &

Daughter


prepositions of time (at, in, on) and

place

- Speaking

4C: Short life, long life?

- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank (p.157): adverbs & expressions of

frequency


position of adverbs and expressions of

frequency

- Pronunciation & Sound Bank: the

letter h

- Reading & Speaking: The secrets of a

long life

7,8 Writing 2: Write sentences about your

classmates or friends (2nd

)


- Grammar

- Vocabulary

- Pronunciation




Unit test 2 (Unit 3+ Unit 4)

Unit 5

5A

- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank (p.158): verb phrases


can't

- Pronunciation: sentence stress

- Speaking

- Reading: Factor winners

- English File

3rd

edition

(SB) - Ele (p.

34 - 37)

- Great writing

(Foundations

)

- English

File 3rd

edition

(WB) - Ele

(p.30 - 31)

Unit 5

5B: Love your neighbours

- Vocabulary & Speaking: verb phrases


present continuous

- Pronunciation & Speaking: /ŋ/

- Listening: Switzerland-The sound of

silence

5C: Sun and the City

- Vocabulary, Vocabulary Bank (p.159)& Listening: the weather and

reasons

- Reading & Speaking: What to do in

London ...

- English File

3rd

edition

(SB) - Ele (p.

38 - 41)

- English

File 3rd

edition

(WB) - Ele

(p.32 - 35)

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Week/

meeting


assignment


present simple or present continuous

- Pronunciation: places in London

Writing 3: Write sentences about things

that people usually do (1st)

9,10

Unit 6

6A


object pronouns

- Pronunciation: /aɪ/,/ɪ/, /iː/

- Reading & Listening: Sally's phone

- Speaking

6B

- Vocabulary, Vocabulary Bank (p.159) & Pronunciation: the date

- Reading: Favourite times

- Listening


like + (verb + -ing)

- Speaking

6C

- Vocabulary: music


revision: be or do?

- Pronunciation: /j/

- Speaking: Giving opinions

- Reading: Music is changing their

lives

- English File

3rd

edition

(SB) - Ele (p.

44 - 49)

- English

File 3rd

edition

(WB) - Ele

(p.37 –

- 42)

Writing 3: Write sentences about things

that people usually do (2nd

)

Review for Midterm test

Midterm Speaking test

- Great writing

(Foundations)

11,12 Midterm Written test

7A


was/were

- Pronunciation & Speaking: sentence

stress

- Reading: National Portrait Gallery

- Vocabulary: word formation

- Listening

7B

- Reading & Listening:The taxi journey


Past simple: regular verbs

- Pronunciation: -ed endings

- Vocabulary & Speaking: past time

expressions

- English File

3rd

edition

(SB) - Ele (p.

52 - 55)

- English

File 3rd

edition

(WB) - Ele

(p.43 - 45)

7C

- Reading: Why do we remember some

nights in our lives?


Past simple: irregular verbs

- Listening

- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank (p.160): go, have,get

- English File

3rd

edition

(SB) - Ele (p.

56 - 61)

- Great writing

(Foundations

)

- English

File 3rd

edition

(WB) - Ele

(p.47 - 51)

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Week/

meeting


assignment


- Speaking

Writing 4: Write sentences about places

around the world(1st)

Unit 8

8A: A murder story

- Reading: Murder in a country house

- Pronunciation: past simple verbs

- Listening


past simple-regular & irregular

- Speaking

13,14 Unit 8

8B: A house with a history

- Vocabulary: the house

- Listening

- Grammar: there is/there are


- Speaking

8C: A nigh in a haunted hotel

- Reading

- Vopcabulary: prepositions: place and

movement

- Pronunciation: silent letters

- Listening

- Grammar: there was/ there were

- Speaking

Unit 7& Unit 8 Review

Unit test 3

Unit 9

9A: What I ate yesterday

- Vocabulary: food

- Reading: What I ate yesterday

- Grammar: countable/uncountable

nouns

- Pronunciation: the letter ea

- Speaking

- Listening

9B: White gold

- Vocabulary: food containers

- Grammar: qualitifiers: how

much/how many, a lot of ...

- Pronunciation: /ʃ/ & /s/

- Speaking

- Reading

- English File

3rd

edition

(SB) - Ele

(p.62 - 71)

- English

File 3rd

edition

(WB) - Ele

(p.52- 55)

15, 16 Unit 9

9C: Quiz night

- Vocabulary: high numbers

- Listening: Quiz night

- Grammar: comparative adjectives


- Speaking

- Reading

Unit 10

10A: The most dangerous road

- Vocabulary: places and buildings

- Grammar: superlative adjectives

- Pronunciation: consonant groups

- English File

3rd

edition

(SB) - Ele (p.

72 - 79)

- English

File 3rd

edition

(WB) - Ele

(p.56 - 66)

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Week/

meeting


assignment

- Reading

- Speaking

10B: CouchSurf round the world

- Listening

- Grammar: be going to (plans)

- Pronunciation & speaking: sentence

stress

- Reading

- Vocabulary & Speaking: holidays

Unit 10

10C: What’s going to happen?

- Vocabulary: verb phrases

- Reading & Listening: It’s written in

the cards

- Grammar: be going to (predictions)

- Pronunciation: the letters oo

- Speaking

Unit 9& Unit 10 Review

Unit test 4

Unit 11

11A: First impresssions

- Reading

- Grammar: adverbs

- Pronunciation: word stress


- English File

3rd

edition

(SB) - Ele (p.

80 - 85)

- English

File 3rd

edition

(WB) - Ele

(p.67 - 70)

17, 18 Unit 11

11B: What do you want to do?

- Reading & Speaking: What do you

want to do with your life?

- Grammar: verbs + to+infinitive


- Speaking

11C: Men, women, and the internet

- Vocabulary & pronunciation: the

internet

- Speaking& Listening

- Grammar: articles

Unit 12

12A: Books and films

- Grammar: present perfect


- Vocabulary: irregular past participles

- Speaking & Listening

- English File

3rd

edition

(SB) - Ele (p.

86 - 93)

- English

File 3rd

edition

(WB) - Ele

(p.71 - 77)

Unit 12

12B: I’ve never been there!

- Listening

- Grammar: present perfect or past

simple

- Vocabulary & Pronunciation: more

irregular past participles

- Speaking

12C: The English File questionnaire

- Reading: Interview with Sir Ian

Mckellen

- Vocabulary: revision: word groups

- Pronunciation: revision: sounds

- Grammar & Speaking:

revision:question formation

- English File

3rd

edition

(SB) - Ele (p.

94 - 97)

- English

File 3rd

edition

(WB) - Ele

(p.78 - 81)

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Week/

meeting


assignment

Review for Final test

19 Final Speaking test

Final Written test

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