English

Expository
Writing
ORIENTATION SESSION
TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Session Summary

Course Institution
Overview Profile

Final Diagnostic
Class Rules
Assignment Test
The Course
Course Name : English Expository Writing

Course Organiser : Sagara Abhipraya

Course Schedule : Tue, Thu, Sat – 7.30 PM (1 – 1.5 hours)

Course Duration : 20 sessions, from 27 April to 15 June 2021

Course Instructors : Sylvia Taruna & Nurmhamidah

Course Supervisor : Amalia N. Sari

Objective
The overall objective of this program is to provide participants with the writing skills necessary to
help them write a proper expository essay.

Other objectives of this program are as follows:

• To provide an advance language training program for participants

• To improve participants’ English proficiency and writing competence
• To improve participants’ knowledge and skill in expository writing
What is expository writing?
▪ EXPOSITORY WRITING means that you are writing to inform, explain, or provide data to your
audience. It is designed to convey information or explain something to help the readers understand.

▪ Expository essays also have a distinct format. The thesis statement must be defined and narrow
enough to be supported within the essay.

▪ Each supporting paragraph must have a distinct controlling topic and all other sentences must
factually relate directly to it. The transition words or phrases are important as they help the reader
follow along and reinforce the logic.

▪ Finally, the conclusion paragraph should originally restate the thesis and the main supporting ideas.
Finish with the statement that reinforces your position in a meaningful and memorable way.
Course Contents & Schedule
Sagara Abhipraya Education &
Language Services

Established : March 2017

Location : Medan, Jakarta
Founder : Amalia N. Sari
Legal Body : Bangun Bahari Foundation
Course Outcome
By the end of this course, all participants are expected to have written an expository essay on one
of the assigned topics.

To successfully complete the course, participants are required to submit their essay by 14 June
2021, at 11.59 PM the latest.
Final Assignment – Expository Essay
Essay Due : 14 June 2021, 11.59 PM

Submission link : https://bit.ly/2QYm42c

Essay Length : approx. 750 words (4 – 6 paragraphs)

Essay Topics :

1. Refugee and resilience

2. Finding happiness in limbo

3. Creating a safer future

 Class Rules
1. Courtesy of Conduct

• Be respectful to your teachers and fellow participants

• Avoid using foul or offensive language when communicating in the live sessions and WhatsApp
group
• Turn off your microphone when your teachers are explaining the topic or talking to the class
• Turn on your microphone only when you want to say something to the teacher or asked to talk
to the class
• Turn on your camera during the class to show that you are paying attention
• Excuse yourself to the teacher via the Direct Message feature of the Chat when you need to be
away from your screen
Class Rules
2. Attendance, Participation, and Assignment

• To successfully complete the course, you need to attend at least 70% of the total sessions (14
sessions).
• Join the live sessions on time (7.30 PM). Joining later than 15 minutes will mark you as absent.
• If you are unable to join a session, inform your teacher via the WhatsApp group prior to the class.
• As proof of your attendance, input your full name in the attendance form as soon as you join the
meeting. Failing to do so will mark you as absent.
• Be actively involved in all class activities and do your assignments as per the teacher’s instruction.
• Participants with >70% attendance record are eligible for internet allowance from IOM
• A certificate of completion will be given only to participants who attend a minimum of 70% of all
session and submit their final assignment on time.
Attendance Form

https://forms.gle/PqWq5zzftkM38JEJ7
Diagnostic Test
Thank you.