Lane 463

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

COURSE SYLLABUS

Code: LANE 463

Title:  Practicum in Language II

Credit hours: 3

Teaching Staff: Dr. Thamer Alharthi

Contact details: Building 112/ 4^th floor/ Room 498

Webpage: talharthi.kau.edu.sa

Email: talharthi@kau.edu.sa 

Course Description:

This is a three hour credit course that requires students to complete ninety working hours of a supervised internship. By the end of the internship period, employers evaluate the interns’ performances. The course instructor visits the interns several times during their training period and evaluates their performances. Employers would assign students to positions that guarantee an improvement in their social and professional skills. Workplaces either use English as a medium of communication or put students in charge of tasks that require using English. By the end of the semester, students are required to submit a report and present it to the instructor and to the other co-interns in which they describe and evaluate their work experiences. After spending a considerable amount of time practicing communicating in English with coworkers and clients, students are given an exam to assess their language skills.

Course Objectives:

The course aims at the following:

• Providing opportunities for students to gain professional experience in the real world
• Giving the chance for graduating students to put into practice the knowledge gained during their course of study
• Providing opportunities for students to develop work habits, attitudes, and personality traits needed for a successful job performance.
• Enabling students to acquire skills in and knowledge of work through observation of and participation in actual work tasks.
• Offering students opportunities for career exploration
• Improving students’ communication skills
• Improving students’ language skills

   

   Important Guidelines:

• Go the instructor’s website: talharthi.kau.edu.sa > Lane 463, download all the forms (Form A: Course Registration Form and have it completed yourself.
• Give Form A your instructor.
• After consulting with your instructor, contact the workplace you intend to train in and get a verbal approval. Make sure your workplace meets the requirements of workplaces approved by you instructor (i.e. The workplace uses English as a medium of communication or puts students in charge of tasks that require using English.)
• Quote the name, position, and contact details of your supervisor or workplace director and give this information to your instructor.
• Your instructor will give you an official letter from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities directed to your workplace supervisor or director and the Intern’s Evaluation Form. The letter should be handed to your supervisor or workplace director. The evaluation criteria used by employers and instructors are posted online for students to read.

General Policies:

• Students are expected to represent the university in a manner consistent with the Islamic values and principles.
• Students are expected to exhibit a high level of personal and academic integrity and honesty.
• Students are expected to exhibit a commitment to work and an adherence to work ethics and rules.