English Writing Skills II: Course Syllabus
Why You Need This Course?
The aim of this course is to develop the students’ abilities to express their ideas in well thought out and well organized essays in English. The students will begin by writing comprehensive paragraphs and end by writing a clear and well-developed essay.
At least, read these key words…
English, Writing, academic, research, Essay
Registered Course Schedule:
See the latest, adjusted schedule here.
Even though this course does not focus on academic topics, students will have developed a clear understanding of the writing process and will thus be able to transfer the writing skills they learn in this course to other courses in order to write reports and papers for other courses including academic subjects.
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Week 1 |
Course Introduction |
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Week 2 |
The Process Writing |
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Week 3 |
Pre-Writing: Getting Ready to Write |
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Week 4 |
The Structure of a Paragraph |
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Week 5 |
The Development of a Paragraph |
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Week 6 |
Descriptive Paragraphs |
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Week 7 |
Process Paragraphs |
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Week 8 |
Opinion Paragraphs |
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Week 9 |
Comparison and Contrast Paragraphs |
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Week 10 |
Problem and Solution Paragraphs |
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Week 11 |
The Structure of an Essay |
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Week 12 |
Outlining an Essay |
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Week 13 |
Writing Introductions and Conclusions |
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Week 14 |
Final Written Test |
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Week 15 |
Feedback Session |
Students will be asked to reflect monthly on the content of the class. They will be given time in each class to write notes (or discuss) for their monthly class reflection.
Grading Policy:
Weekly class assignments – 70%
Final Written Work – 30 %