Current Events: Writing 3

studia pierwszego stopnia

English in Public Communication

semestr 3

Studia stacjonarne

profil akademicki

języki obce
obowiązkowe

Realizowany w sali

the course in Current Events: Writing 2 successfully completed

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties:

total number of ECTS: 2

1 point ECTS = 30 hours of classes

1 point ECTS = 30 hours of preparation to class (readings, home assignments) with direct participation of the teacher

Course description

The course is designed to raise students’ language fluency and proficiency as regards analyzing, organizing and writing short essays in English, writing with coherence and cohesion, writing skills and competence in the area of preparing various kinds of academic papers. The course is a continuation of a writing course in the previous semester that expects the students to perform at B2+/C1 level.

Course objectives:

The aim of the course is to: develop writing skills through doing individual and group exercises, analyzing English texts and sample essays, as well as producing well-organized, stylistically and grammatically correct texts. The topics covered during classes relate to recent news and events that receive media coverage at a given time.

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Course content:

1. Introduction and revision.

2. Creative writing session

3. Word order in English sentences - exercises

4. Coherence and cohesion, using linking words and phrases.

5. Parallel structures in English writing.

6. Analyzing common mistakes in writing

7. Writing introductions with thesis statements

8. In-class writing (introductions)

9. Organizing paragraphs

10. In-class writing (paragraphs)

11. Writing conclusions

12. In-class writing (conclusions)

13. Working on the final draft (exercises)

14. In-class writing (writing final essays)

15. Results, individual meetings.

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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:

text analysis tasks, writing tasks, class discussion, individual work, ICT tools/MSTeams

Reading list:

Adams-Tukiendorf, M., i D. Rydzak. (2012). Developing Writing Skills. A Manual for EFL Students. 2nd Opole: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Opolskiego.

Burnell, C.l, J. Wood, M. Babin, S. Pesznecker, and N. Rosevear (2017).“ The Word on College Reading and Writing" Open Oregon Educational Resources.

Leki I. (2002). Academic Writing. Exploring Processes and Strategies. CUP.

Lynch, Tony and Kenneth Anderson.(2013) "Grammar for Academic Writing". University of Edinburgh.

Macpherson, R. (2005). Advanced Written English. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.

Online resources

www.ed.ac.uk/files/atoms/files/grammar_for_academic_writing_ism.pdf

https://academicguides.waldenu.edu

http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca

https://wts.indiana.edu/writing-guides

Learning outcomes acc to PQR 2019

Knowledge

Student knows and understands:

1. elements of academic discourse and linguistic considerations relating to the analysis and production of written texts (k_W07/P6S_WG)

2. the role of English as a cognitive means and a tool used for public communication in a written form (k_W03/P6S_WG)

Skills

Students can:

3. read and create English-language texts with proper structure, using the formal structures and expressions characteristic of public communication (k_U04/P6S_UK)

4. use English at the level of B2+/C1 of the Common European Framework for Languages in writing formal texts suitable for public communication (k_U05/P6S_UK)

Social competences

Students are ready to:

5. manage time and prioritize the implementation of various tasks related to writing particular elements of formal texts and whole texts (k_K01/P6S_KK)

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes

1. Active participation in classes - 10% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3)

2. Four short in-class writing assignments - 35% of the final grade (outcome 3,4,5)

the criteria of assessment of short essays:

+ (more than 60%) or - (less than 60%).

4xpluses = 5,0;

3xpluses = 4,5;

2xpluses = 4,0;

1xplus = 3,5

2. Final in-class essay writing - 55% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5)

the criteria of assessment of the final essay

Grade 3.0 (average) – 55-63%

Grade 3.5 (plus average) – 64-72%

Grade 4.0 (good) – 73-81%

Grade 4.5 (plus good) – 82-90%

Grade 5.0 (very good) – 91-100%