Textbook
Oshima, A. & Hogue, L. A. (2017) Longman Academic Writing Series 3: Paragraphs to Essays. (4th Edition) NJ: Pearson Education.
References
Folse, K. S., Solomon, E. V. & Clabeaux, D. (2007) From great paragraphs to great essays. MA: Houghton Mifflin.
Oshima, A. & Hogue, L. A. (2017) Longman Academic Writing Series 4: Paragraphs to Essays. (5th Edition) NJ: Pearson Education.
Zemach, D. E. & Ghulldu, L. A. (2020) Writing essays: from paragraph to essay. Oxford: Macmillan.
Course Objectives
This course aims to guide students through different steps of the writing process to produce well-organized, clearly developed paragraphs essential to academic writing in English. The course integrates instruction in sentence patterns, paragraph structure, and essay organization with the writing process. By the end of the course, students are expected to learn how to write logically and coherently and become critically aware of the use of language.
Teaching Methods
This course offers a variety of classroom tasks, including reading model texts, discussing and doing exercises in pairs/small groups, and writing individually. Students are guided through the writing process--generating ideas, organizing, drafting, reviewing, and revising--to produce well-organized, adequately developed paragraphs and essays.
Course Description
This course aims to provide students with opportunities to practice how to write different types of paragraphs commonly occurring in academic contexts. By the end of the course, students are expected to master sentence structures and different English genres and become more confident writers of English.
Grading Criteria
Attendance and Participation 10%
In-class Activities 35%
Mid-term Exam 25%
Final Exam 30%