English Teaching Study Program Faculty of Education and Teachers Training Indonesian Christian University

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Faculty Study Program : Education and Teacher Training : English Teaching

Subject/Code/Credits/Semester : Writing I /12152225/ 2/ II Course Description : Writing is a very important skill for individual in school and community as well. Students need writing to take notes, to complete assignments, to write papers, to take exams. People need it to communicate and participate more fully in every aspect of their In the community and in the workplace. This course is designed to help students master the skills to write effective sentences. It focuses on conceptual understanding and practices in producing simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, and varied sentences. It also covers the skills to use parallelism and effective words and how to identify and solve sentence writing problems, including run-on, sentence fragment, subject-verb agreement, and shifts. : Parlindungan Pardede; e-mail: parlpard2010@gmail.com; Parlindungan.Pardede@uki.ac.id) :

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Course Requirements: 1. Attendance: Not less than 80% attendance is required in this course. Participation is 25% of the overall grade for this course. This includes being in classes on time with all the necessary materials, participating in class discussion, and completing all inclass and out-of-class assignments, be they individual or group works, and in conventional way or through my blog (http://parlindunganpardede.wordpress.com). 2. Reading Assignments. Please make sure you read all the assigned materials regularly for it will enable you to participate in the class activities and finish the assignments. 3. Grading Scale: 100-80 A; 79.9-75 A-; 74.9-70.0 B+; 69.9-65 B; 64.9-60 B-; 59.9-55 C; 50-54.9 C-; 45-49.9 D; below 45 E.

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INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES Students are able to produce effective simple sentences

TOPICS/ SUB- TOPICS Writing Simple Sentences: Subjects Prepositional phrases Verbs Writing Compound Sentences: Using Coordinating Conjunctions Using Semicolons Using Transitional Words and Phrases Writing Complex Sentences: Identifying Complex Sentences Using Subordinating Conjunctions Using Relative Pronouns

METHODS Discussion Practices

REFERENCES Kirszner & Mandell, pp. 245255

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Students are able to produce effective compound sentences

Discussion Practices

Kirszner & Mandell, pp. 256270

Students are able to produce effective complex sentences

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Kirszner & Mandell, pp. 271282

Writing Varied Sentences: Students are able to produce effective varied Varying Sentence Types sentences Varying Sentence Openings Combining Sentences Writing Long and Short Sentences Using Paralelism: Students are able to produce sentences using Recognizing Parallel Structure parallelism correctly. Using Parallel Structure Mid-term Assignment

Discussion Practices

Kirszner & Mandell, pp. 283304

Discussion Practices

Kirszner & Mandell, pp. 305314

Evaluating students mastery on materials practiced in session 1-5.

Using Words Effectively: Students are able to produce sentences using Using Specific Words correct diction Using Concrete Language Avoiding Slang Avoiding Clichs Using Similes and Metaphors Avoiding Sexist Language Students are able to Run-ons identify and correct runRecognizing Run-ons ons in sentences Correcting Run-ons Sentence Fragments Students are able to identify and correct Recognizing Fragments fragments in sentences Missing Subject Fragments Phrase Fragments -ing Fragments Dependent Clause Fragments

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Subject-Verb Agreement Discussion Kirszner & Practices Mandell, pp. 370Understanding S-V Agreement 385 Compound Subjects Be, Have, Do Words between Subject and Verb Collective Noun Subjects Indefinite Pronouns Subjects Verbs before Subjects Discussion Kirszner & Students are able to Illogical Shifts Practices Mandell, pp. 305identify and correct Shifts in Tense 314 shifts in sentences Shifts in Person Shifts in Voice Final-term Assignment Evaluating students mastery on materials practiced in the whole semester/term Students are able to write sentences using correct S-V agreement

Major Reference Kirszner, L.G. & Mandell, S.R. (2009). Writing First: Practice in Context. New York: Bedford/St. Martins. The Web-Address of the Writing Class Blog: http://parlindunganpardede.wordpress.com/category/research/elt-research/