English (ENGL) 143
Writing for Academic Purposes (Revision 2)
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Opened in Moodle January 15, 2008.
The English Language Studies Assessment test is designed to help students understand their strengths and weaknesses in English and guide them to the most appropriate course(s).
Delivery Mode:Individualized study online or individualized study with an optional Internet component.
Credits:0
Area of Study:No area of study
Prerequisite:None. (TOEFL 450 level or equivalent recommended).
Centre:Centre for Language and Literature
Challenge for Credit option not available.
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Overview
This course is designed for students who need a thorough foundation in writing skills before pursuing other courses of study. A developmental approach to the writing process guides students through writing sentences, paragraphs, and an essay. Participation in the editing process helps students to better analyze and improve their own writing skills. This course is appropriate for both ESL students and native speakers of English who require a good grounding in writing, or who need to upgrade their writing skills, before proceeding with further studies. This course may be recommended for students intending to take ENGL 177 or ENGL 187.
Outline
Module 1:
- Lesson 1: Writing: basic paragraph formation
- Lesson 2: Editing: verbs and verb forms
Module 2:
- Lesson 3: Writing: building a paragraph
- Lesson 4: Editing: modals and conditionals
Module 3:
- Lesson 5: Writing: enumeration
- Lesson 6: Editing: the passive voice
Module 4:
- Lesson 7: Writing: process and chronology
- Lesson 8: Editing: sentence structure and word order
Module 5:
- Lesson 9: Writing: cause and effect
- Lesson 10: Editing: connectives and subject-verb agreement
Module 6:
- Lesson 11: Writing: comparison/contrast
- Lesson 12: Editing: articles and noun forms
Module 7:
- Lesson 13: Writing: definition
- Lesson 14: Editing: word choice and word forms
Module 8:
- Lesson 15: Writing: the essay
- Lesson 16: Editing: prepositions and writing style
Evaluation
To receive credit for ENGL 143, you must complete all of the assignments, achieve a minimum grade of 50 percent on the final examination, and a composite course grade of at least “C-” (60 percent). The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:
| Diagnostic paragraph and editing exercise | 5% |
| Sentence writing and editing exercise | 5% |
| Paragraph and editing exercise (5): | 40% |
| Essay and editing exercise | 15% |
| Final Exam | 25% |
| Special project | 10% |
| Total | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Course Materials
Textbooks
Arnaudet, M. L.,& M. E. Barrett. 1990. Paragraph Development (2nd Edition). Prentice Hall Regents.
Lane, J., & E. Lange. 1999. Writing Clearly, An Editing Guide. Heinle & Heinle.
Other materials
The course materials also include a student manual and a study guide containing additional instructional material and exercises, instructions for completing exercises, and directions for completing assignments. English Language Support materials are available online.
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 2, January 15, 2008.
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