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EW 101- Expository Writing – I

Reading and Writing Skills


Introduction:
This required course focuses on writing clearly and cogently,
overcoming prevalent errors in Pakistani English, mastering rules in
grammar and syntax, and developing skills in organizing and structuring
different forms of writing. The course consists of two major parts: the
reading section—focuses on recognizing a topic sentence, skimming,
scanning, use of cohesive devises, identifying facts and opinions, guess
meanings of unfamiliar words etc. The writing section deals with the
knowledge and the use of various grammatical components and essay
writing skills which would enable students to write effective and advanced
expository writing

Learning Outcomes:
Students will eb able to:
 Develop their writing through a series of steps, the first of which is
critical reading of passages
 Practice writing to refine their macro level as well as micro level
compositional skills.
 Emply various rhetorical modes like argument, cause and effect,
narration, description, comparison and contrast exemplification and
classification in their writings.

Course Contents:

Unit I:
 Reading skills including skimming, scanning etc.
 Find specific and general information quickly
 Distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information according to
purpose for reading
 Use the dictionary for finding out meanings and use of unfamiliar
words
 Guess the meanings of unfamiliar words using contextual cues
 Distinguish between fact and opinion
 Recognize and interpret cohesive devices
 Identify main idea/topic sentence

Unit II:
 Paragraph writing: simple, compound and complex sentence structure
 Practice exercises with every above-mentioned aspect of reading
 Characteristics of narrative, descriptive, and argumentative
paragraphs
 Identification of tone, diction, voice
 Writing exercises: identification and rectification of fossilized errors.

Teaching-learning strategies:
Visual media
Presentations/seminars
1
Group discussions

Assignments:
Exercises on specific skills: 2 tasks
Paragraph writing: 2 tasks

Assessment and Examination:


Elements Weightage Details
Midterm
35% It takes place at the mid-point of the semester.
Assessment
It is continuous assessment. It includes: classroom
Formative participation, attendance, assignments and
25%
Assessment presentations, homework, attitude and behavior,
hands-on-activities, short tests, quizzes etc.
It takes place at the end of the semester. It is mostly
in the form of a test, but owing to the nature of the
Final
40% course the teacher may assess their students based
Assessment
on term paper, research proposal development, field
work and report writing etc.

Textbooks:
Since no single textbook covers all the course contents, the course
instructor may use materials from the recommended readings and other
books.
Suggested Readings:
 Eastwood, J. (2010). Oxford Practice Grammar. UK: Oxford University
Press.
 Howe, D. H, Kirkpatrick, T. A., & Kirkpatrick, D. L. (2004) Oxford
English for Undergraduates. Karachi: Oxford
 Hutchinson, E. (2012). Expository Writing. California: Saddleback
Educational Publishing
 Kane, S. (2000). Oxford Essential Guide to Writing. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
 Montogermy, M. (2006). Ways of Reading: Advanced Reading Skills.
New York: Routledge.
 Murphy, R. (2003). Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
 Warburton, N. (2006). The Basics of Essay Writing. New York and
London: Routledge.
 Paterson, Linda, H.,John C. Bereton, et al. (eds). (2009). The Norton
Reader: An Anthology of Non-fiction. Norton and Company: Shorter
thirteenth Edition.

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