Third year Written expression is a tutorial-based course (TD) of a weekly schedule of one hour and a half (1h.30).  Its ultimate objective is to help students develop better skills in essay writing as a part of their academic proficiency. Its program is thematically divided into two terms. In the first term, students will be introduced to different parts essay writing, namely introductory paragraph, thesis statement, body paragraphs, and concluding paragraph. In addition, it familiarizes them with the essential elements of the essay especially coherence, cohesion, unity and completeness. In the second term, students will practice writing some major types of essays (methods of development), which include process, classification, cause/effect, compare/contrast and persuasive (argumentative) essay.