Course Name

Intermediate English Reading and Writing

Credits

3

Professor(s)

Name

Doo-Shick Kim

Affiliation

Dept. of English Language and Literature

COURSE DESCRIPTION

A. Course Objectives

(1) To connect reading and writing

(2) To learn how to organize and develop a paragraph and/or a short composition, and

(3) To develop the reading and writing skills in the process of giving presentations and writing homework.

B. Course Overview

This course consists of the following:

(1) Preparation of ‘English Mediated Course’

(a) Acquisition of Informal English

(b) Learning of Classroom English

(c) Providing of Technical Terms

(2) A. How to manage the classwork

(a) Professor's Introduction to the basics of writing

(b) Professor's demonstration of model lesson

(c) Students' Presentation of one page of the text alloted.

(3) Presentation in class (30 minutes given to each presenter)

What you have to do in your presentation are

(a) Present yours using Power Point or other tools,

(b) Preview the paragraph(s) allotted to you in Korean or English,

(b) Recite the first paragraph in English,

(c) Provide some explanation of grammar and vocabulary in English     before you translate, and

(d) Put the paragraph(s) into Korean

(e) After this, a) find Topic Sentence/Main Idea of each paragraph

b) find a controlling idea in Topic Sentence

c) summarize all the paragraph(s) into a single                                  paragraph

(4) One Final Exam (the 2nd Week of Dec., 2010)

(5) One Assignment (due date: by 6 p.m., the 1st Week of Dec., 2010)

MAIN TEXTBOOK and FURTHER READINGS

A. Main Textbook: FREE

B. Further Readings:

(1) Broukal, M. (2004). Weaving It Together: Connecting Reading and Writing        (4: High Intermediate Level) (2nd ed.). Tomson & Heinle.

(2) J. Singleton (1991), Writers at Work: A Guide to Basic Writing,                  Cambridge

(3) J. Miller & R. Cohen (2001), Reason to Write: Strategies for Success in Academic Writing, Oxford

(4) A. Strauch (1998), Bridges to Academic Writing, Cambridge

(5) R. Bander (1980), From Sentence to Paragraph, Holt, Rinehart & Winston

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING

A. One Assignment

(1) To Find one page of text in any sources, including websites,                  newspapers, and journals.

(2) To identify it as one or more of the 4 patterns of organization(i.e.,           Listing, Time Order, Cause-Effect, and Comparison) by providing the         relevant signal words or phrases.

(3) To Develop an Outline of it

(4) To Write a summary of it, and

(5) To Paraphrase the longest paragraph in it.

B. Grading Scheme

Presentation	One Final Exam	one Assignment
20 points	50 points	30 points

(1) Students' Presentation in class (20 points)

(2) One Final Exam (50 points)

(a) Multiple-choice Vocabulary test (10%)

(b) Translation of (part of) a paragraph in Korean (50%)

(c) In a paragraph, which can or cannot be in our textbook,

(i) Finding Topic sentence/Main Idea (5%)

(ii) Finding A controlling idea (5%)

(iii) Finding patterns of organization (10%)

(d) Paraphrasing one paragraph, which surely will be in our textbook            (20%)

(3) One Assignment (30 points)

Note. 1) Absence will be treated as reduction at the ration of one point per two hours' absence.

2) Participation through asking questions or making comments will be treated as addition of points.

3) the due date for assignments: by 18 o'clock, the 1st Week of Dec., 2010 (Friday)

COURSE SCHEDULE

Week 1: Introduction: What is the relationship between Reading and Writing?

Week 2: Instructor's Model Presentation of Reading 1 of Chapter 1 ('Frida Kahlo')

Week 3: Parts of the text (Sentence-Paragraph-Short Composition-Essay-Thesis)

Week 4: Organization of Paragraph (1st half)

-Topic Sentence (-> Controlling Idea)

-Supporting Sentences

-Concluding Sentence

Week 5: Organization of Paragraph (2nd half): Exercises

Week 6: 1) Parts of a Short Composition (Opening-Body-Conclusion)

2) Students' Presentation (Articles on Narration from Textbooks or other Sources)

Week 7: 1) Organization of Essay (1st half) (Introduction-Body-Conclusion)

2) Students' Presentation (Articles on Narration from Textbooks or other Sources)

Week 8: Organization of Essay (2nd half): Exercises
Week 9: 1) Patterns of Organization (1st half)

('Listing-Chronological-Comparison-Cause&Effect')

2) Students' Presentation (Articles on Argumentation from Textbooks or other Sources)

Week 10: 1) Patterns of Organization (2nd half): Exercises

2) Students' Presentation (Reading 1 of Chapter 5 ('Body Langauge'))

Week 11: 1) Paraphrasing One Paragraph & its Exercises

2) Students' Presentation (Articles on Argumentation from Textbooks or other Sources)

Week 12: 1) Writing A Summary & its Exercises

2) Students' Presentation (Articles on Description from Textbooks or other Sources)

Week 13: 1) The Process of Writing: 'How to Get Ideas' (Singleton: 1998)

2) Students' Presentation (Articles on Explanation from Textbooks or other Sources)

Week 14: 1) The Process of Writing: 'How to Organize Ideas' (Singleton:                 1998)

2) Students' Presentation (Articles on Explanation from Textbooks or other Sources)

Week 15: Final Exam (the 2nd Week of Dec., 2010)

Notice: This Schedule is Subject to Change

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel: 82-55-751-5884
e-mail: ddsskim@dreamwiz.com or kimdsk@gnu.ac.kr