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BBI2421 General Writing Skills

This course teaches sentence patterns, paragraph development, grammar, and editing to help students improve their writing for academic and professional purposes.

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BBI2421 General Writing Skills

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  1. BBI2421 General Writing Skills First Face-to-Face Introduction to the Course Instructor’s name: Nor Syakira Abdullah E-mail add: syakira@upm.edu.my

  2. Course Synopsis This course covers sentence patterns and types, paragraph development, transition between ideas, using correct grammar and structure, identifying and correcting common errors, drafting, editing and revising various types of short texts. Students will be actively involved in the process of planning, writing and revising texts to meet their academic and professional needs.

  3. Learning Outcomes Students are able to: • construct correct sentences in their writing (P4) • organise ideas to develop coherent paragraphs (A4) • write various types of short texts (C5, LL) • review their own written texts with peers (CTPS)

  4. Evaluation

  5. Writing Portfolio (35%) Writing Portfolio 1 – Paragraph Writing (15%) • Students are required to produce a paragraph outline and a complete paragraph of 200-250 words • Due Date: 7 October 2016 Writing Portfolio 2 –Essay Writing (20%) - To be announced during the 2nd Face-to-Face

  6. SDL Portfolio (10%) • Students are required to download and complete SDL worksheets posted weekly on Edmodo (Week 3-12). • Students are required to submit the soft copy of the completed SDL worksheet before the due date via EDMODO.

  7. Text Book Title: Introduction to Academic Writing (3rd Edition) Authors: Oshima, A. & Hogue, A. Publisher: Pearson Education Inc Price: RM42.00

  8. Important Dates!

  9. EDMODO • A portal for students to interact online with the instructor and course mates • Access to notes, reminders, and assignment submission • https://www.edmodo.com/

  10. EDMODO CODE eynhn4

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