English as a foreign language - writing

compulsory

Philology

Specialisation: English and Chinese studies

1st cycle

1. Introducing the form of an essay and basic modes of development of an expository essay including the skill of planning and writing (ca 500 words).

2. Introducing and practising the essential skills and stages of creating a short academic text with the use of reference material (“research paper”) (ca 1,000 -1,500 words).

3. Developing communicative, technical, cognitive and organizational foundations of written language in a longer text, including such aspects as style, register (including academic language), punctuation, awareness of the recipient, stages of the writing and revision process.

Year 2

Partly: Moodle - materials, simple language tasks, online discussions, managing written tasks, peer feedback.

Passed 1BA EFL exam

WA PNJA page, WAMU Moodle, Biblioteka Neofilologii Coll. Novum.

1. Analysing model essays; generating ideas - brainstorming; preparing essay outlines; practising essay paragraphs (e.g. introductory and concluding paragraphs); error analysis ;individual work and pair/group work; work with a textbook (style, vocabulary, grammar and punctuation exercises).

2. Analysing model research papers; practice with regard to topic selection, topic specification, formulating a thesis, preparing a research paper plan/outline, selecting reference material, making notes, paraphrasing, summarising and formal editing according to the WA Stylesheet; individual work and pair/group work.

13 ECTS awarded for all EFL components after passing 2BA exam after summer term

(First semester of a two-semester course. Next semester: 15-PNJA-WR-CH-2BA-22.)

Students are taught the skill of planning and developing 500-550 word expository essays (winter term), and a 1500-word expository research paper on a selected UK/US culture topic (spring term). Supportive research skills (paraphrasing, bibliographic search, stylesheet use, etc.) are also practised.

(First semester of a two-semester course. Next semester: 15-PNJA-WR-CH-2BA-22.)

Course contents:

1. Planning and preparing an outline for an expository essay.

2. Writing a full length expository essay in which the main mode of rhetorical development is adequately applied (e.g., exemplification, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, process description/analysis, classification)

3. Developing linguistic proficiency and communicative effectiveness with respect to syntax, grammar structures, style/register, punctuation, academic vocabulary with respect to the communicative needs and intentions of the writer.

4. Searching for information, critical evaluation, summarizing and paraphrasing contents from longer reference material, also with respect to the (individually) formulated hypothesis.

5. Preparing a research paper ca. 1,500 words in length on a selected issue from British or American culture including all the stages of preparation verified by the teacher.

Oshima, A. and A. Hogue .Writing Academic English

Smalley, R. L. and M. K. Ruetten. 1990. Refining Composition Skills

Gehle, Q. (1987) Writing Essays

Zemach D.E., Rumisek L.A. 2005. Academic writing: from paragraph to essay

Packer, N. Huddleston. 1997. Writing Worth Reading

Jordan, R. R. 2001. Academic Writing Course

Smoke, T. 1999/2002. A Writer’s Workbook (+instructor’s manual)

Mlynarczyk, R. and S. B. Harber. 2000/2001. In Our Own Words (+ instructor’s manual)

Also:

Trimbur, J. 1998. The Call to Write

Leki, I. 1989. Academic Writing

Reid, Joy M. 1988. The Process Of Composition (+instructor’s manual)

Ramage J. D. 1997. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Writing

Gordon, E. R. and L. Q. Troyka. 1987. Workbook for Writers

Mc Crea, B. and T. Lopez-Kemmerle. 1985. College Writing

McMahan, E. and S. Day. 1980. The Writer’s Rhetoric and Handbook

Having completed the course, the student:

1. Is able to plan and write a cohesive and coherent expository essay composed of several paragraphs (ca 500-550 words) both factually comprehensive and linguistically correct also when working within time limits (3 hours) in which the main mode of rhetorical development is adequately applied according to the formulated topic (e.g., exemplification, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, process description/analysis, classification)

2. With teacher’s guidance is able to apply all the essential skills and tasks needed to prepare a short research paper on a general analytical topic with the use of references about 1,000 to 1,500 words long including all the stages with choice of topic, topic specification, formulating a thesis, preparing an outline, searching for reference material, preparing notes and producing in writing a research paper with the use of reference material (summary, paraphrase, or a quotation), basically following the WA Stylesheet editing standard.

Assessment methods:

F – written assignment assessed according to a special marksheet;

S - written exam