What is a Bonus Point?
Bonus points are points added to the grades of students who exhibit exceptional talent and hard work and/or engage in course-related or extracurricular activities.
What is the best dictionary that I can use?
Do you offer English language courses and/or private lessons?
No.
How can I expand my language output?
You can expand your output through the following: writing fiction, jotting down class notes, making to-do lists, keeping a diary, singing, tweeting and commenting on online posts, engaging in any kind of conversation, etc.
What is a Question Bank?
A “Question Bank” is a collection of all the questions that students should expect at course exams. Question Banks help students to better prepare for any test they are required to sit for. Students are expected to access them once a week to check for any newly added questions.
What is a rubric?
A rubric is a grading guide that shows the criteria for judging students' performance.
On what basis will we be assessed?
For the first semester, you will be assessed according to the Semester Grading Rubric bellow. Please, note that this rubric is subject to modification.
Assessment Tool | Weight | |
1 | Attendance | 3 |
2 | Class Participation | 3 |
3 | Quiz / Pop Quiz | 2 |
4 | Exam | 12 |
A | Delivery | 7 |
I | Pace of Speech | 1.5 |
II | Volume | 1.5 |
III | Pitch | 1.5 |
IV | Tonality | 1.5 |
V | Pause | 1 |
B | Language Proficiency | 5 |
I | Pronunciation | 1.5 |
II | Grammar | 1.5 |
III | Content | 2 |
Total | 20 |
How many times am I allowed to be absent?
None. One absence takes off one mark out of attendance. If you skip three lectures, you will get zero for attendance even if you attend all the subsequent lectures. Always bear in mind that poor attendance will also affect your CP (Class Participation) mark.
What is the Favorite-Class policy?
The class in which the professor spots effective teamwork and classroom interaction shall receive 2 extra marks.
Are we supposed to prepare for oral or written exams?
Since the students are studying Conversation, all the exams must and will be orally taken.
What are the best Arabic-English & English-Arabic dictionaries to consult?
Reverso Context and Oxford Arabic Dictionary.
How can I watch a downloaded movie with two subtitles?
How may I add English subtitles to an online movie which has Arabic subtitles, or vice versa?
On your laptop, you may use a chrome extension called Online Subtitles which allows you to upload an extra subtitle file.
What is the best reading app through which one can learn new words?
Kindle, because it has in-built dictionaries.
Where would I find real people saying the words I need to hear?
YouGlish and PlayPhrase.
What kind of topics I can use in my presentation?
Absolutely anything, be it something related to your study materials, art, history, or any other topic you find interesting.
How are we going to be assessed during the second semester?
For the second semester, you will be assessed according to the Semester Grading Rubric bellow. Please, note that this rubric is subject to modification.
Assessment Tool | Weight | |
1 | Attendance | 4 |
2 | Class Participation | 4 |
3 | Public Speaking | 12 |
A | Delivery | 7 |
I | Pace of Speech | 1.5 |
II | Volume | 1.5 |
III | Pitch | 1.5 |
IV | Tonality | 1.5 |
V | Pause | 1 |
B | Language Proficiency | 5 |
I | Pronunciation | 1.5 |
II | Grammar | 1.5 |
III | Content | 2 |
Total | 20 |
How are we going to be assessed regarding the Conversation course?
First Semester
Assessment Tool | Weight |
Attendance | 5 |
Class Participation | 5 |
Midterm Exam | 5 |
Term Exam | 10 |
Total | 25 |
Second Semester
Assessment Tool | Weight |
Attendance | 15 |
Class Participation | 10 |
Total | 25 |
How are we going to be assessed regarding the Research Methods course?
Assessment Tool | Weight |
Attendance & CP | 18 |
Midterm Exam | 5 |
Term Exam | 17 |
Total | 40 |
How are we going to be assessed regarding the Essay course?
First & Second Semester
Assessment Tool | Weight |
Attendance | 4 |
Class Participation | 4 |
Midterm Exam | 4 |
Term Exam | 8 |
Total | 20 |
How are we going to be assessed regarding the Grammar course?
First Semester
Assessment Tool | Weight |
Attendance | 5 |
Term Exam | 15 |
Total | 20 |
Second Semester
Assessment Tool | Weight |
Attendance & CP | 8 |
Midterm Exam | 4 |
Term Exam | 10 |
Total | 20 |
