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NHA TRANG UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ---***---Subject Outline & Practice WRITING 4 NHA TRANG 1/2016... Teachers help the students to learn how to write good small advertise

NHA TRANG UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

-*** -Subject Outline & Practice WRITING 4

NHA TRANG 1/2016

Subject details

Prerequisite / Co

requisite

Writing 3

Suggested study

Commitment

Approximately 2 class hours per week

Subject Coordinator/

Lecturer

Nguyễn Phương Lan

Contact details Tel: 0983729979

Email: phuonglannhatrang0606@gmail.com

The subject outline contains important information Please ensure that you read it carefully It is also strongly recommended that you keep this copy of your subject outline for future reference.

Course objectives: After the first term of the second year the students get the upper-advanced level of English Teachers help the students to learn how to write good small advertisements, memoranda, business letters , a CV and good reports Especially, the students have to pay tattention to the requirements for CAE writing as the follows:

“Candidates who do not address all the content points will be penalised for dealing inadequately with the requirements of the task Candidates who fully satisfy the Band 3 descriptor are likely to demonstrate an adequate performance at CAE level.”

Band 3: the candidate;s writing has a satisfactory effect on the target reader The content is relevant with some development of the topic Information and ideas are generally organised logically, though cohesive devices may not always be used appropriately A satisfactory range of structures and vocabulary is used, though word choice may lack precision Errors which do occur do not cause difficulty for the reader Register and format are reasonably appropriate to the purpose of the task and the audience.

Subject objectives

The specific objectives of this subject are to help students to:

1. write small advertisements

2. write memoranda

3. write a business letter (Request letters, Letters Of Application, A CV or

curriculum vitae, Letters Of Complain)

4. write a report

Subject structure

The structure of this subject for on-campus students comprises:

• One 2 periods lecture per week

Subject materials

Lecture notes (mainly from the text books) and essential readings which are recommended

in each topic are key materials for this subject Additionally, further readings, discussion questions, exercises and problems solving will help students understand thoroughly the fundamental issues of writing business letters and reports

Prescribed textbooks:

1 SUBJECT HANDOUTS

2 CAMBRIDGE CERTIFICATE IN ADVANCED ENGLISH– Cambridge University Press

3 CAE Practice Tests Plus 2, N Kenny & P Sunderland, Longman

References:

* College Handbook by John C Hodges

* Error – Free Writing by Robin A Cormier

* Technical Writing by Michael H Maerkel

* Writing Technical English by Tim Harris

* Writing Academic English by Alice Oshima and Aron Houge

* Writing Power by Nancy White

Proposed schedule

Week 1.

2 periods

Introduction the subject Tutorial 1:

- Guiding about learning the subject

- Group formation, assignment requirements, presentation, feedback and homework.

Week 2

2 periods

Unit 1: WRITING IN NEWSPAPERS

Lecture + Practice

Week 3

2 periods

Lecture + Practice

Week 4

2 periods

Lecture + Practice

Week 5

2 periods

Lecture + Practice

Week 6 Unit 3: BUSINESS LETTERS

2 periods Lecture + Practice

Week 7

2 periods

Lecture + Practice

Week 8

2 periods Test 1

Week 9

2 periods

Unit 4: REPORTS

Lecture + Practice

Week 10

2 periods

Unit 4: REPORTS

Lecture + Practice

Week 11

2 periods

Unit 4: REPORTS

Lecture + Practice

Week 12

2 periods

Unit 4: REPORTS

Lecture + Practice

Week 13

2 periods

Revision + test 2

Week 14+ 15 Fieldtrip + Exam

Assessment

Assessment for the subject will be on the basis of:

30 % Mid term tests (2 tests)

Home work for ALL groups

1 Do all the practices for each unit and then send the feedback to the teacher Deadline: a week before each unit

2 Write a CV, a cover letter and a report

TABLE OF CONTENT

1 UNIT I WRITING IN NEWSPAPERS

2 UNIT II NOTES AND MEMOS

3 UNIT III BUSINESS LETTERS

4 UNIT IV REPORTS

UNIT 1:WRITING IN NEWSPAPERS

1 1

2 2

The British magazine Private Eye has published a regular feature called True -Stories' for

many years It contains short articles taken from newspapers from different English

speaking countries These articles are always either very srrange or very funny In this unit

we shall look at the way this sort of short " article Is written and you will be writing your

own True Stories'.

1.1 Have any people in your class heard any stories recently from newspapers radio or

television that have been strange or amusing? Tell your class about trie story, where you

heard or read it and why you thought it was interesting.

2 Journalists often write in very similar ways, even if they are writing for different

newspapers.

* First they introduce the most important person or people in the story

* Then they write aboutthe main event or events.

* Finally they describe the outcome of these events.

2.1 Organisation

Read the two short newspaper articles below and decide where each of the sections

above begins Write down the first five words of each section.

Trapped under his car for six hours, Mr Gordon

Pickrell of Kingston told the police: 'I broke my

arm when the car turned over in the accident

and it was balanced just above my shoulders

and neck I was in a great deal of pain and very

frightened.

'However, the cause of my attack on the rescue

team was not the pain It was having to listen to

a cassette of the rock group WHAM! playing

over and over again throughout the entire

period At first they rnade me think I was going

mad, then 1 thought I was going to die Then 1

wanted to die.

' ‘That was why I hit the ambulance man when I

was finally released.'

Asked why he had decided to leave the hospital a few moments before was his operation was due to start, Mr Kevin Heatherton said: 'I was lying down waiting for the anaesthetic when two surgeons began to argue about who was going to do the work.

Seconds later one hit the other with his fist! and they started to fight.

‘As they struggled with each other on the floor of the operating theatre I slipped away’.

3 3

2.2 What do you think would be the best titles for these articles Choose one of the following or write your own titles

Article 1: _

Article 2: _

3 Both of these extracts below could be the beginnings of short newspaper articles, but they are not written in an appropriate style Work with a partner

to rewrite the extracts so that they could make more appropriate beginnings for newspaper articles

Article 3

Article 4

4 Work with a partner to put the rest of Article 3 into the right order Remember that the article will need a surprising or interesting ending

-Insult to Injury -Rescuers Assaulted -A Narrow Escape -Dangerous Doctors -Theatre Drama

Writing task

Mrs Shano Urati of Tokyo, was interviewed at her mother's house.

She said:

Mr JohnTopton, a counter clerk at Barclay's Bank, Snairwell, was interviewed outside his place of work.

He said:

Writing task

After accepting this advice

he ate nothing for 40 days

and on the 41" he died

A street-doctor convinced him that the only certain way to cure his baldness was to fast

His hair had shown no signs of returning

My husband worried about losing his hair

(Private Eye, 16th October, 1987)

5 The rest of Article 4 contains several mistakes and needs to be

rewritten Working with a partner, rewrite the article so that it presents the information clearly and contains no grammar, spelling

or punctuation mistakes

6.1 Use the notes given below to write a short newspaper article about an incident that took place in France Begin your article like this: 'Reporting on the results of Operation Good Driving .'

Country: France Person involved: Minister of Transport Monsieur Pierre Manaingerie Situation: Police wanted give cash prize good drivers BUT could not find any

1 Motorway patrols search Found one good driver but

he suddenly went fast (140 kph) - disappeared into thick traffic No one wearing seat-belt or within speed limit

2 2nd good driver went past 3 red lights (no good reason) Action:' No prizes - driver through red lights must pay large fine.

UNIT 2: MEMOS

A How to Write Memos

What is a memo?

A memo is:

Improving your

writing

Mr John Topton, a counter clerk at Barclay's Bank, Snairwell, was interviewed outside his place of work He said:

‘'We was busy at lunchtime and there was a long cue All

at once a man came under the rail, stuck a gun over the counter and demand the money in my cash drawer I was about to followed the manager instructions for hand over some moneys and press the alarm's bell, when Mr Bobby Grove, a customer who is waiting to be served, and came

up behind the man, grabbing him anc shouting, "Queue jumper!", marching him out of the bank and into the street.

It was quiet the relief.'

Writing task

Example Memos

Why write memos?

Memos are useful in situations where e-mails or text messages are not suitable For example, if you are sending an object, such as a book or a paper that needs to be signed, through internal office mail, you can use a memo as a covering note to explain what the receiver should do

How to write a memo

B Memo Guidelines

C Memo Organisation

D Formality in memo

E Memo Headings

* PRACTICES

1 EXPLANATIONS

1 It is Saturday afternoon, your hostess is out and you decide to go out to a nearby town; you will

miss your evening meal Write as note to your hostess explaining all this, and anything else which

is important

2 Your English-teacher has set some important homework but a fellow-student has missed the

class Write a note to him/ her explaining what the homework is, why it’s important, and when it

has to be handed in

2 ARRANGEMENTS

A Arrange to meet a friend somewhere in town Mention time, place, reason.

B Your friend wants to go into town to buy records and get some jeans You also want to do two

things Suggest some arrangements in a note to him/her

3 INSTRUCTIONS

A You are living in a house in Nhatrang Write a note to the window-cleaner, instructing him

which windows to clean, and which not to clean Say something about payment

B You get up early to go to the city on Saturday morning You know that your friend (who’s till

asleep) is going into the center of your local town today Leave a list of instructions for him/her about

a)the library

b) the bookshop

c) buying coffee

d) information from travel agent’s

4 INQUIRIES AND REQUEST

A Write an informal note to a friend asking them to pick up a book from the British Council/

American Information Service library, and giving the reason why you can’t do this yourself

B You don’t know your neighbours very well, but they are at home all day You aren’t Ask them

to take in a parcel that’s arriving for your tomorrow by post

UNIT 3:BUSINESS LETTERS

1 INTRODUCTION

This unit concerns the writing forms of letters to companies or officials in institutions and Government offices as an individual

Official letter-writing, like personal letter-writing, is not difficult in English, if your purpose is simple Formal letter-writing doesn’t need to use elaborate or flowery language of any sort; the writing should just be clear

Below there is an example of how people nearly always set out their letters in English to commercial companies and officials Look at it, and carefully study the notes that go with it

NOTES: A Your personal address goes in the top right- hand corner Do not put your address at

the bottom of the letter Do not put you name above or near your address even if this is what you

do in your own language! Remember always to use the postcode (e g, KT94TY)

B The date always goes under your address, and can be written in a number of acceptable ways:

8th June,2000,; 8//2000; June 8,2000 Be careful- Americans write this last date in number as 6/8

2000, the British always put the day first, followed by the month

C If the company or the official has written to you before, there may be a reference number on the previous letter Quote this back to the writer, on the left-hand side as shown

D Try to write down either the name or the position of the person you are writing to, or both if you known them

E Write down the name of the company or institution that you’re writing to, and then the official address- the address needn’t be the full postal address The name and address of the company can also be written beneath your signature at the bottom of the letter

F The normal ways of naming the person you are writing to are as follows:

116, Faversham Road,

Kent,

The ‘Y’Hotel,

E Tottenham Court Road,

London WC1 2LZ

F Dear Mr/ Mrs Vaughan/ Sir/ Madam/ Sirs/ Sir or Madam,

LETTER

H Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, I

J Alan Rowley

i) if you know the name of the person Dear+ Mr/ Mrs/ Ms/ Miss +surname

ii) If you don’t know the name of the person Dear + Sir/ Madam/ Sir or Madam? Sirs

N.B Dear Sir is the normal form here

G The first time of the letter usually starts below the end of the name of the person you are writing to, but you can start your letter on the left- hand side, underneath the name

H When you know the name of the person you are writing to, use the form Yours sincerely If

you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to, it is usual to use the form Yours

faithfully

I You should write your signature here

J Below your signature you should print your name; so that the person who reads your letter is no doubt about who you are!

2 REQUEST LETTERS

Practice 1:

Write one of these letters;

A Write to a box-office (theatre/ concert hall) asking for tickets to a performance

State: price of tickets

Place

Date

Time of day

Name of performance

Mention payment

B You are having trouble with your eyes Write a letter to an optician requesting an appointment Suggest suitable times Inquire about payment

Practice 2:

Write one of these letters:

A You are living in a flat The landlord has just put the rent up You think he’s put the rent up too much: write to the local Rent Officer at the Town Hall and ask him to come and fix a fair rent for your flat Give him details of the flat and of your old and new rent

B Write to a hotel and book a room

Specify: for how many people

For how long Arrival and departure times Any meal requirements

Practice 3: Write both letter:

A Write to a language school in Britain inquiring about

i) summer course, 2002 (dates/ length / cost) or

ii) autumn courses, 2002

B You are a carpenter and cabinet-maker When you were in Britain a short while ago a

Scotsman, Mr Robin Murray, asked you to make him a study chair, but you didn’t discuss details

Write a letter to Mr Murray asking for precise instructions for construction of the chair-you know it was supposed to be a study chair- perhaps with a round back

Check: size?

Materials?

Style?

Delivery date?

Delivery address?

Payment?