Course number: 10110  

Course Title: Arabic Language 1

This course deals with the Arabic language in general and focuses on its grammar, rhetoric and morphology. This includes analyzing parts of speech, the word and its affixes, the active and passive voice, and types of verbs. The course also introduces literary devices, analogy, writing styles, and techniques of literary analysis.

Course Number: 10170     

Course Title: Second Foreign Language 1                     ( French/Italian)

This course introduces students to the basics of the Foreign Language (French/Italian). Basic skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing are taught and practiced during this course with a focus on sentence structure. 

Course Number: 10120

Course Title: Islamic Studies

A number of topics aim at introducing the tolerant Islamic Sharia according to the moderate approach that is free from extremism and exaggeration and which focuses on true faith and the noble ethics of Islam.

Course Number: 30110

Course Title: Introduction to Computers

The course introduces computer applications and programs, and how to use the operating system (Dos) (Windows), Microsoft word processor, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentation, Internet and e-mail.

Course Number: 11110

Course Title: Listening and Speaking Skills 1

Prerequisite: NONE

Language of instruction: English

Course Level: First Year

Credit Hours: 3

Listening and Speaking Skills 1 is the first course in the listening and speaking curriculum in the English Language and Literature Specialization at MIU. This course compromises two integrated skills; listening and speaking. It aims at developing students’ abilities to understand aural language inputs and to communicate and express themselves in a clear coherent English.  The listening materials are chosen carefully from adapted authentic sources to engage students and stimulate discussions. The course textbook includes a wide variety of texts and for a wide range of academic purposes —including lectures, radio interviews, and news reports. Students will learn and practice different techniques and strategies for listening and speaking.

Course Number: 11111

Course Title: Listening and Speaking Skills 2

Listening and Speaking Skills 2 is the second course in the listening and speaking curriculum in the English Language and Literature Specialization at MIU. This course compromises two integrated skills; listening and speaking. It continues with the aims of developing students’ abilities to understand aural language inputs and to communicate and express themselves in a clear coherent English.  The listening materials are carefully chosen from adapted authentic sources to engage students and stimulate discussions. The course textbook includes a wide variety of texts and for a wide range of academic purposes —including lectures, radio interviews, TV shows and news reports. Students will learn and practice different techniques and strategies for listening and speaking and will be provided along with opportunities for presenting short presentations and participating in-group discussions.

Course Number: 11410

Course Title: Oral Presentation & Debate

This course is designed to develop the skills of giving academic oral presentation and debating issues in public following the techniques and strategies for planning and doing research to develop the content of a speech, using visual and technological aids in their oral presentation, and producing informative and persuasive speeches.

Course Number: 11120

Course Title: Reading Skills 1

Course Number: 11121

Course Title: Reading Skills 2

This level two course of reading skills builds on the first course of reading and advances to more strategies and approaches that will help students develop an adequate level of reading comprehension and specific skills needed for academic type of reading. The course introduces the reading skills and strategies and provide practice exercises for the students to acquire these skills.

Course Number: 11130

Course Title: Writing Skills 1

Writing 1 is a basic course in the English Language and Literature Program, which attempts to provide students with practical and efficient skills and knowledge necessary for college writing. The course provides adequate practices in English Language sentence structure from high-beginning to low-intermediate level, but mainly focuses on paragraph writing.

Course Number: 11230

Course Title: Writing Skills 2

Writing 2 is a compulsory course in the English Language and Literature Program, which aims at providing students with practical and efficient skills, strategies and knowledge, as well as opportunities to explore their opinions, discuss ideas, and share their experiences through written communication. The course focuses on three- and four-paragraph essay writing.

Course Number:  11231

Course Title: Essay Writing

This course introduces students to the basic parts and structure of the academic      essay composition and helps them understand and practice the chorological stages       of an essay writing process. Students also examine and practice writing the various types of essays modes; descriptive, narrative, and expository.

Course Number: 11432

Course Title: Research Methodology

This course introduces the basic skills for writing an academic research paper. It includes a review of the steps in typical social-scientific research such as lexical and stylistic information, library skills, and research proposal. Students then identify and practice writing major components of research, i.e., formation of hypothesis, statement of purpose, methodology, review of literature, and results, or conclusion. In addition, students explore and practice styles for documenting sources including in-text references, using the writing convention required by the department.

Course Number: 11433

Course Title:  Graduation Project

This is the final graduation project that the student has to carry out with the guidance of an advisor from the faculty staff of the English language and literature department. Students choose a topic from one of the sub-fields of his/her specialization, i.e. linguistics, literature, TESOL, or translation. After the supervisor agrees on the topic, the student goes through the steps of research writing covered in the Research Methodology course. In his/her research, the student has to demonstrate his/her mastery of research methods and techniques as well as a thorough knowledge of the topic and content he is investigating. There is a research writing guide provided to students to assess them in the style and writing convention required by the department. The student will be evaluated based on three categories: the process, the final project, and the oral discussion. The final project and the oral discussion will be evaluated by both the supervisor and external examiner from the English department.

Course Number: 11140

Course Title: English Grammar 1

English Grammar 1 is a basic course for the grammar curriculum in the English Language and Literature Program. It covers main grammatical components that will support further and deeper study of the grammar of the English Language.  This includes types, functions and forms of the nouns, articles, pronouns, adjectives and adverbs. In addition, the course will cover the simple and progressive forms of the simple past and future tenses and the passive voice form of these tenses.  

Course Number :11141

Course Title: English Grammar 2

English Grammar 2 is the second course for the grammar curriculum in the English Language and Literature Program. It continues to cover main grammatical components that will support further and deeper study of the grammar of the English Language.  This includes functions and forms of the modals, sequence and forms of adjectives and adverbs, basic uses of articles, and conditional sentences. In addition, the course covers the perfect and perfect progressive forms of the present, past and future tenses and the passive voice form of these tenses and the simple and continuous form of them.  

Course Number: 11240

Course Title: English Grammar 3

English Grammar 3 is the third course for the grammar curriculum in the English Language and Literature Program. It continues to cover main grammatical components that will support further and deeper study of the grammar of the English Language.

The course covers the grammatical topics such as articles (the special use of articles) infinitive, gerund, participles, reported speech, nominal clauses, adverbial clauses and relative clauses.    

Course Number: 11440

Course Title: Syntax

Prerequisite: 11240

Language of instruction: English

Course Level: 4^th year

Credit Hours: 3

The aim of this course is to make students understand the theoretical background, and the importance of syntax in linguistics. This course provides an introduction to the major categories and structure of English grammar, while introducing insights from several models, both functional and generative. The course links the study of grammar within its broader context, explaining the relationship between grammar and other – semantic and phonological – aspects of the study of language. The various categories that are used in analyzing grammatical structure are presented, beginning with parts of speech and progressing through phrases and clauses to sentences and ultimately texts. Then a practical approach is taken to apply the method learnt to the analysis of a variety of texts.  

Course Number: 11250

Course Title: Phonetics

Prerequisite: None

Language of instruction: English

Course Level: First Year

Credit Hours: 3

This course aims at introducing the basics of general English phonetics in addition to familiarizing the students with the English sound system at the segmental level. This comprises the introduction of the theoretical and the practical aspects of English phonetics. The theoretical part includes how the speech sounds in general are classified in terms of place and manner of articulation, and the organization of sounds in the process of making up syllables, words, and longer utterances. The practical part involves training students to pronounce the different sounds accurately and developing the skill of representing utterances in terms of phonetic transcripts, stress, and intonation

Course Number: 11251

Course Title:

Introduction to Linguistics

Prerequisite: None

Language of instruction:

English

Course Level: 2^nd – 3^rd year

Credit Hours: 3

This course is an introductory- level course in linguistics, the scientific study of language. After a brief introduction on the nature of human language, the focus will be on the five core levels of linguistic analysis: Phonetics and Phonology (the study of speech sounds), Morphology (the study of word formation), Syntax (the study of phrase and clause structure), Semantics (the study of meaning of linguistic form) and Pragmatics (the study of meaning within context). By the end of the course, students will be familiar with the basic concepts in each of these areas of inquiry and will be able to identify and explain them using established conventions and standard terminology.

Course Number: 11351

Course Title:

Introduction to Applied Linguistics

Prerequisite: None

Language of instruction: English

Course Level:

Credit Hours: 3

This introductory course to applied linguistics offers an extended survey of a central element of applied linguistics comprising essential issues concerning the description of language and language use. It also covers essential areas of enquiry in applied linguistics such as second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics. The course further investigates the four skills of English language and language testing.

Course Number: 11260

Course Title:  LITERARY STUDIES 1

Prerequisite: NONE

Language of instruction: ENGLISH

Course Level: Second year

Credit Hours: 3

It is an introductory course to literature focusing on two genres: poetry and drama.

It explores the different types of poems and plays as well as introduces the terms and devices needed for reading and understanding them. It also develops critical thinking about literary works in a way that can enhance overall appreciation of the various types of literature.

Course Number: 11360

Course Title: Readings in English

Literature

Prerequisite: 11260 +11261

Language of instruction: English

Course Level:

Credit Hours: 3

This course explores the English literature from the sixteen century to the twentieth century through readings of sample of prominent English works of literature. This includes a variety of British authors ranging historically from different literary movements of the period. These works are from different genres of literature, i.e., poetry, prose, and drama.

Course Number: 11361

Course Title: Readings in American

Literature

Prerequisite: 11260 + 11261

Language of instruction: English

Course Level: 3^rd year

Credit Hours: 3

This course explores the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries American Literature through readings of sample of prominent American works of literature. This includes a variety of American authors ranging historically from different literary movements of the period such as modernism, realism, naturalism, and post-structuralism. These works are from different genres of literature, i.e., poetry, prose, and drama.

Course Number: 11461

Course Title: Literary Criticism

Prerequisite: 11260 +11261

Language of instruction: English

Course Level:

Credit Hours: 3

This is an introductory course that seeks to cover some of the most important schools of literary theory and criticism of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.  It presents an overview of theories and philosophical movements that shaped the literature and literary criticism in this period. These include New Criticism, Structuralism, Deconstruction/Post-structuralism, Psychoanalysis, Feminism, Marxism, Historicism and Cultural studies, Postcolonial, and Reader Response and Reception theories. In this course, each of the theories and approaches is examined in the context of practice, to explore its central tenants and main interpretative strategies.

Course Number: 11370

Course Title: Introduction to Translation

Prerequisite: None

Language of instruction: English

Course Level: 3^rd year

Credit Hours: 3

This course is designed to improve the quality of Arabic to English and English to Arabic translation. Emphasis is on the practice of translating English to Arabic in a variety of prose styles.  It also aims to focus on translation studies as an academic discipline, including theoretical, historical and cultural components. There is also a basic introduction to the research methodology that has been developed for this field. The translation theories to be discussed include the relevance of the theories to translation practice and will be discussed at some length. Brief historical surveys will be given of specific periods, and attention will be paid to the relationship between translation and culture.

Course Number: 11371

Course Title:

Translation from Theory to Practice I

Prerequisite: 11370

Language of instruction: English and Arabic

Course Level: 3^rd year

Credit Hours: 3

This course is built on students’ knowledge gained from the previous course “Introduction to Translation” and further provides students with the skills necessary to evaluate and practically translate texts from English to Arabic and from Arabic to English. The course covers text typology; discourse parameters and constrains; linguistic and cultural consideration; pragmatic, semiotic, and communicative dimensions; and basic standards of textuality in order to enhance their understanding and practical knowledge of the field of translation. A variety of translation methods and techniques are discussed and illustrated from actual selected English/Arabic translated texts.

Course Number: 11280

Course Title: Introduction to TESOL

Prerequisite: None

Language of instruction: English

Course Level: First year

Credit Hours: 3

TESOL is a basic course in the English Language and Literature Program. Its aim is to discuss a wide range of teaching problems-from classroom techniques to school organization- in order to help teachers in their daily tasks.  This includes an understanding of English as a lingua franca, basic principles of teaching, the four language skills, errors analysis and teaching English to adults and children.  

Course Number: 11481

Course Title: Teaching Methodology

Prerequisite: 11280

Language of instruction: English

Course Level: 3^rd year

Credit Hours: 3

This course introduces the theories of language and language teaching. It includes methods that are practiced today, and that reflect a diversity of views on the teaching and learning processes. It presents a more general approaches to language teaching, described all through the course, giving practical examples of each. 

Course Number: 11382

Course Title: Language Testing

Prerequisite: 11280

Language of instruction: English

Course Level: 3^rd year

Credit Hours: 3

This course is designed to equip students with the fundamental concepts, principles and methods of second language testing so that they will be able to develop reliable, valid, meaningful and authentic assessment tools. The course provides both theoretical background and relevant practice in a wide range of assessment tools and procedures. It covers major concepts of testing including the main schools of thoughts and language testing, the differences among assessment, measurement, and testing, standardized and standard-based testing, test validity and reliability, and receptive and productive test items. All of these concepts will be presented in relation to the four skills of language including grammar and lexis.

Course Number:  10271     

Course Title: Second Foreign Language 2                     ( French/Italian)

Prerequisite: 10170

Language of Instruction: English

Course Level: 2^nd   Year

Credit Hours :3

This course gives students the opportunity to advance their basic knowledge gained in the prerequisite course. Further practice and a more advanced level of the skills of Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing give them a chance to improve their second foreign language acquisition .

Course Number: 11350

Course Title: Intro. to Phonology &

Morphology

Prerequisite: 11250

11251

Language of instruction: English

Course Level: 3^rd year

Credit Hours: 3

This course gives a full introduction to English phonology and morphology. It begins with a study of the distinctive sounds of English (phonology) and then it provides an analysis of the structure of English words and their classification (morphology) as well as the classification of English words and their grammatical modification. The phonology section examines the English sound system, considering sound combinations, stress, intonation, and syllable structure; it also studies phonological rules in English and the concept of the phoneme.  The morphology section explores the internal structure of words, the concept of the morpheme, and the varied processes of word formation in English. The course ends with a survey of the grammatical categories and the grammatical modification of English words.

Course Number: 11352

Course Title: Discourse Analysis

Prerequisite: 11240 + 11251

Language of instruction: English

Course Level: 3^rd year

Credit Hours: 3

This introductory course to discourse analysis is designed to present discourse as an area of language study concerned with how people make meaning, and make out meaning, in texts and as a social practice. The course examines key concepts such as schema, register, and discourse genre, as well as the use of corpora.

Course Number: 11353

Course Title: The History of English

Language

Prerequisite: 11251

Language of instruction: English

Course Level: 3^rd year

Credit Hours: 3

This course focuses on internal changes in the English language. It outlines the history of English from Pre-Old English times to the present. It presents the traditional morphological descriptions of the various stages of the language and provides many example sentences, texts, and cartoons that are analyzed. Some language-external topics are covered such as early printing and authorship debates. The course emphasizes exercises to review the main points as well as ask further, more challenging, questions.

Course Number: 11380

Course Title: Teaching for ESP

Prerequisite: 11280

Language of instruction: English

Course Level: 3^rd year

Credit Hours: 3

This ESP (English for Specific Purposes) course introduces to the students a special kind of English language courses that aimed at particular learners for specific purposes. The course includes methods and approaches for developing and designing ESP courses. It describes the considerations ESP teachers and course developers take into account in their work. It introduces the ESP teacher to three major aspects of ESP course design: analyzing needs, investigating specialist discourse, and determining the curriculum. Case studies of ESP courses development will be discussed in relation to the above-mentioned three areas.

Course Number: 11383

Course Title: Language Acquisition

Prerequisite:11251

Language of instruction: English

Course Level:3^rd year

Credit Hours: 3

This course examines the salient issues involved in the process of language learning. It begins with an overview of the previous and current theories and practice of second language acquisition and highlights the issues involved in the various phases of language learning.  It also emphasizes the interaction between the psychological and socio-cultural factors in language acquisition. The course examines the language learning process within its social milieu. 

Course Number: 11384

Course Title: Curriculum Design for ESL

Prerequisite: 11280

Language of instruction: English

Course Level:  3^rd year

Credit Hours: 3

This course is designed to describe the process of course development. The course first presents the theoretical background such as concepts of communicative competence and second language proficiency as well as speech act theory and pragmatics. Then the main part of the course designated to describing a proportional approach to working out a content of a course. Topics, general notions, situations, and themes provide frameworks that give support to the rest of the components to be included in the course.

Course Number: 11450

Course Title: Semantics

Prerequisite: 11251

Language of instruction: English

Course Level: 4^th year

Credit Hours: 3

This course provides a basis for all the main elements of semantics. The course begins with the value and fascination of studying semantics and move on to such topics as sense and reference, basic sense relations, simple logic, word meaning, and interpersonal meaning. Thorough explanation and practice exercises are presented to enhance students’ understanding of these concepts.

Course Number:  11451     

Course Title: Readings in Linguistics

Prerequisite: 11251

Language of Instruction: English

Course Level: 4^th Year

Credit Hours :3

This course offers advanced readings on various topics related to linguistics. The students get an insight on the writings of different linguists (including Noam Chomsky) and their views on different topics, expanding their knowledge and introducing them to topics they had not previously studied in the courses they completed.

Course Number: 11462

Course Title: Stylistics

Prerequisite: 11261 + 11251+ 11240

Language of instruction: English

Course Level: 4^th year

Credit Hours: 3

This introductory course offers a general view of stylistics. It examines style in literary and non-literary texts and explores the production and reception of meaning, the issue of perspective, literary criticism, and current issues in the field.

Course Number: 11470

Course Title: Translation from Theory to Practice 2

Prerequisite: 11371

Language of instruction: English and Arabic

Course Level: 4^th year

Credit Hours: 3

This course is designed as a workshop for students to practice translating from Arabic into English and from English into Arabic. Students will be dealing with different types of texts from different genres such as literary, scientific, legal, political, technical, or general-interest texts. Students practice and demonstrate skills and techniques covered in the two previous courses in translation, thus putting theory into practice. They also will be rendering different types of texts including argumentive, expository, and instructive.