sarah mansour tashkandi

Specialized Reading in English

Course Syllabus

Specialized Reading in English

HED 555 (HA)

No prerequisite

Lecture time: Monday. 11-12:50

Location: Alzahraa 223

Spring 2012

Dr.Sarah M. Tashkandi

Office: Alzahraa 112

Tel: 6952000

Office hour: Saturday & Monday 9:00 -11:00

(or by appointment)

smtashkandi@kau.edu.sa

Course Description (as in the catalogue):

The emphasis is on developing reading skills in English in home economics field using different learning resources.

Course Philosophy:

Being the only English-based course provided by the department of Home Economics Education (H.E.E) to the graduate students, the aim is two folds; the first is to explore the nature of home economics education as presented in the English-based informational resources. Secondly, such exploration would implicitly help students develop English skills as they read, listen, and speak about these resources in English. Moreover, instructor will use English language, as much as possible, to deliver the content of this course. Thus, this course involves the integration of the subject matter (what to talk about) and linguistic matter (how to talk about it) for the purpose of accomplishing the course objectives outlined below.

Although , written texts are the dominant format of the learning materials, audio and visual resources related to home economics education are also explored. The learning environment respects the individual differences as well as the students social and intellectual needs by operating a verity of teaching and evaluation methods and strategies. Even though different teaching methods are implemented (such as cooperative learning, lectures, dialogue,reciprocal teaching), self-learning strategy is on the top due to the nature of this course. Moreover, class activities would range from structured daily assignment to fully independent group activities/projects.

Course Objectives:

This course will:

1 enrich the students' awareness about locating and utilizing Home Economics Education (H.E.E) English-based informational resources,

2 develop the students' reading skills as they relate to reading styles,

3 help students develop critical thinking skills as they interact with the learning materials, and

4 increase the students' appreciation as well as competencies of communicating in English.

Intended Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course, the student would be able to:

1- show evidence in locating desired H.E.E. English-based resources,

2- identify, comprehend, and report the important themes within the H.E.E. English-based resources,

3- show comprehension of audio/visual H.E.E. English-based resources, and

4-Develop a list of academic words throughout the course .

Student's Expectation:

1- abide by the university rules and regulations,

2- attend and participate in class activities unless having an authorized medical report,

3- respect the intellectual rights and show independent academic effort,

4- visit the instructor during the office hours at least three times throughout the semester .

5- contact the instructor when missing the assignments' due dates,

6- do the weekly readings and assignments,

7- apply effective distance communication skills,

8- turn-off the cell phone during the class time, and

9- be on time …J

Grading system Class activiti

Points	Assignments
10	class participation
20	Weekly assignments (total 4)
5	Audio/visual projects
5	Conference proceedings
10	Website presentation
15	Research abstract (5)
5	Academic list
30	Final exam
100	Total

Grade	Percentage
A+	From 95 to 100
A	From 90 and less than 95
B+	From 85 and less than 90
B	From 80 and less than 85
C+	From 75 and less than 80
C	From 70 and less than 75
D+	From 65 and less than 70
D	From 60 and less than 65
F	Less than 60

Course references:

Due to the nature of this course, there are no specific resources. However students are encouraged to access the following resources, in addition to other resources in the content area:

Association for Career and Technical Education .

Family and Consumer Sciences Education

http://www.acteonline.org/

http://www.acteonline.org/resource_center/lpl/facs.cfm

Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society Human Sciences

http://www.kon.org/

International Federation for Home Economics

http://www.ifhe.org/

United Nation

http://www.un.org/arabic/cybrschl/

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

http://www.unicef.org/arabic/siteguides/36257_36377.html