Course Objectives
- Approach understanding and written expression in the language of study with the goal of enabling the student to produce cohesive content.
- Allow the student to expand his textual, meta-textual, and linguistic knowledge by reading various sorts of texts and producing them later.
- Install and develop reading and writing skills (strategies).
- Know how to distinguish between literal and inferential meaning.
Prerequisite
-To develop all of the abilities required for written expression, a highly structured, explicit, and methodical teaching strategy is required, with plenty of opportunities for students to practise and apply newly acquired skills.
Subject Contents
- Parts of speech (introduction)
- From word to sentence
Sources and references
http://writingguide.geneseo.edu/?pg=topics/formalinformal.html
1- http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
3- http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
4- Malcolm Mann, Steve Taylore-Knowles Writing: Student's Book; Macmillan ELT 2003
5- Wendy Sahanaya, Jeremy Lindeck, Richard Stewart IELTS Preparation and Practice Reading and Writing: Academic Module; Publisher: Oxford University Press 2004