Total Credits: 2 , Stage: First

Module Convenor: Mr. Farhad M. Mahmood

Course Material and Lecture notes: students can download the handouts and lecture note through the following links, because no hard copy (paper copy) will be given during the lectures, so it the responsibility of the students to check the availability of the lecture notes online. I will try my best to upload the lectures file at least a day before the lecture date. furthermore, additional resources and reference book will be provided to the students in the same way.

Important Note:

some of the lecture notes , problem and solution sheets are confidential ( restricted to the Physics department students due to the privacy and policy of department, so please be aware for accessing some of the file you must have a password in advance, which would be given to the students during the lecture time.

warning:

To prevent unauthorized access from editing power Point (PPT.) files, they can not be opened through the Smart phone and Tablets (iPad), however they can be accessed by the Computer (PC) for the printing purpose, while PDF files can be accessed by any electronic devices (Both smart Phones Tablets and Computers) which support Adobe Program.

If you have any difficulties or concern regarding this, do not hesitate to contact me by email: farhad.mahmood@halabjauni.org

Course Material files: to get the handout just click the underlined week.

First week (Power Point)

First week (PDF).

Second Week (Subject Verb Agreement and Tense Consistency)

Third Week lecture note (PDF)

Fourth Week lecture note (PDF)

Fifth Week lecture note (PDF)

Sixth Week lecture note (PDF)

Past Papers

• First Semester 2015-2016
• Second Semester 2015-2016
• Final Exam 1st Attempt 2015-2016.
• Final Exam 2nd Attempt 2015-2016.
• First Semester 2017 Exam
• Solution of First Semester 2017 Exam

Extra Notes (Non-Print Materials):

• Citation and referencing through Google Scholar.
• IEEE citation Guidance.
• Subject and Verb agreement 1.
• Subject and verb agreement 2.
• Subject and verb agreement 3.
• Tense Consistency 1.
• Linking words (Transition words)
• Additional notes on Sentence Structure

List of Resources:

• [1] Terry Phillips and Anna Phillips“ General English For University Students”, 2013. (Available in the book stores)
• [2] selected modules and topic from the Center of English and Language Education, The university if Nottingham, UK.
• [3] Zimmerman, Fran. English for science. Prentice Hall Regents, 1989.
• [4] Ho, Huyen. "English for Students of Physics Vol1." (2007).
• [5] Glasman-Deal, Hilary. Science research writing for non-native speakers of English. World Scientific, 2009.
• [6] selected modules and topic, Leicester university, UK.
• Any books or articles related to the English language (particularly academic writing) will be beneficial for this module.

Question Bank (Tutorial sheets):

• Tutorials for the academic writing session.
• Tutorial sheet on subject and verb agreement and tense consistency
• Tutorial sheet Sentence Fragments

Report Submission:

Checklist before submission:

• Rename your file with your full name.
• The format of file should be either in PDF or Word.
• please upload before the specified deadline.

Click here to upload your academic report.