Course title
Paragraph Writing   [Paragraph Writing]
Course category	Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies	Requirement		Credit	1
Department		Year	1～4	Semester	3rd
Course type	3rd	Course code	020063
Instructor(s)
佐藤 健   [SATO Takeshi]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Engineering	Office		Email address

Course description

This course aims to guide students to learn the basic structure of an English paragraph and provide them with plenty of time to practice paragraph writing.

Expected Learning

"Objectives: To make themselves clearly understood in their writing, 1. Students should develop their writing skills to write an English paragraph which is written ingrammatically correct and stylistically appropriate English. 2. Students should learn the role of a topic sentence and organize an English paragraph which has a point or argument that is consistent and clear. 3. Students should be aware of their role as a writer, the purpose of their writing, and the effect of their writing on readers."

Course schedule

1. guidance, definitions 2. Chronological order 3. Writing paragraphs　 4. Description 5. Exemplifying 6. Process writing / Academic writing　 7. Classification 8. mid-term check 9. Reasons　 10. Cause and effect　 11. Comparison and Contrast 12. Essay writing 13. Opinions　 14. Explaining graphs　 15. Trial essay writing

Prerequisites

Required Text(s) and Materials

No textbook required. Handouts will be given in the class or the Moodle site.

References

Assessment/Grading

Attendance: 15% (Students must attend at least 2/3 of a course in order to receive a credit for the course.) In-class essay writing tasks: 45% Final writing test: 40%

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Lecture Language

Japanese

Language Subject

English

Last update

3/15/2019 4:47:15 PM