CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

School of Foreign Languages

SYLLABUS
2022-23 Spring

Course Course Weekly Course Hours

Course Name Credits ECTS
Code Type T A L

READING AND
ENGL142
WRITING SKILLS- Required 2 2 0 3 4
ENG104
II

Prequisite
Prerequisite ENGL141
To

Language
of English
Instruction

Office
Course Instr. Serdar
Hours
Lecturer SÜKAN
Schedule

Office /
Email ssukan@ciu.edu.tr EH 218
Office No

Teaching
Assistant(s)

Textbooks
and/or
References

Book /
Savage, A. & Mayer, P. “Effective Academic Writing-II”, Oxford University Press, 2012.
Reference 1

Book /
Zwier J. Lawrence, “Inside Reading –II”, Oxford University Press, 2012.
Reference 2

Solo
Week Topics Learning Outcomes Taxonomy
Weight

By the completion of the course the

students will be able to extend their
Introduction to the course + revising
Week 1 academic writing skills by dealing with -
structure of a paragraph
compare/contrast/opinion essay
structures.

analyze reading passages and apply

necessary reading skills and techniques
Week 2 Identifying Irrelevant Sentences -
such as skimming, scnaning,inferring
and etc.

EAW :Unit 4 /-COMPARISON-

identify the main ideas of the reading
Week 3 CONTRAST ESSAY Step 1- -
texts from the supporting details.
Stimulating Ideas

EAW: Unit 4 /-COMPARISON-

CONTRAST ESSAY Step 2- identify irrelevant information within
"Brainstorming and Outlining + paragraphs and essays and distinguish
Week 4 -
EAW:Unit 4/ -COMPARISON- the irrelevant information within the
CONTRAST ESSAY Part 3- passages.
"Developing Your Ideas"

EAW: Unit 4 / COMPARISON-

CONTRAST ESSAY Step 3 "
Comparatives in Comparison and
Contrast Essay (EAW p.94-97) & EAW: create essay outlines and modify them in
Week 5 -
Unit 4/ -COMPARISON-CONTRAST line with the given feedback.
ESSAY Review - Putting it All
Together (Quiz 1- 25 March 2023 on
Saturday at 10:30 am)

Reading (How to answer TRUE,

write essays by using compare/contrast
FALSE and NOT GIVEN Questions) +
Week 6 and opinion sentence structures and -
Inside Reading 2- (Unit 6 Reading 1 p.
connectors.
81-89)
 process required presentation skills and
Inside Reading 2- (Unit 6 Reading 2 p.
Week 7 perform a presentation by employing -
90-96)
necessary presentation techniques/skills.

Midterm Examinations (8-18 April

Week 8 -
2023)

Unit 5/OPINION ESSAY-Step 1 -

"Stimulating Ideas" + EAW: Unit
Week 9 -
5/OPINION ESSAY-Step
2"Brainstorming and Outlining"

EAW:Unit 5/OPINION ESSAY- Step 3-

"Developing Your Ideas" + EAW:Unit
Week 10 5/OPINION ESSAY- Step 3- "Facts, -
Opinions, Interpretations, Counter-
Argument and Refutation"

Unit 5/OPINION ESSAY- Step- 4-

Week 11 -
"Editing Your Writing"

Unit 5/Review-"Putting it All

Week 12 Together" + Inside Reading 2- (Unit 8 -
Reading 1 p. 113-121)

Reading (How to Match Headings

Week 13 with the Paragraphs) (Quiz 2- 20 May -
2023 on Saturday at 10:30 am)

Inside Reading 2- (Unit 8 Reading 2 p.

Week 14 -
122-128)

FINAL EXAMINATIONS (3 - 13 June

Week 15 -
2023)

Solo Taxonomy Average 0.00

Evaluation
Evaluation Tool Date Weight in Total(%)
Tools

E. Tool 1 Midterm - 25

E. Tool 2 Quiz 1 - 20

E. Tool 3 Quiz 2 - 20

E. Tool 4 Final - 35

It is obligatory that students attend to their classes. Absenteeism of students shall be monitored by the relevant teaching staff. It is
imperative that students attend minimum of 70% of class hours in their courses.
# Learning Outcomes
By the completion of the course the students will be able to extend their academic writing
LO1
skills by dealing with compare/contrast/opinion essay structures.

analyze reading passages and apply necessary reading skills and techniques such as skimming,
LO2
scnaning,inferring and etc.

LO3 identify the main ideas of the reading texts from the supporting details.

identify irrelevant information within paragraphs and essays and distinguish the irrelevant
LO4
information within the passages.

LO5 create essay outlines and modify them in line with the given feedback.

LO6 write essays by using compare/contrast and opinion sentence structures and connectors.

process required presentation skills and perform a presentation by employing necessary

LO7
presentation techniques/skills.