ERW101

Critical Reading and Writing
1. Course Description


            ERW101 is designed to equip students with the reading and writing skills required to tackle with academic work and every day usage to provide the students with the sufficient ability to be of practical use in their fields of study and work such as collecting, analyzing and organizing information, communicating ideas and information as well as using technology. Importantly, this course offers students instruction on the process of reading and writing on how to read and write a comprehensive and well-formed words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, and essays to prove their reading and writing competences in English in an academic context with specific vocabulary. The course also offers students a chance to read and analyze a variety of professional articles, essays and writing samples. This will run for 3 hours every week for a total of 45 hours within 15 weeks.


2. Course Objectives
After the course the students will be able to: 
- Develop knowledge and skills in writing, reading, comprehending, interpreting and responding to a variety of texts.    
- Developing written communication skills, through composing a variety of texts engaged in personal and social activities
- Develop knowledge and skills in producing texts using a variety of media and technology.
- Develop knowledge and skills in viewing and interpreting a range of materials.
- Uses a sufficient range of vocabulary to write appropriately.
- Achieve the reading proficiency at a minimum English proficiency level of CEF B1 level (IELTS 3.5).

3. Course Syllabus in Details (download here)
4. Course Materials
  • Course Books
English for life-reading-pre-intermediate A2 (download) 
English for life-writing-pre-intermediate (download) 
  • Extra Books
Sentence to Paragraph Writing (Download)
Fundamentals of Academic Writing Level 1 (Download) 
Test Your Basic Vocabulary (Download) 
Reading Explorer-Beginner (Download) 
Basic English Grammar-Test Banks (Download)
CV (Click here to Download) 
  • Slides
>>Week 1 slide of orientation (download here)
>>Week 2 slide of Introduction to Writing (download) 
>>Week 2 slide of Writing Practice (download) 
>>Week 3 Unit 3,4 and 5 (download) 
I. Improving Reading Skills
1- SAT Reading: Difficult Vocabulary
 2- How to increase your vocabulary
3-What books should I read to improve my English

  4-Speed of reading
  5-How to improve your reading skills

 II. Improving Writing Skills
  1-5 tips to improve your writing

 

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