Week (2018) |
No. |
Tutorial 1 |
No. |
Tutorial 2 |
1 (13-17 Aug) |
Online Registration and Appeals |
2 (20-24 Aug)
PH: 22 Aug – Hari Raya Haji |
2.1 |
Course Information
Note on plagiarism
(with a focus on paraphrasing and summarizing)
Assignment of Groups
Pre-course Writing |
2.4 |
Explanation of Rubric
Expectations for Graduate English Course (Basic) |
2.2 |
Learning journey
(a) Perception Towards Academic English Writing
Vocabulary Expansion |
2.5 |
Academic Writing Skills – Summarizing
Summarizing(a)
Academic Writing Skills – Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing (b) |
2.3 |
Learning journey
(b) Publishing and learning to write for Publication
Vocabulary Expansion |
2.6 |
Writing – Personal Learning Journey of English for Academic Purposes |
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Submission: Learning journeys paragraph (D1) |
3 (27-31 Aug) |
3.1 |
Academic Writing Skills – Research, Referencing, and Plagiarism |
3.3 |
Grammar 1 (Nouns and Noun Forms)
Presentation: Group 1 |
3.2 |
Positioning in the academic community
Positioning through voice and referencing |
3.4 |
Introduction to paragraph writing |
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Self-analysis and Feedback: Learning journeys paragraph |
4 (3-7 Sep) |
4.1 |
Reading for organization 1 – General to specific paragraph
Vocabulary expansion |
4.3 |
Grammar 2 (Articles)
Presentation: Group 2 |
4.2 |
Writing assignment 1 (WA1) - General to specific paragraph (D2 of learning journeys)* |
4.4 |
Text editing 1 (Article + Noun) |
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Quiz 1 (Article + Noun)
Submission: WA1 |
5 (10-14 Sep)
IVLE Quiz on Plagiarism |
5.1 |
Reading for organization 2 – Cause and effect pattern |
5.3 |
Reflection for WA1
Writing assignment 2 (WA2) – Cause and effect paragraph* |
5.2 |
Reading for organization 2 – Cause and effect exercise
Vocabulary expansion |
5.4 |
Readings for cause and effect paragraph
Vocabulary expansion |
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5.5 |
Sample paragraph for discussion |
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Feedback: WA1 |
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6 (17-21 Sep) |
6.1 |
Grammar 3 – Sentence structure
Presentation: Group 3 |
7.1 |
Reflection and self-learning activity |
6.2 |
Text editing 2 (Sentence structure) |
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Quiz 2
Sentence structure
Submission: WA2 |
Recess Week (22-30 Sep) |
7 (1-5 Oct) |
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Conferencing for WA2 |
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Conferencing for WA3 |
8 (8-12 Oct) |
8.1 |
Reflection for WA2 |
8.3 |
Problem-Solution Essay
(In-class writing; timed) |
8.2 |
Introduction to essay writing |
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8.3 |
Readings for problem solution essay |
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Feedback: WA2 |
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9 (15-19 Oct) |
9.1 |
Grammar 4 (Parallelism)
Presentation: Group 4 |
9.3 |
Grammar 5 (Verb forms & tenses)
Presentation: Group 5 |
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Text editing 3 (verbs) |
10 (22-26 Oct)
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10.1 |
Quiz 3 (Parallelism & verbs) |
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Conferencing for WA3 |
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Homework: 10.2 |
11 (29 Oct-2 Nov) |
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Conferencing for WA3 |
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Quiz 4 (Parallelism & verbs) |
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Homework: 11.1 |
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12 (5-9 Nov)
PH: 6 Nov – Deepavali |
12.1 |
In-class Assessment; timed |
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Homework: 12.2 |
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13 (12-16 Nov) |
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Course Wrap-up |
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Course feedback & Reflection for ICA |