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Academic Writing Skills Course Outline

The course aims to equip students with essential writing skills, including essay structure, writing processes, and effective paragraph construction. Students will learn to write for academic audiences, utilize various rhetorical modes, and apply proper citation styles while avoiding plagiarism. Instruction methods include lectures, discussions, peer-revision, and various writing assignments.

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Academic Writing Skills Course Outline

The course aims to equip students with essential writing skills, including essay structure, writing processes, and effective paragraph construction. Students will learn to write for academic audiences, utilize various rhetorical modes, and apply proper citation styles while avoiding plagiarism. Instruction methods include lectures, discussions, peer-revision, and various writing assignments.

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Objectives:

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of basic essay structure, including introduction, body and
conclusion;
2. Employ the various stages of the writing process, including pre-writing, writing and re-writing
3. Employ descriptive, narrative and expository modes;
4. Demonstrate ability to write for an academic audience
5. Demonstrate understanding of and apply the principles of effective paragraph structure;
6. Write concise sentences;
7. Employ quotation, paraphrase and summary;
8. Introduce, position and integrate source material into the body of an essay;
9. Recognize and correct basic grammatical errors, specifically errors of subject/verb
agreement, verb tense, pronoun agreement, usage of prepositions and articles;
10. Improve academic and idiomatic vocabulary;
11. Employ socially appropriate language
12. Read, analyze and respond to assigned readings with an understanding of structure and
mechanics;
13. Identify effective writing techniques in his or her own work and in peer writing.
14. Employ correct MLA or APA citation style, including parenthetical, in-text citation and works-
cited pages.
15. Evaluate sources for relevance and reliability
16. Avoid plagiarism

Topics:

Course topics will include the following:


1. Paragraph structure (topic sentence, supporting examples, transition sentence)
2. Basic rhetorical modes (narration, description, exposition)
3. Writing process (pre-writing, writing, re-writing)
4. Effective use of quotation, paraphrase and summary
5. Stylistics (vocabulary, conciseness)
6. Correct paper formatting
7. Grammar & mechanics as needed
8. Reading and responding to assigned readings

Method of Instruction:
1. Lecture
2. Seminar discussion
3. In-class composition
4. Peer-revision
5. Assigned readings
6. Computer-assisted instruction
7. Independent reading
8. Journal writing

Types of Assignments:
1. Short papers
2. Assigned readings
3. Independent reading
4. Class presentation

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