English Writing Skills and Communication

Objectives

understand how audience and purpose influence a writer's choices;

flexibly employ the basic processes of writing--planning, editing, composing, and revising;

develop multi-paragraph essays and arrange them coherently; use supporting detail based on personal experience and

outside materials; demonstrate increased competence with varied sentence

structures; understand and apply the basic conventions of syntax and

mechanics; Proofread competently and prepare acceptable manuscripts.

Evaluation

Term Exam 40%Quizzes & Assignments 40%Presentation and class performance 10%Attendance 10%Total 100%

Course Requirements

• Class attendance: At least 80%. Failure to do so will bring an automatic UW.

• Class performance: Student-centered. Each student has to participate on a regular basis.

• Assignments: Must be submitted within stipulated time frame. No late submissions will be entertained.

• Quizzes: Will be both written and verbal. No make-up will be taken for missed quizzes.

MUST BE STRICTLY FOLLOWED MUST BE STRICTLY FOLLOWED in order to avoid in order to avoid ‘ – 2 ’‘ – 2 ’ every time!! every time!!

Department of English, AIUBDepartment of English, AIUB

• ID must remain visible.

• Dress code must be decent – in Dress code must be decent – in accordance with Bangladeshi accordance with Bangladeshi social and cultural values.social and cultural values.

• Male students’ Male students’ shirts must be shirts must be properly buttonedproperly buttoned – i.e. only – i.e. only the collar button is allowed to the collar button is allowed to remain open.remain open.

Sitting posture should be normal:Sitting posture should be normal:

• No idle leaning (backward or front)

• Legs cannot be crossedcrossed while sitting.

• Legs cannot be spread out spread out in a casual manner.

• Legs cannot be also kept on the kept on the supporting platformsupporting platform of the front seats.

• Students have to take permission while entering the class.

• If anyone wants to go out during If anyone wants to go out during class (for any emergency class (for any emergency purpose), he or she MUST take purpose), he or she MUST take the permission of the teacher.the permission of the teacher.

• Bags should be kept under the Bags should be kept under the seat, seat, not by the side or on the laps.

Mobile phones must be kept silent inside the classinside the class – as long as the students and the

teacher stay in the classroom.

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