CAS-ED DEPARTMENT SAINT VINCENTS COLLEGE DIPOLOG CITY SYLLABUS ENGLISH 101 I.
SUBJECT DESCRIPTION English 101 (Writing in the Discipline) is a three (3) unit course designed to help students develop their competence in communicating their ideas effectively through sentence and paragraph construction. It places emphasis on the rhetorical paragraphs of unity, coherence, and emphasis and the application of such principles in research paper writing. As a continuation of English 100, English 101 provides the student with more intensive and exhaustive drills in the development of the four basic communication skills namely, listening, speaking, reading, and writing in his/her own discipline. Prerequisite: English 100 Credit: 3 units II. SUBJECT RATIONALE The Filipino student today faces tremendous challenges. Both national and international events engulf him/her. Important matters like WTO, APEC, international terrorism, labor relations, foreign debt and policy, OFWs, economic crises, insurgency, exodus of medical and other professionals abroad and the like claim his/her undivided attention. In order to cope with these enormous issues, he/she must accelerate his/her problem solving skills, acquire the knowledge and skills to face the demands of a changing environment and confront the issues squarely with all the resources at his/her command. Global competitiveness must be instilled to every college freshman. While we seek to preserve our national heritage and look to our cultural past in order to provide some permanence to the fragile present, we must headlong the challenges of our fast-paced society. Competence not only in speaking but also in writing is essential to college students. This subject intends to fulfill these objectives. III. GENERAL OBJECTIVES At the end of the term, the student should be able to: 1. Demonstrate the ability to speak and write clearly for specific purposes. 2. Gain knowledge on the common paragraph development by writing a unified, coherent, and emphatic paragraphs about them. 3. Demonstrate not only literal comprehension skills but inferential skills. 4. Gain an understanding on current issues by actively participating in class discussions on such issues. 5. Share his/her insights on panel discussions and debates based on the rhetorical acts of paragraph development. 6. Manifest appreciation in the role of English in contemporary times, his/her academic life, and his/her future practice. 7. Integrate positive Filipino Christian values in his/her everyday communication. 8. Apply the basic principles in effective writing of sentences and paragraphs.
IV. OUTLINE Required Number of Hours 54 Unit I. Review on Writing Effective Sentences Number of hours 8 A. Specific Objectives: At the end of the unit, the student should be able to: 1. Write and compose simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences following the general rules 2. Write and compose a unified, coherent, and emphatic sentences. 3. Distinguish the structure of an active and passive sentence. B. Topics 1. Making sentence clear 2. Making sentence concise (unity, coherence, and emphasis) 3. Making sentence fluent 4. Active and passive sentence Unit II. The paragraphs Number of Hours 12 A. Specific objectives: At the end of the unit, the student should be able to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. B. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Identify the nature, purpose, and kinds of paragraphs according to function. Define and distinguish the different types of paragraphs. Write several samples of paragraphs following the basic principles in its construction. Identify the functions of a topic sentence in a paragraph. Illustrate the different methods of developing a paragraph. Evaluate the significance of a well-organized paragraph as a composition in miniature. Topics The Paragraph The Topic Sentence Paragraph Length Paragraph Unity Paragraph Coherence Paragraph Emphasis
Unit III. Rhetorical Acts of Paragraph Development Number of Hours 16 A. Specific Objectives: At the end of the unit, the student should be able to: 1. Identify the different methods of paragraph development and their specific functions. 2. Write effective, impressive examples of the different methods of paragraph development. 3. Discriminate the beginnings and endings of articles. 4. Point out the main idea in a lengthy paragraph. 5. Revise and rewrite faulty paragraphs by incorporating sensible ideas. B. Topics 1. Narration 2. Description 3. Exposition 4. Persuasion 5. Division and Classification 6. Development by examples 7. Process analysis 8. Cause and Effect 9. Comparison and Contrast 10. Analogy 11. Definition 12. Developing a persuasive argument
Unit IV- The Research Paper Number of Hours- 18 A. Specific Objectives: At the end of the unit, the student should be able to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Identify the meaning and importance of research. Delimit a topic for research (in his/her own discipline) Conduct investigations as preliminary to ones research or study. Conduct the desired interview based on conventional learned. Gather data and present the same in the desired note form. Recognize the distinction of MLA, APA, and Number System of documentation. Write a substantial research paper according to his/her own discipline.
B. Topics 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Research its nature and significance Research paper/term paper importance and parts Writing the research/term paper Documentation/Bibliographic entries Writing Chapters 1 to 5
V. SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS 1. Each student is required to submit a well-written research paper according to his/her discipline before the end of the final examination and defend the same (optional) at the given time allotted by the subject teacher. Group research is at the option of the student subject to the approval of the teacher. 2. Submit at least two samples of paragraphs using the common methods of paragraph development. 3. A three samples of full length paragraph (a miniature composition) following the rules and technical format of writing the introduction, body, and conclusion. VI. GRADING SYSTEM/BASES FOR EVALUATION 1. Major Examination Preliminary, Midterm, Semi-Final and Final (Departmental Examination) 40% 2. Seatwork, Quizzes, Assignments 40 % 3. Research Paper 20% VII. METHODOLOGY 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Lecture discussion Lecture- demonstration Film Showing Oral Reporting Inductive Deductive Techniques Modular- Learning Technique Writing Workshops Team Teaching Seminar Workshop
