As a language teacher, my primary teaching responsibilities is teaching the three main two-credit subjects offered by the academy for all undergraduates in UTM since 2015. The following details are the synopsis of the courses that I’ve taught since 2015.
ULAB1122: This course exposes students to essential academic skills through read-to-write approach. It focuses on developing students’ ability to read texts and develop their receptive and productive skills through student-centered activities. This includes reading academic texts, making notes, writing clearly and coherently, and participating in discussions. Grammar enhancement activities are also incorporated in all skills. At the end of this course, students should be able to apply acquired skills in their academic activities.
ULAB2122: This course reinforces and enhances all four key language skills to facilitate students’ language use in academic context. This includes reading and synthesizing information, listening for main ideas and details (e.g. lectures), taking notes, writing clearly and coherently, and participating in oral presentation and class discussions. The course incorporates features of vocabulary and grammar of academic English. In addition, the course fosters independent learning activities facilitated by online resources. At the end of the course students should be able to integrate skills and knowledge to perform tasks in academic contexts.
ULAB3162: The course prepares students with the skills of effective communication that are necessary in order for them to be able to function effectively in workplace situations. at the beginning of the courses, students are required to do enculturation tasks in order to discover their potential and possible expectations of the prospective workplace environment. through active learning, it emphasizes oral and written communication skills that are practised in workplace situation using authentic workplace scenarios, students will be given opportunities to negotiate and present information through group discussions and presentations. by the end of the course, students should be able to function as individuals and team members using appropriate communication skills at workplace.
UHLB 1112: This English course is designed to reinforce and enhance students’ existing English Language skills to enable them to communicate better in their current surrounding. Through guided and independent learning activities, students will develop their skills in reading, listening, writing as well as speaking. At the end of the course, students should be able to distinguish relevant information in factual texts on topics of interest. Students should also acquire the ability to compose texts on familiar topics. Additionally, this course will provide students with opportunities to enhance their listening and speaking skills and be able to identify the main points of speech given on frequently encountered matters as well as articulate their views on matters of interest.
UHLB 2122: The course focuses on developing writing skills via read-to-write tasks and prepares students for the demands of writing in an academic setting. By engaging in active learning activities, students will be able to analyse texts gathered from different online and offline sources to compose a well-organised and coherent academic paper. In addition, this course will develop students’ referencing skills using the APA citation style. The students in this course should be able to deliver an organised presentation with clearly developed arguments that highlight both main as well as supporting points.
UHLB 3132: This course prepares students with the fundamental skills of speaking and writing in professional related settings. Students will develop the ability to participate in a formal discussion, compose formal correspondence and produce a self-narrative in an online setting. In addition, the course fosters independent learning through web-based learning resources. At the end of this course, students should be able to apply and produce effective communication skills in professional settings.