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Trang 1PRE INTENSIVE- WRITING TASK 2
COURSE OUTLINE
I COURSE DESCRIPTION
- Time: 9 sessions, approximately 110 minutes each
- Students' level: Intermediate
- Focus
o Discussion type questions
o Describing advantages and disadvantages
o Developing ideas
II COURSE OBJECTIVE
After the course, student are expected to have been able to:
- Known about three Writing Task 2 question types;
- Analyze discussion essay topics and correctly identify subject(s) of discussion;
- Understand the structure of an argument-led essay;
- Fully and logically support and develop an idea;
- Make use of cohesive devices in their writing; and
- Produce a well-organized discussion essay
III TEACHERS' NOTE
- It is utterly important for teachers to stress the objectives and rationales at the beginning of each session
- The course follows a PPP (Presentation-Practice-Product) approach
- Writing theories in this book are presented in 2 ways: fully or partially (with blanks given for students to fill in) For each theory, teachers can choose materials that suit their teaching style
- In-class writing activities are mostly group works to increase interaction in the classroom Students can produce their works on transparencies and teachers can show them to the whole class afterwards Thus, materials for those activities should be printed on transparencies and handed out to groups
- As this course is the first time students have ever been introduced to the writing task II, teachers' correction should always focus on the organization of students' writings, and their abilities to develop supporting ideas
- Teachers should bear in mind that it is more important for students to successfully develop a supporting idea than come up with one Therefore, during brainstorming process, teachers can feed students with some supporting ideas, yet let them develop those ideas on their owns