Course syllabus, ws,y2 s1
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This document outlines the course syllabus for a Bachelor's degree writing skills course. The course introduces students to paragraph development and various writing styles over 15 weeks. Students will learn skills like brainstorming, writing topic and supporting sentences, and proofreading. Assessment includes ongoing classwork and presentations, as well as a final exam. The goal is for students to improve their confidence and ability to write well in English for academic purposes.
Course syllabus, ws,y2 s1
- 1. Faculty of Education, Arts, and Humanities Program: Bachelor’s Degree Academic Year: 2016-2017 Course Syllabus I. COURSE INFORMATION Lecturer : En Chomrong Course Code : WS202 Course Title : Writing Skills Main Textbook : Great Writing 2: Great Paragraph Year/Semester : Year 2, Semester 1 Credit/Hours : 3 Credits/45 hours Hours/Week : 3 hours/Week II. COURSE DESCRIPTION This course introduces the process of paragraph development and teaches students how to master their writing tasks by generating ideas and writing within a variety of rhetorical patterns. It employs a wide range of writing models in carefully selected styles and offers clear explanations and extensive practical activities to help students write great paragraphs. III. COURSE OBJECTIVES By the end of the course students are able to: 1. Improve their confidence and skills in writing in English, 2. Develop good written product which meets the strict academic standard. 3. Build and reinforce the writing skills needed for communication. IV. LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Knowledge: Understanding the concept of a paragraph and its various types of writing. 2. Critical thinking skills: Develop critical thinking and/or observation skills, and apply them to the analysis of a problem or question related to the writing. 3. Interpersonal Skills: Be able to communicate via deferent types of writing purposes. 4. IT & ICT Skills: Use Power Point, LCD, Internet, and tape-recorder to research for their studies. Semester 2 /Year II Writing Skills 2 Page 1 of 3
- 2. V. COURSE REQUIREMENTS 1. Active participation in discussions and activities led by the instructor 2. Good computer literacy: Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 3. Awareness of plagiarism 4. Academic maturity and honesty VI. TEACHING METHODOLOGY Varieties of techniques have been used including lecturing, students-centered, teacher-centered and others depending on the real practice. The lecturer will use various methods of teaching including: 1. Lectures, 2. Group and whole discussion, 3. Team work, 4. Pair-work, and 5. Oral presentation VII. ASSESSMENT POLICIES ACTIVITIES MARKS (%) OTHERS ON-GOING ASSESSMENT 60% Class Participation 5% Homework/Quizzes 10% Revision Tests 20% Major Assignment 10% Presentation 10% Slidehand Book 5% FINAL EXAM 40% TOTAL 100% VIII. COURSE CONTENTS Week Unit Title Description/Themes 1 1 What is a paragraph Unit1: Goal: to learn the four main features of a paragraph. Language focus: Identifying verbs in sentences Unit 2: Goal: To learn how to brainstorm ideas for writing. Language focus: Subject-verb agreement. 2 1 Present Simple Tense 3 1 Imperative Sentence 4 1 Capitalization &End Punctuation 5 2 Brainstorming Techniques 6 2 Subject-Verb agreement 7 3 Steps of Writing Process Unit 3: 8 3 Topic Sentence Semester 2 /Year II Writing Skills 2 Page 2 of 3
- 3. Goal: to learn how to write a topic sentence Language focus: Sentence fragments, and comma Splice Unit 4: Goal: to learn how to write supporting and concluding sentences Language focus: Using pronoun for key nouns Unit 5: Goal: to review paragraph skills introduced in Unit 1-4 Language focus: Articles 9 3 How to Use a Comma 10 3 Fragments and Comma Splice 11 4 Supporting Sentence & Kinds 12 4 Pronoun &Types 13 4 Concluding Sentence 14 5 Proof Reading 15 5 Articles (Definite and Indefinite) Group Presentation & Review For Final Exam Semester Break for the Final Exam Final Exam: March 31, 2017 to April 1, 2017 IX. REFERENCES Writing paragraphs: From Sentence to Paragraph. Dorothy E. Zemach & Carlos Islam (2011). Macmillan Education. http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/upgrade/study-skills/paragraphs.html Effective Academic Writing 1: The Paragraph. Alice Savage, Patricia Mayer, Masoud Shafiei, Rhonda Liss, and Jason Davis (2006). Oxford University Press. En Chomrong Semester 2 /Year II Writing Skills 2 Page 3 of 3 Seen and Approved President Date: ………./………../………. Prepared by Lecturer