Course Information for Business English

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Course Business English
Name
Text Book First Steps in Academic Writing
Author: Ann Hogue
Publisher: Pearson Longman

Software

Reference
Class BBA Email Tel
Semester 1st
Lecture Per 2
week
Course Description

Academic Writing aims to develop and expand the skills required

to writeclear, coherent, and logical paragraphs in English. Not only
are such issues as correct language use addressed, the course also
teaches students to write in language that is both effective and
appropriate for academic texts. As well as paying attention to
grammar and vocabulary use, the course also focuses on writing
strategies that are characteristic of English texts on academic
subjects.

Grading
Policy
Attendance 5%
Project 10%
Mid Term 25% Till week 8
Final Term 60% Complete course
 Course Syllabus
Week Lecture Topic Chapter Assigned
Problems/Remarks
1st week 1st Pre writing activity 1
Lecture Clustering
Organization
Listing order paragraphs
2nd Three parts of a paragraph
Lecture Topic sentence

2nd week 3rd Supporting sentences 1 Practice 7 (try it

Lecture Concluding sentence out)

4th Samples of paragraphs

Lecture Simple outline
3rd week 5th Sentence structure 1 Practice 9 &10
Lecture Compound sentence
Simple sentence

6th Practice 8
Writing
Lecture Two Sentence Errors assignment(p.64)
Run-ons
Comma Splices
Practice 11
4th week 7th Quiz part 3 2 Practice 4 (p.76)
Lecture How to paragraph
8th Time order signals
Lecture Listing and outlining
Independent and dependent clause
Practice 6 (80)
5th week 9th Adverb Subordinators 3 Try it out (p. 84)
Lecture Complex Sentence
Sentence Errors
Fragments Finding errors in
paragraph
Summary of Three Types of Sentences
( paragraph will be
10th Capitalization and punctuation prepared by
Lecture Comma 4 rules lecturer)+ Try it out
Finding errors in sample paragraphs (p.92)+writing
assignments (p.93)
6th week 11th Part 4 quiz 4
Lecture Describing a Place
Prewriting activity: listing descriptive
details
Organization
Space order
12th Topic and concluding sentences for Try it out (p.104)
Lecture descriptive paragraphs
 Specific details
th th 4 Practice 6 (p.108)
7 week 13 Grammar
Lecture Adjectives
Order of adjectives

14th Cumulative adjectives

Lecture Coordinate Adjectives

8th week 15th Prepositions 4

Lecture Prepositional phrases Try it out (p.111)
16th Prepositional phrases
Lecture of place in a description
Part 4 Quiz
Try it out (p.117)+
Try it out (p.120)
9th week 17th Stating Reasons and Using Examples 5
Lecture Organization
Outlines with details
Transition Signals with Reasons

18th Sentence Structure

Lecture More about Complex Sentences
10th week 19th Conclusion Signals with Reasons 5 Try it out (p.137)
Lecture Transitional Signals with Examples

20th Two more rules of capitalization and

Lecture punctuation
Four more rules of comma

11th week 21st Part 4 (Review Questions) 6 Try it out( p.156)

Lecture Expressing your Opinion
Organization
Facts and opinions

22nd Transition Signals for opinion paragraphs

Lecture Adjective Clauses
12th week 23rd Punctuating Adjective Clauses 6
Lecture
24th More about fragments
Lecture
13th week 25th Quotation Marks 6 Writing
Lecture Review Questions Assignment(p.172)
26th Practicing how to paragraph
Lecture

14th week 27th Practicing Descriptive Paragraph 6

Lecture
 28th Correction Symbols
Lecture
15th week 9th general
Lecture Journal Writing Guide
30th Writers Tips
Lecture
16 week 31st Writers tips practice
Lecture
32nd Writers tips practice
Lecture

17 week Revision and discussion