DIPLOMATIC ACADEMY OF SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

VIETNAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness

FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL
ECONOMICS

SYLLABUS
Course Unit: Report Writing Skill
(Bachelor’s Degree in International Business major, issued with decision No.)

1. GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1. Course unit title: Report Writing Skill
1.2. Course unit code: IE.068.02
1.3. Number of credits allocated: 02
1.4. Type of course unit: Optional
1.5. Semester and Year of study when the course unit is delivered: None
1.6. Prerequisites and co-requisites (if applicable):
1.7. Faculty in charge: International Economics Faculty
1.8. Principal lecturers in charge of the course unit:
No. Lecturer (Academic Email Phone Faculty/
title, position) Institution
1 Assoc.Prof, Dr. nvlichiir@yah 091409415 Diplomatic
Nguyen Van Lich oo.com 9 Academy of
Vietnam
1.9. Lecturers:
No. Lecturer (Academic Email Phone Faculty/
title, position) Institution
1 Assoc.Prof, Dr. nvlichiir@yah 091409415 Diplomatic
Nguyen Van Lich oo.com 9 Academy of
Vietnam
2 MA. Tao Thi Thanh thanhhuongk 082486199 Diplomatic
Huong tqtdav@yaho 2 Academy of
o.com Vietnam
3 Dr. Nguyen Xuan nx.dong@gm 033348428 Diplomatic
Dong ail.com 8 Academy of
 Vietnam

1.10. Academic advisor (if applicable):

1.11. Language for teaching: Vietnamese/ English
2. COURSE DETAILS
2.1. Course objectives (COs):
The report Writing Skill course is designed to provide students with essential
foundation skills and knowledge to communicate documents effectively, and
professionally in the profession. This course offers knowledge about different writing
types, including writing a CV, email, purchase order, selling, complaint, and internal
reports namely meeting minutes, work reports, memorandum of understanding, etc.
With a combination of theories, exercises, and real-life examples, students are able to
develop report writing ability clearly, briefly, and effectively.
2.2. Course learning outcomes (CLOs):
After finishing this course, the student will:
Course
CLO CLO description Level*
objectives
Comprehend the rules and
importance of effective, and
CLO 1.1 appropriate document 2/6
Cognitive communication in different work
domain situations.
(Knowledge- Comprehend the art of writing
based) professional emails for different
CLO 1.2 purposes, including demand, 2/6
purchase order, selling, and
solving complaints.
Able to write internal reports
(meeting minute, memorandum
CLO 1.3 3/6
of understanding, work report)
briefly, and informatively.
Psychomotor CLO 2.1 Have proper language level, and 3/6
domain idea transition ability by using
 appropriate grammatical
structures, and lexical resources
in common writing types
Able to find and organize
(Action-based) suitable ideas for writing type
characteristics, apply critical
CLO 2.2 3/6
thinking, and problem-solving
skills to write reports in different
situations.
Train self-negotiation, and self-
Affective
study ability through reading
domain
CLO 3.1 learning materials following 2/5
(Emotion-
lecturers’ guidance, and
based)
suggestions.
Note: The level is defined based on Bloom’s Taxonomy for Cognitive domain (1-6),
Dave’s Taxonomy for Psychomotor domain (1-5), Krathwohl’s Taxonomy for
Affective domain (1-5).

2.3. Alignment Matrix of CLOs (Couse Learning Outcomes) and PLOs

(Program Learning Outcomes)
PLOS
CLOS PL PLO PL PL PL PLO PL PLO PLO PLO PLO
O1 2 O3 O4 O5 6 O7 8 9 10 11
CLO 1.1 x

CLO 1.2 x
CLO 1.3 x
CLO 2.1 x
CLO 2.2 x
CLO 3.1 x
Học
phần
3/6 3/5 2/5
(thang
Bloom)
3. COURSE CONTENT AND TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Session Content Workload Teaching & Contrib

(3 hours/ Hour Hour Learning activities uting to
session) s s (i.e. lecture CLO
In- Self- course, seminar,
class study …) and content
relative
1 - Introduction to the 3 7 Lecture: CLO 1.1
(3 Course - Introduction to the CLO 2.1
periods) - Significance of Course CLO 2.2
Document - Significance of CLO 3.1
Communication Document
Chapter I: How to Communication
Write a CV - What is a CV
- What is a CV - How to Write a CV
- How to Write a CV - Common CV
- Common CV Writing Writing Mistakes
Mistakes - How to Create a
- How to Create a CV CV on Job Search
on Job Search Sites Sites
Discussion:
Discuss examples
written in the
textbook
Homework: Report
writing practice
exercises of
Chapter I
2 Chapter II: Email/ 3 7 Lecture: CLO 1.2
(3 Enquiry - Structure of an CLO 2.1
periods) - Structure of an Email/ Email/ Enquiry CLO 2.2
Enquiry - How to Write an CLO 3.1
- How to Write an Email/ Enquiry
Email/ Enquiry - How to Reply to
- How to Reply to an
 Email/ Enquiry an Email/ Enquiry
- Notices of Writing - Notices of Writing
Email/ Letter to Clients Email/ Letter to
Clients
Discussion:
Discuss examples
written in the
textbook
Homework: Report
writing practice
exercises of
Chapter II
3 Chapter III: Email/ 3 7 Lecture: CLO 1.2
(3 Order - Order CLO 2.1
periods) - Order - Order CLO 2.2
- Order Confirmation Confirmation CLO 3.1
- Shipping Delay - Shipping Delay
Message Message
- Order Refusal Letter - Order Refusal
- Notices of Writing Letter
Email/ Letter to Clients - Notices of Writing
Email/ Letter to
Clients
Discussion:
Discuss examples
written in the
textbook
Homework: Report
writing practice
exercises of
Chapter III

4 Chapter IV: Email/ 3 7 Lecture: CLO 1.2

(3 Open Letter - Write an Email/ CLO 2.1
periods) - Write an Email/ Open Open Letter CLO 2.2
 Letter - Write an Email/ CLO 3.1
- Write an Email/ Circular Letter
Circular Letter - How to Reply to
- How to Reply to an an Open Letter
Open Letter Discussion:
Discuss examples
written in the
textbook
Homework: Report
writing practice
exercises of
Chapter
IV
5 Practice 3 7 Students practice CLO 1.1
(3 writing an email/ CLO 1.2
periods) letter assigned by CLO 2.1
teachers CLO 2.2
CLO 3.1
6 Chapter V: Email/ 3 7 Lecture: CLO 1.2
(3 Complaint Letter - Write an Email/ CLO 2.1
periods) - Write an Email/ Complaint Letter CLO 2.2
Complaint Letter - Reply to Email/ CLO 3.1
- Reply to Email/ Complaint Letter
Complaint Letter - Email for
Chapter VI: Other Appointment
Types of Email/ - Email for
Letter Reservation
- Make Appointment Discussion:
- Make Reservation Discuss examples
written in the
textbook
Homework: Report
writing practice
exercises of
Chapter
 Discussion:
Discuss examples
written in the
textbook
Homework: Report
writing practice
exercises of
Chapter
V, VI
7 Chapter VII: Meeting 3 7 Lecture: CLO 1.3
(3 Minute - Effective Scribing CLO 2.1
periods) - Effective Scribing in a in a Meeting CLO 2.2
Meeting - Structure of a CLO 3.1
- Structure of a Meeting Minute
Meeting Minute - How to Write a
- How to Write a Meeting Minute
Meeting Minute Discussion:
Discuss examples
written in the
textbook
Homework: Report
writing practice
exercises of
Chapter
VII
8 Chapter VIII: 3 7 Lecture: CLO 1.3
(3 Memorandum of - Purpose of CLO 2.1
periods) Understanding Memorandum of CLO 2.2
- Purpose of Understanding CLO 3.1
Memorandum of - How to write
Understanding Memorandum of
- How to write Understanding
Memorandum of - How to Write a
Understanding Notification
- How to Write a Discussion:
 Notification Discuss examples
written in the
textbook
Homework: Report
writing practice
exercises of
Chapter
VIII

9 Chapter IX: Work 3 7 Lecture: CLO 1.3

(3 Report Discussion: CLO 2.1
periods) - Purpose, and Object Discuss examples CLO 2.2
of Work Report written in the CLO 3.1
- Structure of a Work textbook
Report Homework: Report
- Present, and Analyze writing practice
Data exercises of
- Give proposes, and Chapter
solutions XI
10 Practice 3 7 Students practice CLO 1.1
(3 Review writing internal CLO 1.2
periods) report assigned by CLO 1.3
teachers CLO 2.1
Lecture: CLO 2.2
- Summarize the CLO 3.1
content of the unit
course
Disscussion:
Answer students’
questions, and
queries about the
course

4. MATERIALS
2.1. Course books/Compulsory materials:
 1. To Quoc Huy. Guidance for writing letters - memorandum of understanding,
report in English. Thanh Nien Publisher.
2. Instructional materials.
2.2. Materials for reference:
3. R. C. Sharma, Krishna Mohan (2016). Business Correspondence and Report
Writing: A Approach to Business & Technical Communication, 5th Edition. McGraw
Hill Education.

5. REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS:

Students have to:
- Attend at least 80% of class time, get in/ out of class in the proper time;
- Accomplish homework and other assignments in time, follow requirements and
instructions given by lecturers/instructors; prepare for next class by reading
materials, building presentation and discussion content, etc.;
- Participate in midterm and end-of-course tests/ presentations/ essays. Students
who are absent without reasons in mid-term, do not accomplish presentations,
and mid-term essays receive 0 points;
- Submit their presentation, report, project, essay in time;
- Performance Test results of the course unit (except the final term score)
announced within a week after the last lesson.

6. ASSESSMENT
Forms of
Content for Assessin Assessment Percenta
assessme Time
assessment2 g CLO 3 Criteria4 ge (%)
nt 1
Attendance Learning During CLO 3.1 - Number of 10%
and attitudes Class class
participatio attendances
n - Number of

1 GV có thể thay đổi tuỳ theo hình thức đánh giá áp dụng; Cần thể hiện được : Đánh giá quá trình (chuyên cần,
bài tập nhóm, …), đánh giá giữa kỳ (kiểm tra, thuyết trình, tiểu luận); đánh giá hết học phần (Vấn đáp, trắc
nghiệm, tiểu luận ….)
2 Ghi rõ các nội dung kiến thức, kỹ năng hay mức tự chủ và trách nhiệm cần đánh giá
3 Ghi rõ hình thức kiểm tra cho phép đánh giá được CĐR nào (CLO1.1, 1.2, …). Lưu ý một hình thức kiểm tra
đánh giá không thể đánh giá được tất cả CĐR. Ngoài ra cần đảm bảo bài kiểm tra thực sự cho phép đánh giá
được CĐR đã xác định, tránh tình trạng khi đoàn ĐGN yêu cầu đối chiếu bài kiểm tra với CĐR được nêu trong
Đề cường chi tiết lại không khớp nhau.
4 GV tự đề xuất tiêu chí đánh giá như: nộị dung, hình thức, tính sáng tạo/độc đáo, …
 speaking
engagements
- Quality of
speech
- Utilize
knowledge to
CLO 1.1 practice writing
Writing test Chapter I - IV Mid-term CLO 2.1 report required 30%
CLO 2.2 - Comply the
timetable and
rules
- Utilize
CLO 1.1 knowledge to
CLO 1.2 practice writing
End-of-
Writing test All content CLO 1.3 report required 60%
course
CLO 2.1 - Comply the
CLO 2.2 timetable and
rules

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