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ADVANCED WRITING SKILLS I COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code	Name of the Course Unit	Semester	In-Class Hours (T+P)	Credit	ECTS Credit
ELL107	ADVANCED WRITING SKILLS I	1	3	3	6

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week	Preparatory	Topics(Subjects)	Method
1	-	Introduction to the Course Goals, Assignments, Schedule, Criteria, Policies. What makes a good paragraph?	Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
2	Reading the Material Assigned	Brainstorming, organising ideas.	Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
3	Reading the Material Assigned	Topic sentence and thesis statement.	Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
4	Writing	Cohesion and coherence.	Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
5	Reading the Material Assigned	Elements of a strong paragraph, rhetorical questions, quotations, statistics.	Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
6	Reading the Material Assigned	Using conjunctions.	Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
7	Writing	Spelling and punctuation.	Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
8	-	MID-TERM EXAM	-
9	Reading the Material Assigned	Conclusion paragraph.	Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
10	Reading the Material Assigned	Using dictionary/Thesaurus.	Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
11	Reading the Material Assigned	Finding print or online sources and synthesising sources.	Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
12	Reading the Material Assigned	Paraphrasing.	Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
13	Writing	Language to develop ideas within paragraphs.	Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
14	Reading the Material Assigned	Analysing a paragraph.	Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
15	Reading the Material Assigned	Interpreting and rewriting a paragraph / In-class paragraph writing activity.	Lecture / Experiential Learning / Discussion
16	-	FINAL EXAM	-
17	-	FINAL EXAM	-