Course Syllabus
Course Code Course Title ECTS Credits
ENGL-100 Basic Writing 6
Prerequisites Department Semester
BENG-100 or Placement Centre of Modern Languages Fall/Spring/Summer
Test
Type of Course Field Language of Instruction
Elective Language Expression English
Level of Course Lecturer(s) Year of Study
1st Cycle Dr Niki Christodoulou 1st to 4th
Mode of Delivery Work Placement Corequisites
Face-to-face N/A None
Course Objectives:
The main objectives of the course are to:
• Increase students’ awareness of the different common styles of writing;
• Provide students with deep knowledge of the writing process and the strategies to
develop, organize, and review ideas in paragraphs and essays;
• Develop students’ academic writing skills at Level B2 of the Common European
Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR);
• Develop students’ awareness and ability to write simple, compound and complex
sentences;
• Revise and utilize techniques of composing grammatically correct sentences;
• Cover areas of difficulty in the use of grammar and mechanics.
Learning Outcomes:
After completion of the course students are expected to be able to:
1. Demonstrate awareness of the writing process, sentence structure, and mechanics;
2. Compose coherent paragraphs in the various writing genres;
3. Compose coherent paragraphs that have a clearly stated topic sentence, supporting
sentences and concluding sentence;
4. Compose effective outlines for paragraphs and essays;
5. Compose well developed common essay genres with a clearly stated thesis statement;
6. Develop body paragraphs, introductions and conclusions;
7. Employ transition/linking words for concise and clear writing.
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8. Recognize and correct fragments, comma splices, and run-on sentences.
Course Content:
Listening/Speaking
• Comprehend spoken language such as dialogues, announcements, instructions,
messages, discussions, interviews, debates, talks, reports, lectures, TV programmes and
films;
• Order and present information;
• Evaluate information and select what is relevant to a specific purpose and audience;
• Communicate effectively and appropriately in a variety of situations such as description,
explanation of points of view, discussion on familiar topics, expression of opinion, report,
conversation, discussion, dialogue, summary, account, presentation, etc.
Reading
• Extend reading and comprehension techniques (skimming, scanning, finding main idea,
inferring meaning, etc.);
• Read independently and comprehend meaning of a wide range of mainstream text-types
such as short stories, song lyrics, cyber texts, magazine articles, correspondence, etc.
Writing
• Demonstrate an awareness of the process of paragraph and short essay writing (generating
ideas; considering subject, purpose and audience; planning, drafting and revising),
paragraph structure and coherence;
• Develop unity and language use;
• Compose effective topic sentences and thesis statements;
• Write clear, well-structured paragraphs and essays using different patterns of development
including process, comparison and contrast, description, persuasion, and cause and effect;
• Produce clear introductions, body paragraphs and conclusions for essays;
• Revise for consistency and parallelism;
• Revise for sentence variety and language awareness;
• Enrich vocabulary
Grammar and Mechanics
• Review and consolidate English grammar and mechanics (on an individual basis as
required): correct uses of nearly all the verb forms of English and irregular verbs;
independent and dependent clauses; parallel structure; sentence fragments; correct word
order, subject/verb agreement; correct uses of coordinating, subordinating, and
correlative conjunctions, appropriate transition words, and various other cohesive
devices; capital letters; correct punctuation related to meaning; appositives; dangling
modifiers; formal and informal registers; spelling.
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods:
Interactive lectures; PowerPoint presentations; Discussions with class participation; Group work;
Writing Assignments
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Assessment Methods:
Paragraphs; Essays; Outlines; Final exam; Participation in group discussions
Required Textbooks / Readings:
Title Author(s) Publisher Year ISBN
Academic D.E. Zemach & L.A. MacMillan 2005 9781405086066
Writing: From Rumisek
Paragraph to
Essay
Recommended Textbooks / Readings:
Title Author(s) Publisher Year ISBN
Academic Writing R.R. Jordan Longman 1999 0582400198
course
English for Academic A. Pallant Garnet 2006 978-
Study: Writing Education 1859648384
English for Academic J. Slaght, P. Harben Garnet 2009 9781859644843
Study: Reading & & A. Pallant Education
Writing
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