The Paragraph
Weekly outline
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This course introduces first-year EFL students to academic writing, starting from the sentence level up to paragraph writing. It seeks to identify the components, characteristics, and the organisation of a basic paragraph, and then apply this knowledge to write a paragraph. It is composed of two chapters. While chapter one includes the format and the organisation of a paragraph (the topic, supporting, and concluding sentence), chapter two encompasses unity and coherence in paragraph writing.
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University: Abou-Bekr Belkaid-Tlemcen
Faculty: Letters and Foreign Languages
Department: English
Module: Comprehension and Written Expression (CWE)
Level: 1st year EFL students
Semester: 1
Unit Type: fundamental unit
Coefficient: 2
Credit: 4
Class Meeting Time: Monday from 9:00 to 11:15
Class Location: Room 31
Instructor Name: Dr. GHOUALI Kamila
Email Address: ghoualikamila@gmail.com / kamila.ghouali@univ-tlemcen.dz
Availability at the University: Sunday from 9:00 to 12:00 and Tuesday from 09:00 to 12:00
Course Title: The Paragraph
Course Period: Four weeks
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By the end of the course, first-year EFL students should be able to:
- know what a paragraph is.
- identify the format of a paragraph.
- understand the organization of a basic paragraph.
- recognize the purpose of a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and concluding sentence.
- differentiate between unity and coherence in a paragraph.
- comprehend how the ideas of a paragraph are arranged.
- distinguish between time order, space order, and order of importance.
- write an organized, unified, and coherent paragraph.
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Before embarking in the course, students should:
• have background knowledge about grammar and punctuation.
• be able to write a simple sentence.
• master some basic writing principles.
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This pre-test is designed to test your knowledge of paragraph writing.
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Attached is the outline of this course.
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Is there anything in your mind about the module that you would like to discuss with your teacher?
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PDF Support
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Find attached the PDF format of chapter one.
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SCORM Link
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Find attached the SCORM link to chapter one.
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External Resources
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Here are some web links that might be useful to you.
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Learning Activities
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Let's see if you have understood the first chapter.
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Exchange Space
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Do you have a question about this chapter you would like to ask me?
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Why don't you work together to help each other better understand the course?
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PDF Support
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Find attached the Pdf format of chapter two.
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SCORM Link
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Find attached the SCORM link to chapter two.
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Learning Activities
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Let's see if you have understood the second chapter.
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Exchange Space
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Do you have a question about this chapter you would like to ask me?
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Why don't you work together to help each other better understand the course?
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Here are the answers of the assignments given to you in this course. Have a look at them after you submit your work.
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In this final activity, you will use all the information about paragraph writing that you learned in the two chapters of the course to write a paragraph.
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Here is the grading scale I will use to evaluate your pargraph.
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Bailey, S. (2003). Academic Writing: A Practical Guide for Students: RoutledgeFalmer.
http://www.flyingwords.com/paragraph-organizationpatterns.html
Oshima, A., & Hogue, A. (2007). Introduction to Academic Writing (third edition ed: Longman.
Savage, A., & Shafiei, M. (2007). Effective Academic Writing 1: The Paragraph: Oxford University Press.
https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/de-la-salle-university/writing/task-3-assignment-in-technical-writing/12509398
https://studylib.net/doc/9496281/introduction
Zemach, D. E., & Rumisek, L. A. (2006). Academic Writing: From Paragraph to Essay: Macmillan.
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