Course Syllalbus
1. Course
Code 5500
532
2. Number
of Credit 3
credits
3. Course
Title Academic
English for Graduate Studies
4. Faculty/Department
Academic
Administration and Research Section
5. Semester Second
Semester
6.
Academic Year
2008
7. Names of Instructors Prof.
Dr. Achara Wongsothorn
Asst.
Prof. Dr. Reongrudee Soonthornmanee
Ajarn
John Condon
8. Pre-requisite -
9. Type
of course Elective
10. Program
Title English
11. Level Graduate
(Master and Ph.D.)
12. (Class)
Contact hours 3
13. Course Description Study
and practice in reading, summarizing, and
writing articles, research proposals, abstracts, and
reports.
14. Course
Information/Instruction
14.1 Course Objectives
By the end of the course, students should be able to do the following:
·
read academic or professional
articles;
·
read research proposals,
abstracts and reports;
·
write summaries of articles;
·
write research proposals,
abstracts and reports;
14.2 Course Content
·
Language Review
·
Note-making & Mindmapping
·
·
Reading Academic Articles
·
Reading Research Articles
·
Paraphrasing
·
Writing an Abstract
·
Writing an Academic Article
·
Writing a Research Proposal
·
Writing a Report
14.3 Class Management/Instruction
·
Lecture
·
Discussion
·
Small group discussion
·
Pair work
·
Group work
·
·
Writing practice
·
Oral presentation
14.4 Instructional Media
·
Learning Materials
·
Supplementary Exercises/Materials
·
VDO & Audio
·
Transparency/OHP
·
MS Words/PowerPoint
14.5 Evaluation
Midterm
Test 30%
Final
Examination 30%
Classwork,
Homework & Participation 20%
Projects/Reports 20%
Assessment
Criterion
referenced
S
|
60 up
|
U
|
0-59
|
15. Recommended
Materials/Media
15.1 Required
·
Teaching and Learning Units
·
Supplementary Materials
o Articles
o Worksheets
o Audio and Video tapes
15.2Additional
· Internet
16. Course Evaluation
16.1
Teaching Evaluation
Students are required to complete a
questionnaire (Model 9 for tutorial groups) to evaluate the teacher’s
instruction during the course.
16.2
Materials evaluation
Students are also required to complete a questionnaire in which to rate
the materials they have learnt as well as give comments and suggestions on how
the course materials should be improved.
16.3
Course Revision
As part of the course development, the course has been revised in terms
of selection of topics, texts and activities on the basis of the evaluation up
to the year 2005. Schedule
adjustments have also been made to improve the teaching process.