Course Description
ENG 162 is a three-hour per week, 4-credit, required degree level course that concentrates on the learning of English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP). ENG 162 is particularly designed to meet the needs of university students studying in the field of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science and Engineering. This course intends to familiarize the students with relevant reading material. This material will be used to acquaint the students with writing styles, such as reports, proposals, letters, cause and effect and comparison and contrast essays, etc. Furthermore, learners are expected to develop their listening comprehension and speaking fluency by taking an active part in discussions, giving oral presentations etc. They are expected to develop sufficient range of language, phonological control and sociolinguistic awareness to be able to express themselves with a degree of clarity, fluency and spontaneity.
Required Textbook
Glendinning, E. H. & Glendinning, N. (2001). Oxford Oxford : Oxford University
