POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
REVISED CURRICULLUM 2011
SUBJECT SYLLABUS

COURSE TITLE : STUDY AND THINKING SKILLS IN ENGLISH

COURSE CODE : ENGL 1013

COURSE DESCRIPTION :

This is a course designed to help the student in the acquisition of proficiency in speaking and
writing and training in the proper and effective use of the library with reading-listening exercises that
serve as spring-board for grammar lessons and composition activities.

NUMBER OF UNITS : 3 units

PRE-REQUISITE COURSE/S: NONE

VISION:

Clearing the paths while laying new foundations to transform the Polytechnic University of the
Philippines into an epistemic community.

MISSION:

Reflective of the great emphasis being given by the country's leadership aimed at providing appropriate
attention to the alleviation of the plight of the poor, the development of the citizens, and of the national
economy to become globally competitive, the University shall commit its academic resources and
manpower to achieve its goals through:

a. Provision of undergraduate and graduate education which meet international standards of quality
and excellence;
b. Generation and transmission of knowledge in the broad range of disciplines relevant and
responsive to the dynamically changing domestic and international environment;
c. Provision of more equitable access to higher education opportunities to deserving and qualified
Filipinos; and

d. Optimization, through efficiency and effectiveness, of social, institutional, and individual returns
and benefits derived from the utilization of higher education resources.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE: 8-POINT AGENDA

1. Pursuing Academic Excellence through Disciplinal Integrity

2. Embedding a Culture of Research
3. Insuring Transparency and Participatoriness in Giving Rewards and Sanctions
4. Modernizing and Upgrading of Physical Facilities, Equipment, Library, and Campus
Development
5. Academic Freedom
6. Institutionalizing Civil Society Engagement and Involved Extension Service Program
7. Assuring Transparency in Fiscal Responsibility
8. Assessing Institutional Processes and Reviewing Critically and Rationally the Organization
GOALS OF THE COLLEGE:

1. Provide quality education thorough instruction, advance research and extension services;
2. Produce world-class professionals as potential industry leaders and job providers;
3. Develop and produce facilities through the use of adapted technology and indigenous materials;
and
4. Maintain, upgrade or improve facilities through the application of engineering technology.

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM:

1. Strengthen the BSCE program consistent with the global trends;

2. Develop faculty as competent mentors and quality researchers, through advance studies, and other
facets of continuing professional education;
3. Develop critical thinking ad communication skills of the students, giving emphasis to research
and extension services;
4. Equip graduates with appropriate knowledge and technical skills imbued with desirable work
attitudes and moral values, through enhanced teaching/learning process by using multimedia
facilities on top of traditional method;
5. Create a conducive teaching and learning atmosphere with emphasis to faculty and students
growth and academic freedom;
6. Establish network with educational institutions, industries, GOs and NGOs local and
international, which could serve as;
a) Funding sources and/or partners of researches.
b) Sources of new technology.
c) Center for faculty and students exchange program and on-the-job trainings and;
d) Grantees of scholarships/additional facilities and;
7. Continuously conduct action researchers on the needs of laboratory and other facilities that could
be locally produced or innovated using local materials and adapted technology.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

A. At the end of the course, the student is expected to comprehend spoken English through
effective listening, to read with comprehension and react to the text, and to communicate
effectively.

B. Therefore, he should be able to

Give and follow instructions
Arrange details in chronological order
Describe a sequence of events
Express forecasts and predictions
Express cause and effect relationships
Give a report of an experiment
Define and analyse a text/problem
Compare and contrast people, things, events, and ideas
Make inferences
Give arguments for/ or against a topic

COURSE OUTLINE:

A. Giving and following instructions

B. Describing sequence of events
C. Making forecasts and predictions
D. Giving a report of an experiment
E. Defining
F. Comparing and contrasting
G. Analyzing a text/problem
H. Developing an argument
I.
SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:

A. Suggested Additional Activities

1. Locating books and periodicals
2. Completing charts, diagrams, maps, tables, outlines

B.
1. Narrating a story through pictures
2. Constructing a story by groups

C.
1. Discussion and solving specific problems in life
2. Predicting outcomes
3. Horoscope reading

D. Sketching Designing solutions to every problem

E. Reporting and experiment scientific, psychological, etc.
F. Completing a chart of outline through note taking (cassette tape)
G. Comparing and contrasting people, things, events, and ideas.
H. Analyzing by interpreting symbols, diagrams, etc.
I.
1. Giving advantages and disadvantages
2. Giving arguments for or against the topic

STRATEGIES AND METHODS OF TEACHING:

Dyads, plays, small group discussions, oral drills, class discussions, listening, individual/group
reporting reading, visual aids, audio aids, poetry, correspondence group project, field trips, lecture-
demonstrations, problem-solving, research.

TECHNIQUES OF EVALUATING STUDENT PERFORMANCE:

Quizzes/Examinations
Creative Research/Production output
Recitation and Seatwork

TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE:

Textbooks:
Martinez, Norma D., Padilla, Melly M., and Araceli V, Esguerra, 1990. English One. Manila, PUP
Publishing.
Reference Materials:
Fernandez, Ruth Davis and Martinez, Samuel. Commmunication Skills for College Students. Manila:
Migaaru Publishing House.
Jose, Macralita L. and Martinez, Norma D. 1998. A Writing Book in English Technology, Book 1.
Manila: National Bookstore.
Olonan, Z.A., Navarro, P.N., Uyan, L.A. and Villa, E.R. 1982. Communication Skills in English P-1.
Manila: National Bookstore Inc.
Padilla, Mely M., et. Al. 1987. Guided Writing. Quezon City.
Romero, Perlita P. 1983. Building Study Skills in Technical English. Quezon City. Katha Publishing Co.,
Inc.