ADVANCED ENGLISH WRITING

This course is designed for students who have experience writing in English at the paragraph-level. It will focus on guiding these students through the processes involved in creating coherent, organized, and well-supported multi-paragraph compositions. Students will learn some key academic writing skills, including a variety of patterns of organization, which they will be able to apply in a broad range of writing contexts. In addition, students will be encouraged to view writing as a collaborative and recursive process, with feedback and revision being central to the production of effective compositions.

A) Purpose: To practice written English skills through various writing topics. The focus of the course will be on content, structure, and style. Students will develop written proficiency from full sentences, to paragraphs, and into short essays. The goal is to develop confidence writing formally and informally as well as creatively. B) Course Content: Students will use model readings, sample essays, pictures, writing exercises, and creative in class activities to develop their composition skills. Individual essays and group work will be shared in class during weekly writing workshops. In addition, students are expected to keep a notebook of all written work.

****Attendance Grade- Students will be allowed two (2) unexcused absences which will not affect their grades. Each additional absence will result in a one point deduction from their attendance score. More than ten (10) unexcused absences will result in a failing (F) grade for the semester according to Keimyung University’s attendance policy.****