Mission Statement
The Foundation Program Department of English is committed to developing students’ English language proficiency (PLO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) to a level that will allow
them to succeed in the academic programs of Qatar University. Through innovative, research-based educational practices, the program aims to help
students achieve academic readiness (PLOs 1 - 8) by fostering their intellectual curiosity (PLO 5, 6). As they develop their knowledge through study skills
(PLO 1 - 8) and critical thinking (PLO 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7), students will integrate independent (PLO 6) and collaborative learning (PLO 8) with the appropriate use
of information technology (PLO 7).
Learning Outcomes: Elementary Level
PROGRAM
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
(SLOS)
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
ASSESSMENT TOOLS
1. Interpret
academic texts
1.1 Illustrate main ideas and
details
IC: Selected readings and activities from course book and
supplementary materials: MCQs, open-ended questions.
RW: Paragraph labeling for MIs & Ds
RW: Cut-up Para & Ss organize
RW: Match sentence pairs for MIs & Ds
RW: Fill in the blank, outline, graphic organizer
1.2 Make inferences
IC: Selected readings and activities from course book: prediction tasks.
RW: Predict from titles & pictures of text
RW: Critique a text
RW: Critique an author
RW: Paired re-reading
RW: Oral supported reading
RW: Performance reading
RW: Repeated reading
IC: Selected readings and activities from course book: completing
tables and diagrams, using tables and diagrams to predict content of
texts
RW: Fill in a graphic organizer while reading in preparation for class
discussions
RW: Compare completed graphic organizers in pairs
RW: Describe a chart or task in relation to the text
IC: Projects, Mid-term &
Final Exam
RW: Comprehension Quiz 1
&2
RW: Midterm & Final Exam
RW: Graphic Organizer &
Critical Thinking Notebook
IC: Projects, Mid-term &
Final Exam
RW: Final Exam
1.3 Read level-appropriate
texts fluently (200 words
per minute)
1.4 Compare graphic
information as it relates to
a text
RW: M-Reader Graded
Reader Assessments
IC: Projects, Mid-term &
Final Exam
RW: Graphic Organizer and
Critical thinking Notebook
1.5 Apply reading strategies
2. Express ideas
and facts
effectively in
writing
2.1 Produce well edited texts
appropriate to level (in
length and genre)
2.2 Demonstrate engagement
in writing process
appropriate to level
2.3 Write appropriately for
genre, purpose and
audience
3. Use verbal skills
to communicate
effectively
2.4 Use organizational tools
appropriate to text and
level (such as
paragraphing, thesis
statements, topic
sentences, supporting
sentences, adverbial
linking phrases and
connectors)
3.1 Express agreements and
disagreements and extend
ideas
3.2 Interpret and give related
information
RW: Give Ss pictures for text, Ss predict what text is about & organize
in order
RW: Locate & evaluate details in text
RW: Identify difficulties and take steps to correct
RW: Judge how well objectives were met
RW: Reflect on what has been learned from a text
RW: Reflect on effectiveness of chosen strategies
IC: Selected writing activities from course book
IC: Teacher-led in-class activities: note-taking tasks, writing summaries
based on reading and listening texts, peer-review
WW: Selected writing activities from course book, selected
supplementary materials, teacher-led in-class activities, i.e. peerreview & error log
IC: Selected writing activities from course book, selected
supplementary materials: project stages worksheets.
WW: Selected writing activities from course book, selected
supplementary materials: writing portfolio drafts
IC: Selected writing activities from course book, selected
supplementary materials: project stages worksheets.
WW: Brainstorm, plan and compile three writing portfolios
(descriptive, process, and opinion modes), analyzing model essays,
selected writing activities from course book
IC: Selected writing and grammar activities from course book,
selected supplementary materials, teacher-led in-class activities, peer
review
WW: Selected pre-writing activities from course book, selected
supplementary materials, teacher-led in-class activities, peer review
IC: Selected activities from course book and supplementary
materials: debates, in-class discussions.
IC: Presentation practice supplementary worksheets.
IC: In-class discussions based on content of reading and listening
texts.
RW: Comprehension Quiz 1
&2
RW: Midterm & Final Exam
IC: Projects, Mid-term &
Final Exam
WW: Peer-review, Error log,
Writing portfolios
IC: Projects, Mid-term &
Final Exam
WW: Peer-review, Error log,
Writing portfolios
IC: Projects, Mid-term &
Final Exam
WW: Writing portfolios,
common tasks & exams
IC: Projects, Mid-term &
Final Exam
WW: In-class tasks, peerreview, writing portfolios &
common tasks & exams
IC: Projects
IC: Projects
3.3 Address specific audience
using level-appropriate
language
3.4 Compare people, places,
objects and activities
4. Interpret aural
information
5. Demonstrate
proficiency
required to
interpret and use
language.
4.1 Illustrate main ideas and
major details.
4.2 Use note-taking strategies
appropriate to level.
4.3 Choose key words and
specific information
accurately.
4.4 Understand signal words
and suprasegmental clues
5.1 Verbs: Use language
including simple and
progressive aspect, active
voice, indicative,
interrogative and
imperative accurately
5.2 Sentences: Produce
structures including simple
and compound sentences,
word order, parts of
speech and word forms
5.3 Words: Produce high
frequency words
accurately
IC: Selected activities from course book and supplementary
materials: Debates, in-class discussions.
IC: Selected supplementary materials related to project and
presentation: presentation practice
IC: Selected activities from course book and supplementary
materials: debates, in-class discussions based on reading and
listening texts.
IC: Selected supplementary materials related to project and
presentation: presentation practice.
IC: Selected activities from course book and lecture skills files: MCQs,
open-ended questions, note-taking.
IC: Selected activities from course book: identifying main ideas, notetaking supplementary worksheet.
IC: Selected activities from course book and supplementary materials
IC: Selected activities from course book and supplementary materials
IC: Selected grammar practice activities from course book and
supplementary materials, “grammar in context” from course book
IC: E-learning
WW: Selected grammar practice activities from course book and
supplementary materials, writing portfolio drafts
IC: Selected grammar practice activities from course book and
supplementary materials, “grammar in context” from course book
IC: E-learning
WW: Selected grammar practice activities from course book and
supplementary materials, writing portfolio drafts
WW: Employ grammar & syntax for descriptive, process and opinion
writing
IC: Selected grammar practice activities from course book and
supplementary materials, Vocabulary Task materials
IC: E-learning
WW: Use genre specific vocabulary from course book and
supplementary materials
IC: Projects
IC: Projects
IC: Projects, Mid-term &
Final Exam
IC: Projects, Mid-term &
Final Exam
IC: Projects, Mid-term &
Final Exam
IC: Projects, Mid-term &
Final Exam
IC: Grammar Quiz, Projects,
Mid-term & Final Exam
WW: Error log, writing
portfolios & common tasks &
exams
IC: Projects, Mid-term &
Final Exam
WW: In-class assignments,
error log, writing portfolios &
common tasks & exams
IC: Projects, Mid-term &
Final Exam
WW: All written
assignments, common tasks
& exams
6. Apply
independent
learning skills
7. Use appropriate
ICT tools for
learning and
communicating
8. Demonstrate
collaboration skills
5.4 Words: Determine
meaning of words from
context using strategies
(polarity, apposition,
synonyms, and antonyms)
5.5 Word patterns: Explore
strategies for building
parts of speech (word
families)
6.1 Choose tasks and manage
time effectively
6.2 Apply appropriate sources
of information
independently
7.1 Compare and use software
and online resources to
communicate, search and
present information.
7.2 Use technology resources
to express and compare
ideas both individually and
collaboratively with peers.
8.1 Demonstrate team building
skills by organizing and
assuming a role to
complete tasks
RW: Curriculum work sheets designed to focus on the isolated
teaching of each vocabulary in context skill
RW: Textbook readings and exercises
RW: Comprehension Quiz 1
&2
RW: Midterm & Final Exam
RW: Vocabulary Log
RW: Textbook vocabulary exercises
RW: Vocabulary Log
RW: Vocabulary Quiz 1 & 2
RW: Midterm & Final Exam
IC: E-learning
IC: Project stages worksheets
WW: Plan, organize and compile three writing portfolios
IC: Supplementary materials related to project
IC: Projects, E-learning,
Vocabulary Task
WW: Peer-review, error-logs
& writing portfolios
IC: Projects, E-learning,
Vocabulary Quiz
IC: projects. E-Learning
WW: Optional: Type and compile writing portfolio
WW: Use Blackboard platform to stay informed about the course
WW: Optional: Use Google Drive, Edmodo, audio/video-feedback
IC: Project stages worksheets
IC: Projects, E-learning
WW: Retrieve all documents
pertaining to the course
from Blackboard
IC: Projects
IC: Project stages worksheets
IC: Pair and Group work activities in the classroom
WW: Read, and review own and peers’ writing portfolios
IC: Projects
WW: Peer-review & error
logs
*
Learning Outcomes: Intermediate Level
PROGRAM LEARNING
OUTCOMES
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
(SLOS)
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
ASSESSMENT TOOLS
1
1.1 Relate information within
and between texts
IC: Selected readings and activities from course book: MCQs, open-ended
questions.
IC: Selected supplementary materials
RW: Synthesize information to answer questions, match main ideas,
compare/contrast opinions or facts
RW: Comprehension questions
RW: Complete tables
RW: Setting text fragments into appropriate order
RW: Transform text info into graphs (diagrams & draw flow charts)
RW: Creating tables/charts, etc.
RW: Writing summaries, paraphrasing information form one text to write
another
RW: Connect one part of a text to another
IC: Projects, Mid-term, Final
Exam
RW: Graphic Organizer and
Critical thinking Notebook
RW: Comprehension Quiz 1 &
2
RW: Midterm & Final Exam
1.2 Read critically to predict and
evaluate information
IC: Selected readings and activities from course book: prediction tasks.
RW: Look at pictures, subtitles, intro – predict, etc
RW: Fact vs Opinion Complete a KWL chart
RW: Matching paragraph headings with subtitles
RW: Complete sentences with suitable endings
RW: Critique a text
RW: Critique an author
IC: Projects, Mid-term, Final
Exam
RW: Graphic Organizer and
Critical thinking Notebook
RW: Comprehension Quiz 1 &
2
RW: Midterm & Final Exam
1.3 Read level-appropriate texts
fluently (250 words per
minute)
RW: Paired re-reading
RW: Oral supported reading
RW: Performance reading
RW: Repeated reading
RW: M-Reader Graded Reader
Assessments
Interpret texts
2
Express ideas and
facts effectively
in writing
1.4 Analyze and evaluate graphic
as it relates to a text
IC: Selected readings and activities from course book: completing tables
and diagrams, using tables and diagrams to predict content of texts,
designing tables and charts based on content of texts.
RW: Graphically organize the main ideas and their relationship to each
other
RW: Make outline, graph, flow chart, list of important of topics/ideas from
text information
RW: Transform text info into graphs (diagrams & draw flow charts)
IC: Projects, Mid-term, Final
Exam
RW: Graphic Organizer and
Critical thinking Notebook
1.5 Select and apply reading
strategies
IC: Selected readings and activities from course book
IC: Reinforcement through worksheets
RW: Present text with scenario (i.e. 3 Paragraphs to read in 2-3 minutes), Ss
have to decide strategies & apply them
RW: Locate & evaluate details in text
RW: Identify difficulties and take steps to correct
RW: Judge how well objectives were met
RW: Reflect on what has been learned from a text
RW: Reflect on effectiveness of chosen strategies
RW: Comprehension Quiz 1 &
2
RW: Midterm & Final Exam
2.1 Produce well edited texts
appropriate to level (in
length and genre)
IC: Selected writing activities from course book
IC: Selected supplementary materials, teacher-led in-class activities: notetaking tasks, writing summaries based on reading and listening texts, peerreview
WW: Selected writing activities from course book, selected supplementary
materials, teacher-led in-class activities, i.e. peer-reviewing, error log &
self-editing
IC: Selected writing activities from course book
IC: Reinforced through workbook
WW: Selected writing activities from course book, selected supplementary
materials: writing portfolio drafts, peer-reviewing & self-editing
IC: Projects
WW: Peer-review, Error log,
Writing portfolios
IC: Selected writing activities from course book
IC: Selected supplementary materials
IC: Project worksheets
WW: Brainstorm, plan and compile three writing portfolios
(compare/contrast, cause and/or effect, and problem-solution), analyzing
model essays, selected writing activities from course book
IC: Projects
WW: Writing portfolios,
common tasks & exams
2.2 Demonstrate competence in
writing process appropriate
to level
2.3 Write appropriately for
genre, purpose and
audience.
IC: Projects
WW: Peer-review, Error log,
Writing portfolios
3
Use verbal skills
to communicate
effectively
4 Interpret aural
information
2.4 Use organizational tools
appropriate to text and
level (such as paragraphing,
thesis statements, topic
sentences, supporting
sentences, adverbial linking
phrases* and connectors)
3.1 Give explanations with
support and analyze/
critique opinions.
IC: Selected writing and grammar activities from course book
IC: Selected supplementary materials
IC: Teacher-led in-class activities
IC: Peer review
WW: Selected writing and grammar activities from course book, selected
supplementary materials, teacher-led in-class activities, peer-reviewing &
self-editing, awareness of assessment methods
IC: Projects
WW: In-class tasks, peerreview, writing portfolios &
common tasks & exams
IC: Selected activities from course book and supplementary materials:
debates, in-class discussions.
IC: Presentation practice supplementary worksheets.
IC: Projects, Speaking Test
3.2 Initiate, extend and sustain
conversation in a variety of
academic contexts
IC: In-class discussions based on content of reading and listening texts.
IC: Projects, Speaking Test
3.3 Address specific audience on
an academic topic
IC: Selected activities from course book and supplementary materials:
Debates, in-class discussions.
IC: Selected supplementary materials related to project and presentation:
presentation practice
IC: Projects, Speaking Test
3.4 Synthesize information
IC: Selected activities from course book and supplementary materials:
debates, in-class discussions based on reading and listening texts. IC: IC:
Selected supplementary materials related to project and presentation:
presentation practice.
IC: Projects, Speaking Test
3.5 Evaluate and summarize
information
IC: Selected activities from course book and supplementary materials:
debates, in-class discussions based on reading and listening texts.
IC: Selected supplementary materials related to project and presentation:
presentation practice.
IC: Projects
4.1 Identify main ideas and
differentiate between major
and minor details
IC: Selected activities from course book: MCQs, open-ended questions,
note-taking.
IC: Mid-term, Final Exam
5 Demonstrate
proficiency
required to
interpret and
use language.
4.2 Choose and use appropriate
note-taking strategies
IC: Selected activities from course book: identifying main ideas, note-taking
supplementary worksheet.
IC: Mid-term, Final Exam
4.3 Apply and relate key words
and specific information
from listening
IC: Selected activities from course book and supplementary materials
IC: Mid-term, Final Exam
4.4 Use signal words and supersegmental clues to interpret
meaning in academic
contexts
IC: Selected activities from course book and supplementary materials
IC: Mid-term, Final Exam
5.1 Verbs: Understand and use
language including perfect
aspect, passive voice, and
conditional
IC: Selected grammar practice activities from course book and
supplementary materials, “grammar in context” from course book
IC: E-learning
WW: Selected grammar practice activities from course book and
supplementary materials, teacher-led in-class activities and writing
portfolio drafts
IC: Projects, Mid-term, Final
Exam, E-learning
WW: Error log, writing
portfolios & common tasks &
exams
5.2 Sentences: Understand and
produce structures including
complex sentences, phrases
and clauses
IC: Selected grammar practice activities from course book and
supplementary materials, “grammar in context” from course book
IC: E-learning
WW: Selected grammar practice activities from course book, teacher-led inclass activities and supplementary materials, writing portfolio drafts
WW: Employ grammar & syntax for compare/contrast, cause and/or effect,
and problem-solution writing
IC: Projects, Mid-term, Final
Exam, E-learning
WW: In-class assignments,
error log, writing portfolios &
common tasks & exams
6
Apply
independent
learning skills
5.3 Words: Understand and
produce common academic
words appropriate to
context
IC: Selected grammar practice activities from course book and
supplementary materials
IC: E-learning
WW: Use genre specific vocabulary from the course book and
supplementary materials
IC: Projects, Mid-term, Final
Exam, E-learning
WW: All written assignments,
common tasks & exams
5.4 Words: Identify and
determine the meaning of
words from context using
strategies (sentences that
show comparison/ contrast,
causal relationships,
prefixes, general context
5.5 Word patterns: Apply
strategies using parts of
speech (word families)
IC: Selected vocabulary activities from course book and workbook
RW: Curriculum work sheets designed to focus on the isolated teaching of
each vocabulary in context skill
RW: Textbook readings and exercises
RW: Comprehension Quiz 1 &
2
RW: Midterm & Final Exam
IC: Selected vocabulary activities from course book and workbook
RW: Textbook vocabulary exercises
RW: Vocabulary Quiz 1 & 2
RW: Midterm & Final Exam
6.1 Set goals and prioritize tasks
IC: Projects
WW: Plan, organize and compile three writing portfolios
IC: Projects, E-learning
WW: Peer-review, error-logs
& writing portfolios
6.2 Create an action plan and
manage time effectively
IC: Projects
WW: Look for information to support essay topics
6.3 Investigate sources of
information independently
IC: Supplementary materials related to project
IC: Projects, E-learning
7
Use appropriate
ICT tools for
learning and
communicating
8 Demonstrate
collaboration
skills
7.1 Experiment, evaluate and
use software and online
resources to communicate,
research and present
information.
IC: Project worksheets
WW: Optional – Type and compile writing portfolio
WW: Use Blackboard platform to stay informed about the course
WW: Optional – Use Google Drive for tracking & editing, Edmodo,
audio/video-feedback
IC: Projects, Presentation, Elearning
WW: Retrieve all documents
pertaining to the course from
Blackboard
7.2 Use technology resources to
analyze information and
solve problems both
individually and
collaboratively with peers.
8.1 Demonstrate team building
skills by organizing and
assuming various roles to
complete tasks
IC: Project worksheets
WW: Read, and review own and peers’ writing portfolios
IC: Projects, Presentation, Elearning
WW: Writing portfolios
IC: Group and pair work
IC: Supplementary worksheets related to project
WW: Read, and review own and peers’ writing portfolio
WW: Optional: group writing activities
IC: Projects
WW: Peer-review & error logs
8.2 Demonstrate team building
skills by negotiating group
decisions and assuming a
leadership role in completing
tasks
IC: Group and pair work
IC: Supplementary worksheets related to project
WW: Read, and review own and peers’ writing portfolio
WW: Optional: group writing activities
IC: Projects
WW: Peer-review & error logs