SSST - Academic Writing 2

Academic Writing 2

Faculty of Modern Languages

Department of English

Programme(s) where module is offered

BA English and Applied Studies

Status (core, option, free choice)

Core

FHEQ Level

Unit Value

8 ECTS

Semester taught

Spring

Pre-Requisite Modules or Qualifications

None

Module Code

ELANG 130

Module coordinator

Azra Sarić,Anida Hadžić

Applicable From

2012

Educational Aims of the Module

This highly practical course represents the second section of the writing syllabus taught in the first year of study.
This section of the course extends the students’ previous paragraph and essay skills into different academic writing patterns (describing graphs, presenting statistics, comparing and contrasting, arguing etc).
Students take this course as part of two existing courses at SSST – LANG 122E – Introduction to Academic Writing 2, and LANG222 – Essay 2.
It The course continues to present a medium for the practical application of grammatical rules acquired through ELANG 101 and ELANG 102 (grammar courses in their first year of study). Furthermore, the students’ Reading Comprehension skills are also developed and tested.
Punctuation and citation skills are enforced and developed further as well.

Module Outline/Syllabus

Paraphrasing. Plagiarizing – what is it and how to avoid it.
Paraphrasing, summarizing, quotation
Direct and indirect quotations, facts and statistics
Graphs: tenses and vocabulary
Types of paragraphs – narrative, descriptive, expository.
Prepositions – time, place, manner. Practice in the use of AT, IN, ON
Introduction to Articles – countable vs. non-countable, definite vs. indefinite. Compare and contrast essays: Two methods of organisation: Block and Point-by-Point.
Linking words for Comparison and Contrast
Using sources in a Comparison and Contrast outline – paraphrasing and summarising
Argumentative Essays
Subject Verb Agreement for EFL speakers
Comprehension practice for paraphrasing
CVs and Motivational letters

Student Engagement Hours

Type	Number per Term	Duration	Total Time
Lectures	30	2 hours	60 hours
Tutorials	15	2 hours	30 hours
Total Guided/Independent Learning Hours			110
Total Contact Hours			90
Total Engagement Hours			200

Assessment Method Summary

Type	Number Required	Duration / Length	Weighting	Timing / Submission Deadline
Final exam	1	3 hrs	50%	End of semester
Paragraph and Essay Assignment	1	Take home	30%	Week 10
Other course assignments	Between 3 to 4	Approximately 1 hr each	20%	Organised throughout the semester

Module Outcomes

Teaching and Learning Strategy:

Presentations by the module convenor (ILO: 1-5)
Practical exercises, readings and assignments as a follow-up to course presentations, or as part of seminars.(ILO: 1-5)
Individual (take-home) assignments. (ILO: 1-5)
Consultations with students. (ILO: 1-5)
Presentations by the module convenor (PS: 1-5)
Practical exercises, readings and assignments as a follow-up to course presentations, or as part of seminars.(PS: 1-5)
Individual (take-home) assignments. (PS: 1-5)
Consultations with students. (PS: 1-5)
Presentations by the module convenor (TS: 1-4)
Practical exercises, readings and assignments as a follow-up to course presentations, or as part of seminars.(TS: 1-4)
Individual (take-home) assignments. (TS: 1-4)
Consultations with students (TS:1-4)

Assessment Strategy

Writing assignment - 30% (ILO: 1-5)
Other course assignments - 20%(ILO: 1-5)
Final Exam - 50%(ILO: 1-5)
Writing assignment - 30% (PS: 1-5)
Other course assignments - 20%(PS: 1-5)
Final Exam - 50%(PS: 1-4)
Writing assignment - 30% (TS: 1-4)
Other course assignments - 20% (TS: 1-4)
Final Exam - 50%(TS: 1-3)

Key Texts and/or other learning materials

Set text

Chin, P., Koizumi, Y. et al. (2012). Academic Writing Skills. Volume 1, Singapore, Cambridge University Press.
Chin, P., Reid S. et al. (2012). Academic Writing Skills. Volume 2, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Supplementary Materials

Folse K, Muchmore-Vokoun A, Solomon Vestri E., (2010). Great Sentencess for Great Paragraphs. Third edition. Boston: Heinle, Cengage.
Spack, R., (2007). Guidelines: a cross-cultural reading/writing text. Third edition. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Vince, Michael., (2009). First Certificate: language practice. Fourth edition. Oxford: Macmillan Publishers Limited.
Oshima, A. and Hogue, A. (1999). Writing Academic English (3rd edition). New York: Longman.
Fowler, H.R. & Aaron, J.E. (2009). The Little, Brown Handbook, (with MyCompLab NEW), 10/E
Honegger, M. (2005). Grammar for Writing (1st ed.). Florence, KY: Thomson Learning.

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