Anglais 1

1
Computer Users
Warming up: introduce vocab. through speaking (brainstorming and mind mapping)
Writing: Introd. to Paragraph writing (lay out + content—introduce subject of 1st paragraph—computer users + drawing a graphic organizer + writing the 1st draft of the paragraph)
2
Computer Users
Listening: “computers are making us dump” listening truck+ quiz + debate
Reading: a selected text, “Computers Make the World Smaller and Smarter”
Gram. Revising Present Tenses
Writing: revising 1st draft (requirements of a topic sentence + supporting sentences + concluding sentence) + writing 2nd draft.
3
Computer History
Listening: watching video “computer history” + quiz
Writing: editing the 2nd draft of paragraph (data show display of sample student compositions)
4
Computer History
Reading: a selected text “Computers: 1950 to the Present”
Grammar: reviewing past tenses
Speaking: strategies of public speaking
5
Computer Architecture
Warming up: introduce vocab. through a reading text “What is inside the computer?”
Speaking: pair work—role play (exchanging technical information—computer shop assistant and customer)
Gram. Asking questions + Useful language functions in a computer shop
6
Computer Architecture
Listening (watching a video about computer architecture and answer quiz questions)
Reading: a selected text “Cache Memory”
7
Peripherals
Reading: How a laser printer works?
Listening: 3D printers
Gram. Comparison contrast structures + types of sentences (focus on compound sentence)
8
Peripherals
Listening: (1st mock test)
Reading: selected text: “Researchers store computer operating system and short movie on DNA”
Writing: how to write a comparative contrastive essay–writing an outline + writing the introduction (hook; thesis)

9
Operating Systems
Warming up: vocab. Describing characteristics of different OS (grp.Work)
Grammar: -ing form + infinitives
Writing: revising the introduction of the comparative contrastive essay + writing body paragraphs + writing the conclusion
10
Operating Systems
Listening: test (in class quiz)
Reading: selected text “Operating systems”
Writing: revising sample essays (data show display)
11
Computer Applications
Warming up: Vocab. speaking: gp. Act. describe a computer application of your choice, describing a process
Gram.: passive constructions
Reading: selected text “Artificial intelligence”
Listening: Artificial intelligence a threat to humanity?
Followed by a debate

12
Writing: collect final drafts of essays
Written test (vocabulary and grammar–half an hour during lunch break)
Finish with oral presentations

RECOMMENDATIONS
Assessment of listening: 1quiz per semester. The quiz tests the student’s capacity to understand spoken English. (4 marks)
Assessment of speaking: a minimum of 5 minutes and a max. of 10 mnts. To speak before the class (topics are free). The speaking can be individual, pair work, or group work. (Though students are assessed according to a speaking rubric, a common mark—4 pts.—is attributed to each student). Students can choose the date when to speak; speaking presentations start week 3 until the end of the semester.
Assessment of writing: first year students should write a paragraph and an essay (1 pt. for the first paragraph + 3 pts. for the essay) (though written compositions are checked according to a detailed writing rubric, a common mark—4 pts.—is attributed to each student who writes his paragraph and essay).
Assessment of read/vocab and grammar: 1 quiz per semester assigned to test the vocabulary and grammar. (8 marks: 4 pts. vocab + 4 gram.)
The average of the assessment of the listening, speaking, writing, reading and grammar would constitute a mark over 20 which would constitute the mark of the midterm.