This document provides information about an English language course offered at The Hashemite University. The course aims to prepare students to take the TOEFL test by focusing on reading and structure. It will enrich students' vocabulary and expose them to challenging texts and current English usage. Students will analyze language systems and learn strategies to approach different text types. The course also aims to enable students to use English fluently and sit for entrance exams required for university study in the US and Jordan. The course will be evaluated based on three online exams. Lectures over 12 weeks will cover skills like determining main ideas, word meanings, and sentence structures.

1. The Hashemite University
The Language Center
First Semester- 2013/2014
Course Name : The English Language 121602101- 3 credit hours
English (121602101) Course Description:
The aim of this compulsory prerequisite course is to introduce students to the paper
version of the TOEFL test. It is based on the most up-to-date information available on the
format and content of paper TOEFL test. The course is also intended to prepare students to sit
for the test. The course will focus on reading and structure.
Course Objectives:
A. Knowledge and understanding:
 To enrich the students' asset of vocabulary.
 To expose students to a variety of challenging and interesting text-types in reading
and structural activities.
 To expose students to the most up-to-date English as used on a daily basis.
B. Intellectual skills:
 To encourage students to analyze the systems of language in use.
 To enable students to approach different texts through different strategies and at
various levels (parts of speech; sentence parts; positions of adjectives, adverbs;
paragraphs; essays, etc. )
C. Employment skills:
 To enable students to use English fluently.
 Enable students to sit for the test which is an entrance requirement for admission
at universities in the States.
 To enable students to sit for the test which has become a requirement for graduate
education in Jordan.
Limitations:
 Due to the time factor, the goal should not be covering a whole book or all the skills
presented in this Course description.
Textbook:
Philips, Deborah. (2003). Longman: Preparation Course for the TOEFL test.
Evaluation:
 First Online Exam: 25%
 Second Online Exam: 25%
 Final Online Exam: 50%

2. Notes:
 Regular attendance and active participation are expected from each student.
 Bringing the book is a must.
 No guests are allowed in class.
 Turn off your cell phone before coming to class.
 The first, second and final exams are assigned in accordance to the academic
calendar; you should know about the first, second, and final exams’ details
from the STUDENT PORTAL on the University Website NOT from your
INSTRUCTOR.
Course Lectures’ Division
Weeks Skills
Week 1:
Introductory
Orientation and introduction pp xi-xxi & additional given information by the instructor
Week2:
Structure
 Introduction to the structure section pp 96-97
Sentences with one clause
 Skill 1: be sure the sentence has a subject and a verb pp 98-9
 Skill 2: be careful of objects of prepositions pp 99-101
 Skill 3: be careful of appositives pp 101-102
Week 3:
Reading
Introduction to the reading section pp 249 – 250
 Skill1: Answer main idea questions correctly pp 251-254
 Skill 2: Recognize the organization of ideas pp 255- 257
 Skill 3: answer stated detail questions correctly pp 259- 263
Week4:
Structure
Sentences with one clause (Contd.)
 Skill 4: Be careful of present participles pp102-104
 Skill 5: Be careful of past participles pp 104 -105
 Exercise p106
First Exam (13-24/10)
Sentences with multiple clauses:
 Skill 6: Use coordinate connectors correctly pp 107-108
Week 5:
Reading
Directly answered questions
 Skill 4: find unstated details pp 264-266
 Skill 5: find pronoun referents pp 267-269
 Skill 6: answer implied detail questions correctly pp 275- 279
Week 6:
Structure
Sentences with multiple clauses:
 Skill 7: use adverb time and cause connectors correctly pp 109-110
 Skill 8: use other adverb connectors correctly. pp 110-112
More sentences with Multiple Clauses:
 Skill 9: use noun clause connectors correctly pp114-115
Week7:
Structure
More sentences with Multiple Clauses:
Skill 10: use noun clause connector/ subjects correctly pp 116-117
Second Exam(24/11- 5/12)
Week 8:
Reading
Indirectly answered questions:
Skill 7: answer transition questions correctly pp 279- 282 (Deleted)
Vocabulary questions:
 Skill 8: finding definitions from structural clues pp 288- 291
 Skill 9: Determine meanings from word parts pp 292 -294
 Skill 10: use context to determine meanings of difficult words pp 294-296

3. Weeks Skills
Week 9:
Reading
 Skill 11: use context to determine meanings of simple words pp 296-298
 The Rest unanswered Exercises in the Reading Part
Week 10:
Structure
Sentences with inverted subjects and verbs:
 Skill 15: Invert the Subject and verb with questions pp 131-132
 Skill 16: Invert the Subject and verb with place expressions pp 132-134
 Skill 17: Invert the Subject and verb with negatives pp134- 136
 Skill 18: Invert the Subject and verb conditionals pp136-138
 Skill 19: Invert the Subject and verb with comparisons pp138-139
 Exercises pp 140-142
 The rest unanswered Exercises in the structure Part
Week 11:
An Overall
Revision
Overall Review Questions & Brain Storming Additional Questions
Final Exam (21/12/2013- 2/1/2014)
 First Exam/ Included skills:
13-24/10/2013
- Structure 1-5
- Reading 1-3
 Second Exam/ Included skills:
24/11- 5/12/2013
- Structure 6-10
- Reading 4-6
 Final Exam/ Included skills:
21/12/2013- 2/1/2014
- Structure 1-10 /15-19
- Reading 1-11 Except for skill 7 ( Eliminated)
Good Luck