סילבוס קורס מתקדמים א

שם ומספר הקורס: אנגלית מתקדמים א 41014

סוג הקורס: הרצאה (חובה)   סמסטר: א/ב/קיץ  היקף שעות:  4 ש"ס

 א. מטרות הקורס ותוצרי למידה (מטרות על / מטרות ספציפיות):

מטרת הקורס

Course purpose and overview:

The Mitkadmim A course develops students’ academic English proficiency through an integrated approach that aligns with the CEFR’s four communicative activities – reception, production, interaction, and mediation.

Through coursework, students develop receptive competences by engaging with academic texts of increasing length and complexity, ranging from 1,500 to 2,400 words. They learn to build strategies for efficient text analysis and interpretation and expand their academic vocabulary and language control. Exposure to a wide range of authentic materials fosters students’ confidence and autonomy as academic language users. In addition, communicative tasks enhance oral and written production and interaction, offering opportunities to navigate complex content, express ideas with clarity and precision, and mediate information across texts and contexts.

By the end of the course, students will be able to follow academic content more confidently, communicate more effectively and independently in social and academic situations, and be better prepared to meet the demands of advanced academic courses in English.

תוצרי למידה

Learning Outcomes (CEFR-aligned):

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to do the following:

Reception

Listening

• Can follow straightforward short talks on familiar topics, provided these are delivered in clearly articulated standard speech.

• Can generally follow the main points of extended discussion around him/her which is clearly articulated in standard speech.

• Can distinguish between main ideas and supporting details in standard lectures on familiar subjects, provided these are delivered in clearly articulated standard speech.

• Can recognize the speaker's point of view and distinguish this from facts that he/she is reporting.

  Reading

• Can read and comprehend basic authentic academic English texts.

• Can understand the general structure of an academic text based on surveying.

• Can locate and understand the main idea, purpose and conclusion of an academic text.

• Can scan longer texts to locate desired information in order to fulfill a specific task.

• Can use a variety of strategies to achieve comprehension, including identifying main points and checking comprehension by using contextual clues.

• Can exploit different types of connectors (numerical, temporal, logical) and the role of key paragraphs in the overall organization, in order to better understand the argumentation in a text.

• Can deduce the probable meaning of unknown words in a written text by identifying their constituent parts (e.g. identifying word roots, lexical elements, suffixes and prefixes). Can use this skill to deduce sentence meaning.

• Can recognize the author’s point of view and distinguish this from facts that he/she is reporting.

• Can recognize the line of argument in the treatment of the issue presented, though not necessarily in detail.

• Can identify the main conclusions in clearly signaled argumentative texts.

Interaction

Spoken

• Can generally follow what is said and, when necessary, can repeat back part of what someone has said to confirm mutual understanding.

• Can maintain a conversation or discussion but may sometimes be difficult to follow when trying to say exactly what he/she would like to.

• Can utilize oral and aural skills to effectively participate in class sessions and activities.

• Can extract relevant information from academic articles and share a comprehensible summary with others whose mother tongue may not be English. 

   

Written

• Can express ideas and views effectively in writing and relate to those of others.

• Can convey information and ideas on abstract as well as concrete topics, check information and ask about or explain problems with reasonable precision.

• Can engage in online exchanges, linking their contributions to previous ones in the thread and reacting appropriately.

   

  Production

  Spoken

• Can explain the main points in an idea or problem with reasonable precision.

• Can develop a clear argument, expanding and supporting his/her points of view with relevant examples.

• Can give simple reasons to justify a viewpoint on a familiar topic.

• Can give a prepared straightforward presentation on a familiar topic within his/her field which is clear enough to be followed without difficulty most of the time, and in which the main points are explained with reasonable precision.

  Written

• Can write short answers and responses in English to demonstrate text comprehension.

• Can write a text on a topical subject of personal interest, using simple language to list advantages and disadvantages, give and justify his/her opinion.

• Can produce well-organized text that develops an argument systematically with appropriate highlighting of significant points and relevant supporting detail.

• Can produce coherent text using a range of linking words and cohesive devices.

• Can summarize, report and give his/her opinion about accumulated factual information on familiar routine and non-routine matters with some confidence.

• Can present a topic in a short report or poster, using photographs and short blocks of text.

   

  Mediation

• Can relay in writing specific, relevant information contained in straightforward informational texts on familiar subjects.

• Can relay in writing specific information given in a straightforward recorded message, provided that the topics concerned are familiar and the delivery is slow and clear.

• Can extract information from spoken or written texts and put it in writing.

• Can consider two different sides of an issue, giving arguments for and against, and propose a solution or compromise.

• Can work collaboratively with people who have different cultural orientations, discussing similarities and differences in views and perspectives.

• Can make the content of a text more accessible to a target audience by adding examples, reasoning and explanatory comments.

   

  Linguistic, vocabulary, grammar and orthographic control

• Can produce continuous writing which is generally intelligible throughout.

• Has a sufficient range of language to describe unpredictable situations, explain the main points in an idea or problem with reasonable precision and express thoughts on various topics.

• Communicates with reasonable accuracy in familiar contexts; generally good control though with noticeable mother tongue influence. Errors occur, but it is clear what he/she is trying to express.

• Shows good control of basic academic/professional vocabulary but major errors still occur when expressing more complex thoughts or handling unfamiliar topics and situations.

• Capitalization, punctuation and spelling are accurate enough to be followed most of the time.

ב. תוכן הקורס:

Teaching techniques and the use of digital technologies:

• Frontal instruction

• Pair/group work

• Class discussions

• Lamda assignments (e.g., forum discussions, recordings, online quizzes, videos)

• Interactive class activities involving digital technologies

ג. חובות / דרישות / מטלות:

Course requirements:

• Attendance and active participation in class sessions

• Successful completion of class assignments, quizzes, and homework

• Final exam

ד. מרכיבי הציון הסופי:

Components of the course grade:

The course grade is composed of a class grade (60%) and a final exam grade (40%).

The class grade includes:

The final exam consists of a text of 2200-2400 words accompanied by reading comprehension questions of various types (e.g., open-ended, completion, multiple-choice questions).

Use of dictionaries is allowed during the exam.

Exam duration: 2 hours

ו. ביבליוגרפיה:

Bibliography:

• Articles posted on the Lamda platform

• Supplementary material provided by the course instructor