Course Name: English Professional

Effective date: 01 Sept 2022

Week – 3
Presenting Specific Information and Writing
Academic Essay
 LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of this course, students will be able
to:
LO 2: demonstrate the upper intermediate English reading
skills both academically and professionally
LO 4: demonstrate the upper intermediate English writing
skills both academically and professionally.
 OUTLINE

Reading Skill: Finding specific information inside of reading passages

Writing Skill: Organizing and composing expository essay

Finding specific information inside of reading
passages
Three Parts
 Intensive Reading
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• To get the specific information in the reading texts, intensive reading

method is suggested.
• Intensive reading is kind of reading in which the readers carefully and
closely read a short text with the intention of gaining an understanding of
as much as detail as possible.
• The readers will concentrate on the new vocabulary, grammatical forms,
the purpose of the author and the problems of the text. This intensive
reading helps learners to focus on accuracy.
 The Benefits of Intensive Reading

• Enhancing reading
comprehension
• Understanding sentence
structure
• Developing critical thinking
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 Intensive Reading Activities

•read a short text and put events from it into chronological order

•answering true or false statements

•filling gaps in a summary

•scanning a text to match headings to paragraphs

•scanning jumbled paragraphs into the correct

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Organizing and composing expository essay
Four Parts
 Expository essay definition

An expository essay is a
genre that investigate and
examine an idea, concept
or belief, and present
relevant evidence to
support the presented
ideas.
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Expository essay types
1. Compare and contrast essay: it is a type of essay
that compares and contrasts two things
2. Cause and effect essay: this essay tries to find out
the causes of some things and their effects on
something.
3. Process essay: this essay explains the process of
making or doing something
4. Problem and solution essay: this essay presents a
problem and provides its possible solutions;
5. Classification essay: in this essay, the topic is
divided into categories.
6. Definition essay: this essay provides clear and
specific information about the topic and uses
examples to clarify it.

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 Expository essay organization
a. Introduction: It consist of a captivating hook
statement, brief background information, and an
intriguing thesis statement

b. Body Paragraphs: It includes main point, supporting

evidence and transition of paragraph 1-3 and to the
conclusion.

c. Conclusion: It covers reinstate the thesis statementt;

summarize all the main points; and provide a good
message.
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 Expository essay composition stages
• Preparation stage: choose an interesting topic, compile
enough evidence and credible information to explain
your idea, and create an expository essay outline.

• Writing stage: write opening, body, and conclusion

• Overview stage: revise your essay by correcting any

spelling, grammatical errors, punctuation errors, logical
flow, sentence structure, and irrelevant information

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 REFERENCES
• Deborah Phillips. (2014). Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test: IBT. 3rd Edition.
Pearson Longman. New Jersey. ISBN-10: 0133248127/ ISBN-13: 978-0133248128

• Lin Lougheed. (2007). Longman Preparation Series for the New TOEIC Test: Advanced Course,
Fourth Edition. Pearson Longman. New York. ISBN 0-13-199311-9

• Mable Chan. (2020). English for Business Communication. 1st Routledge, Taylor et Francis
Group. London. ISBN:
9781138481688https://academichelp.net/samples/academics/essays/expository/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzrpi93Rq_M

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5IPrxafggQ
 REFERENCES
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR4LunWz-jU

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdfkKgH9T9Y

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5NLKGwVSRI

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHMXMRI_bGk

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5yJRAOlA1U