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The Basic English Language Skills II course at Kotebe University aims to enhance students' English language proficiency through various practical skills, including listening, speaking, reading, writing, and grammar. The course covers topics such as Ethiopian culture, environmental issues, and digital technology, with a focus on improving communication and academic writing skills. Assessment includes assignments, presentations, and exams, with a diverse range of learning activities designed to engage students in the language learning process.

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FLEd1112 Course Outline

The Basic English Language Skills II course at Kotebe University aims to enhance students' English language proficiency through various practical skills, including listening, speaking, reading, writing, and grammar. The course covers topics such as Ethiopian culture, environmental issues, and digital technology, with a focus on improving communication and academic writing skills. Assessment includes assignments, presentations, and exams, with a diverse range of learning activities designed to engage students in the language learning process.

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Kotebe University of Education

College of Languages and Humanities


Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
Course title: Basic English Language Skills II
Course Code: FLEd 1112
Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: 3
Course Descriptions:
This course is designed to mainly focus on empowering students to deepen and advance their
general English language knowledge and skills. The course is planned to expose students to a
rich variety of transferable and practical skills. One of the key emphases is on improving
students’ communicative skills through the practice of the macro and micro English language
skills including listening, speaking, reading, writing, and using grammar and vocabulary in
context. In practice, the course work mainly involves listening and working out
comprehension questions, reading, summarizing, reflecting and dealing with diverse
comprehension activities, performing short conversations, presenting speech, debating,
interviewing and reflecting, use different grammar forms in diverse contexts, tasks and short
conversations, writing longer texts, application letters, CV, summary reports, journals, and
analyzing and interpreting data.
Course Objectives:
After completing this course you will be able to:
- describe the diverse natural and historical features of Ethiopia;
- explain the importance of Green Legacy in preserving natural beauty and biodiversity;
- enrich your communicative skills of English language in use;
- identify the different types of academic essay and produce them effectively;
- write a clear and concise summary of a text;
- produce grammatically correct speech in a conversation;
- conduct a survey or interview and compile data and present reports effectively; and
- analyze and interpret research data effectively.
Unit One: Discover Ethiopia, The Land of Origins
Section One: Listening (Ethiopia as Land of Mysteries)
- Listen and identify the main and specific points of texts.
- Listen and match headings with details.
- Listen and guess meanings of words given in the text.
Section Two: Speaking
- Presenting Speech (land of origins, Ethiopian fauna & flora, landscapes, natural beauties)
- Telling picture stories
- Visiting Zoos or parks
Section Three: Grammar in Use
- Asking questions
- Auxiliary Verbs (Primary auxiliary verbs and Modal auxiliary verbs)
Section Four: Reading: Ethiopia
- Read and comprehend the main points of short texts about Ethiopia.
- Specify the most important information about Ethiopia in the texts.
- Construct simple messages and key communications from a reading text.

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- Match main ideas with supporting details.
- Identify referential words.
- work out contextual meanings of words used in a reading passage.
- Summarize the content of the text in own words.
Section Five: Writing
- Basic Types of academic Essays
- Essay analysis
- Writing connected texts of 150-200 words on a range of topics of personal interest and
express personal views and opinions about Ethiopia
- Writing texts (with thesis statement, body and conclusion) of 200-300 words on familiar
topics
Section Six: Reflection (Self-report)
Unit Two: Ethiopian Green Legacy
Section One: Listening (Ethiopian Wildlife)
- List and complete incomplete texts
- Listen and summarize the main points
Section Two: Speaking
- Phrases and expressions for clarifications and restating opinions or ideas
- Peer/panel discussions (climate change, deforestation, drought, green legacy, biodiversity,
forestry)
- Describing nature and wildlife pictures
Section Three: Grammar in Use
- Conjunctions
- Coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS)
- Correlative conjunctions
- Subordinating conjunctions
Section Four: Reading (Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative – Planting Our Print for
Future Generations)
- Read and comprehend the main points.
- Clearly identify the specific details.
- Skim texts to find out relevant facts and information.
- Match main ideas with supporting details.
- Identify referential words.
- Work out contextual meanings of words used in a reading passage.
- Summarize the content of the text in own words.
Section Five: Writing
- Writing application letters
- Writing curriculum vitae (CV)
- Writing/completing resumes, letters of application for employment, etc.
Section Six: Self-Reflection (self-report)
Unit Three: Cultural Diversity
Section One: Listening (Diversity within unity)

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- Listen and draw the different scenes in a story.
- Listen to a short narrative and form hypotheses about what will happen next.
Section Two: Speaking
- Sharing opinions on the concept of diversity and unity
- Apologizing
- Asking for help
Section Three: Grammar in Use
- Adverbial Clauses: Time, Reason, Result, Purpose, Concession, Contrast and Condition
- Relative Clauses
Section Four: Reading: The Benefits of Cultural Diversity
- Match main ideas with supporting details.
- Read and summarize the overall meaning of a text.
- Identify referential words.
- Work out contextual meanings of words used in a reading passage.
- Read to find and summarize main contents of texts.
- Read and reflect on own understanding.
Section Five: Writing
- Social letters (invitation, condolence, personal observation or report of incidences, scenes)
Section Six: Self-Reflection (Self-report)
Unit Four: Valuable Innovations
Section One: Listening (Hybridizing or crossbreeding seeds for best productions)
- Listen and prepare 3-5 key questions of own.
- Listen to dialogs or interviews and guess what it is about.
- Identify the essential messages and share with class/peer.
Section Two: Speaking
- Agree and disagree politely; give advice.
- Accepting and refuting
- Debates (The positive and negative effects of technology on human life)
Section Three: Grammar in Use
Section Four: Reading: (Electric Cars)
Section Five: Writing
- Writing diaries or journals
- Writing summaries
Section Six: Reflection (Report)
Unit Five: Digital Technology
Section One: Listening: (Digital technology and its types)
- Preparing 3-5 key questions of one’s own from listening
- Writing key words under headings
- Writing a summary of the listening text

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Section Two: Speaking
- Short conversations, dialogues
- Short conversations: ‘Job’ Interview
- Conducting classroom survey or interview, compiling data and presenting reports
Section Three: Grammar in Use
- Active vs. Passive Voices

Section Four: Reading: (The Impact of Digital Technologies)

Section Five: Writing


- Write descriptive texts of simple charts, tables, graphs, etc.
Section Six: Reflection
Unit Six: The Evolution of Laser Science
Section One: Listening (Interview on the values of laser sciences)
- Preparing 3-5 key questions of one’s own from listening
- Listening for the gist
- Describing a speaker’s attitude or opinion
Section Two: Speaking
- Debates (science and innovation, digital technology, nuclear power, drones, etc.)
Section Three: Grammar in Use
- Reported speech
Section Four: Reading: The Benefits of Laser Technology
Section Five: Writing
- Analyzing and Interpreting data (tables, graphs, charts, etc.)
- Writing academic reports
Section Six: Self-Reflection (Self-report)
Assessment: Students’ grades are determined in the following manner:
- Assignments 15%
- Presentations 25%
- Midterm exam 20%
- Final exam 40%
Reference
Alexander, L. G. 1990. Longman English Grammar Practice for Intermediate Students. UK:
Longman.
Badger, Ian. 2003. English for Work: Everyday Business English. UK: Longman
Lefrancois, G.R. 1991. Psychology for Teaching (7th ed.). USA: Wadsworth Publishing
Comp.
Ofcansky, P. T. & Berry, L.2004. Ethiopia: A Country Study. Kessinger Publishing.
Murphy, R & Aliman, R. 1998. English Grammar in Use: Reference and Practice for
Intermediate students of English (11th ed.). UK: Cambridge University Press

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Murphy, R. 2003. English Grammar in Use: A self-study reference and practice book for
intermediate students (2nd edition). UK: Cambridge University Press
Thomson, A.J. & Martinet. 1984. A Practical English Grammar. UK: OUP

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