CENTRE FOR THE PROMOTION OF KNOWLEDGE AND LANGUAGE LEARNING UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH
UB00302 READING AND WRITING IN ENGLISH SEMESTER 2 2020/21
Credit Hour : 2 hours Contact Hours : 3 hours Synopsis
This course aims to familiarize students to the reading and writing skills and to introduce them to the types of genre in writing. They will apply the skills of skimming and scanning in reading passages, learn how to infer and paraphrase information from any given passages, and learn to identify and differentiate main ideas and supporting details of a passage. In addition, students will be taught how to develop a clear presentation of ideas in an essay. Among the aspects of writing that they will learn are the writing process, basic organization of a typical five-paragraph essay, important elements in an essay such as thesis statement, topic sentences and supporting ideas which they will utilize when they learn the different types of genre in writing.
The Expected Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:
I. perform the competence to apply writing skills in any essay genre
II. practice reading strategies for better and clearer presentation of ideas during assessments
Assessment Methods and Types Formative and Summative Assessment Components
Percentage
Essay:
a) Outline b) Final essay
15 20 Reading & Writing Assessment 25 Book Review Project:
a) Storyboard
b) Digital Story Presentation
15 25
TOTAL 100
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References and Textbooks
1. Blass L., and Vargo M. (2018). PATHWAYS Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking. 2nd Ed.
Boston: National Geographic Learning.
2. Broukal, M. (2010). Weaving It Together: Connecting Reading and Writing (Third Edition). USA:
Thomson- Heinle. 2. Lee, K.C. et al. (2007). Effective College Writing: A Process-Genre Approach. Singapore: McGraw-Hill Education Asia.
3. Oshima, A. & Hogue, A. (2006). Writing Academic English (Fourth Edition). NY: Pearson Education Inc.
4. Citing sources: APA and MLA Format http://www1.umassd.edu/specialprograms/info_lit/cite.html 5. Referencing academic tip sheethttp://www.ecu.edu.au/CLT/tips/docs/referencing.pdf
6. Harvard (author-date) style examples http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/tutorials/citing/harvard.html
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