(HNDE) Higher National Diploma in English is being conducted as full time and part time with the duration of 2 and half years.
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NATURE OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 1. Educational Psychology is a science. Like any other science, educational psychology has also developed objective methods of collection of data. It also aims at understanding, predicting and controlling human behavior. 2. Educational Psychology is a natural science. An educational psychologist conducts his investigations, gathers his data and reaches his conclusions … Read more
THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF PSYCHOLOGY Clinical Psychology Clinical psychology integrates science, theory, and practice in order to understand, predict and relieve maladjustment, disability, and discomfort. Clinical psychology also promotes adaption, adjustment and personal development. Cognitive Psychology Cognitive psychology investigates internal mental processes, such as problem solving, memory, learning, and language. Developmental Psychology Developmental psychology is … Read more
PSYCHOLOGY Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior. It includes many sub-fields of study such areas as human development, sports, health, clinical, social behavior and cognitive processes. Psychology investigates an enormous range of phenomena: learning and memory, sensation and perception, motivation and emotion, thinking and language, personality and social behavior, intelligence, child … Read more
Higher National Diploma in English HNDE CALL & Study Skills II 1st Year 2nd Semester Syllabus 1. Presentation skills (10/05hrs) The importance of preparation: Points to consider: objectives of the presentation, audience, manner, time, length, method, content, structure, notes, rehearsal Set of equipment: OHP, whiteboard, flipchart, computer, handouts, Delivering a presentation: beginning, rapport, content, body … Read more
Higher National Diploma in English HNDE Professional Writing II First Year Second Semester Syllabus Linking ideas: clauses and phrases (05/03 hrs) Activities: Provide sentences with linking words such as: because, so, but, although, in spite of, otherwise, except that, apart from. Get them to underline the linking words. Discuss the function of linking words Provide … Read more
Higher National Diploma in English HNDE British & American Literature First Year Second Semester Syllabus Poetry(40/20 hrs) Sylvia Plath -Mirror, Morning Song T.S Eliot –Morning at the Window Robert Frost – Mending Wall / Stopping by Woods in a snowy Evening H.W. Longfellow – Slave’s Dream Shakespeare – My Mistress’ Eyes William Blake – Chimney … Read more
Higher National Diploma in English HNDE Language Structure, Linguistics & Usage II First Year Second Semester Syllabus Verbs & verb phrase (15/08 hrs) Types of verbs: lexical, auxiliary-primary and modal, regular, irregular, transitive, intransitive, stative, dynamic, finite, non-finite Verb forms: base, -s form, past, -ing form, -ed participle Activities to be familiar with verb forms … Read more
Higher National Diploma in English HNDE Listening in English II First Year Second Semester Syllabus Transfer information (05/03hrs) Listen to the tape/ teacher and fill in the chart. Types of activities: tracing the route on a map, completing tables/ charts/forms Retaining relevant points: note taking (05/02hrs) Focus: identifying relevant points-rejecting irrelevant information Types of activities: … Read more
Higher National Diploma in English Effective Communication Skills II First Year Second Semester Syllabus Interaction in ‘service’: Jobinterviews, business transactions (10/05hrs) Focus: Strategies for opening and closing conversations, how to use a neutral Style of speaking-polite and clear speech Procedure: job interviews –provide a model. Get students to read it and practice With a partner. … Read more
Higher National Diploma in English EN 1201: Intermediate Reading Skills & Vocabulary Development 1). Reading skills: previewing, predicting& understanding complex sentences (10/05hrs) Make predictions based on the title, sub-titles, students’ knowledge of the topic, the linguistic context, non-linguistic context such as diagrams, graphs, pictures, maps etc. Encourage to predict before reading, while reading, and after … Read more
