Course Overview
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Course Synopsis
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This course aims at enhancing students’ knowledge of grammatical structures of English language and giving them new insight into words, sentence structure, and essential aspects of nonverbal communication. The course has been devised with the objectives to teach students practical writing skills as a means of communication by focusing on the grammatical basics of the language. It consists of six modules which are further divided into thirty lectures, along with exercises for additional practice. The difficulty level of the course increases gradually and enables the students to transfer their thoughts on paper so they may become persuasive, clear, and concise in their writings.
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Course Learning Outcomes
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At the end of the course , you would be able to:
- State and apply the seven principles of clear writing.
- Recognize and analyze basic parts of speech and craft effective sentences in English language
- Identify and explain basic clause patterns.
- Understand and apply common English language writing styles
- Review the written documents for any grammatical problems
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Course Calendar
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Week 01
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1
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Introduction to Journalistic Writing
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2
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Qualities Of Good Writers
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Week 02
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3
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Qualities Of Good Writers
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4
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Qualities Of Good Writing
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Week 03
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5
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Qualities Of Good Writing
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Quiz - 1
Week 04
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7
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The Process of Writing II
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Week 05
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9
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Dictionary-A Writer's Language Tool
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Graded Discussion Board - GDB
Week 06
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12
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Active and Passive Voice
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Quiz - 2
Week 07
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13
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Modifers and Sentence Types
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Week 08
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15
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Grammatical Sentence-Issues
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Mid-Term Examination
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16
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Grammatical Sentence-Issues II
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Week 09
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18
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Style: Guideline And Pitfalls I
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Week 10
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19
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Style: Guideline And Pitfalls II
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20
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Paragraph Writing: Types And Techniques
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Quiz - 3
Week 11
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21
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Paragraph Writing: Types And Techniques II
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Week 12
Week 13
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25
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The Writing Styles: Report and Narrative Writing
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Quiz - 4
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26
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The Writing Styles: Descriptive and Persuasive Writings
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Week 14
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27
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Research Writing and Documenting Sources
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28
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Summary and Precis Writing
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Week 15
Final Term Examination
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