CONTENTS OF READING AND WRITING II COURSE

THIS COURSE HAS THE MAIN GOAL TO STRENGTHEN THE STUDENT`S READING AND WRITING SKILLS. THE COURSE FOCUSES ON THE ACADEMIC USES OF ENGLISH. FROM THE THEORICAL POINT OF VIEW,IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE SKILLS WILL BE DEVELOPED IN AN INTEGRATED AND COHERENT WAY, BUT THE COURSE WILL GIVE SPECIAL EMPHASIS TO PRACTICAL ASPECTS. FOR INSTANCE, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ARE THE CONTENTS REGARDING TO THIS COURSE:

  1.   REASONING LOGICALLY

• Recognizing problems and providing solution.
• Justifying judgment and actions.
• Reflecting on events, states, actions, and drawing conclusions (deducing and inferring)

  2.   READING

• Identifying main ideas.
• Identifying the author`s intention.
• Inferring.
• Scanning.
• Paraphrasing.
• Understanding intensively and extensively.
• Comprehending critically and creatively.

  3.  WRITING

• The process in the summary-analysis, argumentative essay, and research paper.
• Pre-writing: Brainstorming, outlining, others.
• Selecting and specifying themes.
• Writing summary-analysis.
• Writing argumentative essays.
• Writing research paper.
• Revising skills: error correction, puntuation, and capitalization.
• Editing