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- Instructor: Tarek ASSASSI, a senior lecturer (MCA) at Biskra University. Specialised in Applied Linguistics and ESP, Pedagogical Coordinator at the CEIL, and Certified Assessor of Aviation English at Aures Aviation Academy.
- Contact Information: Phone: 00213790546464 –email: t.assassi@univ-biskra.dz
- Office hours: Sunday. 13:00 – 16:00 (CEIL Chetma)
- Course: Written Expression for Third-Year Students (One “90 minutes” course per week at the Science and Technology Faculty)
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DESCRIPTION DE LA MATIERE / COURSE DESCRIPTION |
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Academic writing is an essential skill that helps tertiary-level learners to cope with academic assignments in different courses. Written expression for 3rd year classes is a course that aims to develop particularly students’ essay writing skills. It equips them with the necessary writing mechanics to write an effective essay with different patterns of organization. The course focuses on both parts and types of essays with intensive practice inside and outside the classroom. Third-year Written expression is a tutorial-based course (TD) with a weekly schedule of one hour and a half (1h.30). Its program is thematically divided into two terms. In the first term, students will be exposed to different parts of essay writing, namely the introductory paragraph, thesis statement, body paragraphs, and concluding paragraph. In addition, it sheds some light on the essential elements of the essay, especially coherence, cohesion, unity, and completeness. In the second term, students will practice writing some types of essays (methods of development), which include process, classification, cause/effect, compare/contrast, and persuasive (argumentative) essays. |
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By the end of the course, students will be able to: · Extend a paragraph into an essay · Write introductory and concluding paragraphs using different techniques · Write an effective thesis statement · Develop three coherent and cohesive body paragraphs · Brainstorm, outline, and select ideas for an essay · Revise, edit, and proofread an essay · Use appropriately cohesive devices in an essay · Write different types of essays following a five-body paragraph pattern |
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Types d'évaluation (inter. exposés, lectures-discussions, recherches, etc...?) Tutorial sessions tests and quizzes. Preferably a written test and in-class oral discussions in addition to two end-of-term exams. |
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PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE |
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To attend this course, students must show adequate linguistic proficiency in both receptive and productive skills. Students must also acquire a common knowledge of grammar and vocabulary, as well as writing mechanics such as punctuation. Skills related to Information and Communication Technologies are of great importance and will serve learners’ learning process immensely. |
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COURSE POLICIES |
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Ethical and academic behavior are highly required and to be respected during the whole academic year. In case of missing classes, the students take full responsibility no matter what the alibi is. Zero tolerance policy on dishonesty, cheating, plagiarism, and providing misleading information. Finally, students are allowed to use different electronic devices and other sources of information, only for educational purposes. |
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The general contents of the course are open to modification, reduction, and addition depending on the learners’ needs and educational circumstances. The division of the sessions and the activities into lessons is not fixed throughout the whole syllabus as circumstances may change and remedial work might be required. The teacher pays more attention to reaching the course objectives and helps students comprehension of different notions and tactics for writing an effective essay. |
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