BCA English I Syllabus - 1st Semester  

Course Title: English I  

Course Code: CACS103  

Year/Semester: I/I  

Credit Hours: 3 Cr.  

Class Load: 4 Hrs./Week (Theory: 3 Hrs., Tutorial: 1 Hr.)

Course Description:  

This course aims to help students combine their knowledge of the English language with their technical knowledge, emphasizing vocabulary acquisition and grammatical accuracy. It provides up-to-date technical content, authentic reading and listening passages covering topics such as the use of virtual reality in industry, personal computing, viruses and security, information systems, and multimedia. The letter-writing section offers a complete guide to writing work-related letters, and a comprehensive glossary of technical terms forms a useful mini-dictionary of computing terminology.

Course Objectives:  

The main objectives of the course are to:

- Impart effective language skills to students and enable them to use language accurately, clearly, and concisely.

- Acquaint students with the language used in computer study through extensive reading activity.

- Help students enhance their ability to use language properly with specific focus on grammatical accuracy and writing competence.

- Enable students to improve work-related letter-writing skills with special attention to presentation and structure.

- Familiarize students with innovations in computer science while introducing them to the language used in this field.

Course Contents:

A. LEARNING THE LANGUAGE

Unit One: 9 Hrs.  

 I.- Personal Computing  

- The Processor

- Language Focus A: Contextual Reference

II. -Portable Computers 

-Operating Systems

- Language Focus B:Word Formation , prefixes 

III.-Online Services

- Data Transmission

- Language Focus C:Word Formation , suffixes 

Unit Two:

12 Hrs.  

I.  -Computer Software  

- Comparing Software Packages

- Language Focus D: Making Comparisions

II. -Computer Networks

-Network Configuration

- Language Focus E: Time Sequence

III. -Computer in Education

-CALL

- Language Focus F: Giving Examples

IV. -Virtual Reality

-VR Input Devices

- Language Focus G: Classifying

B. ORGANIZING AND WRITING TEXTS

Unit Three  9 Hrs.  

I. -Programming and Languages

-C languages

-Languages Focus H : Organizing Information

II.-Computer Viruses

-Computer Security

- Language Focus I : Listing

III. -Computers in Office

-Computer System

- Language Focus J : Passive

Unit Four 6 hrs

I. -Computers in Medicine

- Data Storage and Management

- Language Focus k : Explanation and Definations

II. -Robotics

-Robot Characteristics

- Language Focus L : Compound Noun

Unit Five  9 Hrs.  

I. -Machine Translation

-AI and Expert System

- Language Focus M : Cause and Effect

II. -Multi-Media

- computer-to-video-conversion

- Language Focus N : Making Predictions

III. -Computer Graphics

-24 bit color

-language focus 0 : letter writing

Teaching Methods:  

The course expects communicative language teaching (CLT). Facilitating the learning process, the instructors are expected to stimulate the students to work as per the spirit of the course and make learning a joyful experience.

Evaluation:  

Internal Evaluation: 40%

- Attendance: 5%

- Presentation/classroom participation: 5%

- Writing sample: 15%

- Mid-term test: 15%

Final Evaluation: 60%

- Comprehension

- Vocabulary formation

- Grammar testing

- Writing of multiple forms