Writing and Main Idea Sentence
جـامعـة الشــارقـةكلـية الآداب و العـلوم الانسانية والاجتماعيةقسم اللغة الإنجلـيزية و آدابـها | | University of SharjahCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social SciencesDepartment of English Language & Literature | GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION | Course title | English For Academic Purposes | Course number | 0202112 | Prerequisite (if any) | Meet UoS TOEFL or IELTS requirements | Co-requisite (if any) | --- | Type | URC | Credit hours | 3 | Semester/Year | Spring 2012/2013 | Teaching/learning methodologies | Lecturing, Group discussions, Problem solving, Independent Learning | Course Instructor | Name | Adnan Al-Bustanji | Office No. | W3-210 | Telephone | 06-5053361 | E-mail | aalbustanji@sharjah.ac.ae | Office HoursW3-210 | Sun. | Mon. | Tues. | Wed. | Thurs. | | 08:30-09:3012:00-13:00 | 09:30-10:30 | 08:30-09:3012:00-13:00 | 09:30-10:30 | 08:30-09:3012:00-13:00 |
Course description | This course focuses on academic reading and writing skills, including extensive work in reading comprehension and retention. Students will practice identifying topics, determining the main idea of a text, recognizing the supporting details of a paragraph, recognizing authors’ writing patterns, and understanding new vocabulary through context clues. Emphasis is given to the rhetorical structures of the argumentative essay. |
Course outcomes | Learning Outcome | Domain: cognitive, affective, Psychomotor (skills) | Assessment technique | 1. Determine and formulate a topic, main idea sentence and major supporting details of a paragraph. | Cognitive | Class discussion, text-book exercises, written exam | 2. Recognize Authors' Writing Patterns | Cognitive | Class discussion, text-book exercises, written exam | 3. Determining Context Clues and identify meaning of new vocabulary based on such clues. | Cognitive/ Skills | Class discussion, text-book exercises, written exam | 4. Write clear and effective
Course description | This course focuses on academic reading and writing skills, including extensive work in reading comprehension and retention. Students will practice identifying topics, determining the main idea of a text, recognizing the supporting details of a paragraph, recognizing authors’ writing patterns, and understanding new vocabulary through context clues. Emphasis is given to the rhetorical structures of the argumentative essay. |
Course outcomes | Learning Outcome | Domain: cognitive, affective, Psychomotor (skills) | Assessment technique | 1. Determine and formulate a topic, main idea sentence and major supporting details of a paragraph. | Cognitive | Class discussion, text-book exercises, written exam | 2. Recognize Authors' Writing Patterns | Cognitive | Class discussion, text-book exercises, written exam | 3. Determining Context Clues and identify meaning of new vocabulary based on such clues. | Cognitive/ Skills | Class discussion, text-book exercises, written exam | 4. Write clear and effective