Syllabus for Four Year B. A Honors Course (Subject :English writing skills)

National University Subject: English

Syllabus for Four Year B. A Honors Course Effective from the

(Session: 2009- TO be continued)

Detailed Syllabus First Year

Course Title: English Writing Skills

Course Code: 1153, Marks 100, 4 Credits, 60 Lectures

This course will focus on helping students develop their writing skills in English with focus on writing correct sentences, using proper punctuation marks, writing with good organization (coherence and cohesion), writing good topic sentences and concluding sentences in paragraphs, writing good introduction, body,and conclusion. Students will be required to write:

 a) Paragraphs using a variety of techniques such as examples, listing, cause and effect, comparison, contrast, comparison-contrast among others.

b) Descriptive, narrative, expository and argumentative essays 
c) Reports

d) Formal and informal letters

e) Amplifications 
f) Stories

 Recommended Reading Alice Oslima, Anna. Introduction to Academic Writing

Beverly Ingran and Carol King From Writing to Composition.

 M. Knight. English Essays for GCE O level

 Patricia Wilcox . Developing Writing

 John Langhan. 2001. College Writing Skills ( International edition). Mcgraw-Hill

R. R. Jordon. 1995. Academic Writing. OUP

 H. Ramsey Fowles. 1983. The Little Brown Handbook. The Little Brown Company. (Text)

References: .John Langhan. 2001. College Writing Skills ( International edition). Mcgraw-Hill.

 Joseph Gibaldi and Walters S Achtert. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. New Delhi: Affiliated East West Press.

Karen L Greenberg. 1994. Advancing Writer, Book 2. Harper Collins.

 Mary Stephens. Practise Advanced Writing. Longman. R. R. Jordon. 1995. Academic Writing. OUP