English at KFUPM

The English Language Department teaches more than 5000 of KFUPM’s undergraduate students per year. We help students, already quite proficient in English, sharpen their English academic writing skills.

ELD faculty come from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Our highly qualified instructors have years of experience, and have worked around the world. They are teachers, researchers, and authors. Most importantly, they are professional, friendly, and the best in the Kingdom.

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Courses

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION

Students write a 1,600–1,900-word problem-solution report on a topic that combines their major field of study with a particular theme. Instruction includes audience analysis, narrowing and focusing a topic, secondary research, writing an outline, writing a descriptive abstract, summarizing, citing and referencing sources in APA, paragraph unity, drafting, and document design. Students are also introduced to the world of work, starting with job seeking (job advertisements, application letters and emails, résumés, interviews) and leading to the most important aspects of business correspondence (business emails, style, tone). Instruction is also given on presentation skills for public speaking in both academic and professional environments.

Prerequisite: ENGL102

Texts:

Successful Writing at Work (11th edition) by P. C. Kolin

Other materials provided on Blackboard course pages

ENGL214 COURSE COMPONENTS
​Report Writing ​40%

​The Research Process: Secondary research skills; audience analysis; finding, narrowing, and focusing a topic; outlining; evaluating sources; and notetaking.

The Writing Process: 2- and 3-level outlines, descriptive abstracts; background; problem, purpose, scope, and audience statements; paragraph unity; APA style citations, references, and document design; and drafting.

The Final Draft: A professionally presented 1,600–1,900-word problem-solution report, with a minimum 6 sources. The report will be in the student’s major and linked to the semester theme and follow APA style guidelines.

​Report Presentation and Interview ​15% Skills preparation for giving a formal multimedia presentation, linked to the report.
Job Skills 10% Business emails; job searches; reading job requirements; cover letter, résumé; interviewing techniques.
​Midterm Exam​15% ​Evaluating a source: APA referencing, summary paraphrase, and evaluation of a source using the TRAAP system.
​Final Exam ​20% ​Multiple-choice examination testing students’ understanding of the semester’s work as well as grammar questions. The questions are based on the Blackboard materials and on selected chapters from Successful Writing at Work (11th edition).