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Silver Mountain College Affiliated With: Preston University, USGraduate Business School Recognized by: Tribhuvan UniversityLazimpat, Kathmandu Nepal

Name of Degree: Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA)Course Duration: Four Year Bachelor Program.

Detail of Syllabus and Study Guide:

Subject: English (Writing Composition)Semester: II ndTotal Credit: 3 credit hours

In the first semester the emphasis has been on writing paragraphs with good, detailedsupport. Since a paragraph develops one idea, the topics being developed are necessarilyquite limited. In this semester the students learn to write an essay, the course WritingComposition presents an integrated programme of writing for high-intermediate students

of English as a second or foreign language. It combines extensive practice in rhetoricalstrategies and techniques.

Course objectives: To introduce the skills required to describe reports (bar charts, pie charts and

tables), by interpreting general and specific information, and comparing andcontrasting data.

To introduce students to the skills required to structure, organize and presentideas in acceptable different types of essay formats.

To prepare students for the different types of letters (request, complaint, etc.) thatthey need in real life situation

Course Content Describing bar charts, pie charts and tables Comparing and contrasting data on charts or tables Writing an argumentative or persuasive essay Writing an advantages and disadvantages essay Writing a compare and or contrast essay Writing a classification essay Writing a cause and effect essay Writing business letters

Instructional Techniques Lecture and discussion Explanation and illustration Group and individual work

Evaluation techniquesThe students will be evaluated in different ways. 60 marks from final examination, 15marks from classroom performance/presentation, 20 marks from assignments and 5

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marks from attendance (in order to pass one must obtain at least 60 % in allsubcategories)

Reference BooksBoardman, Cynthia A. and Frydenberg Jia. 2002. Writing to communicate:

Paragraphs and Essays , Longman, New York Ruetten Mary K. and Smalley Regina L. 1995. Refining Composition Skill: Rhetoric

and Grammar . Newbury House USA

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SN Content Classroom activities Assignments andPresentation

1 Course introduction2. Report writing (describing bar-graphs,

Pie chart and other figures)Teacher presentation

3. Report writing (describing bar-graphs,Pie chart and other figures)

Group exercise andconcept discussion

Class assignment

4 Report writing (describing bar-graphs,Pie chart and other figures)

5 Report writing (describing bar-graphs,

Pie chart and other figures)

Further practice in

different modules

Class assignment

6 Report writing (describing bar-graphs,Pie chart and other figures)

Group presentationand feedback

Assign firstassignment

7 Essay writing: introduction Group work anddiscussion

8 Different types of essay writing Identifying differenttypes of essay

9 Different types of essay writing Further practice10 Writing persuasive/ argumentative

essayDiscussion and

presentation from theteacher

11 Persuasive writing Classroom practiceand feedback 12 Persuasive Writing Further practice (how

to express fey idea)13 Persuasive writing How this writing is

different from other types of writing

Assignment Two

14 Writing an advantages anddisadvantages essay

Presentation how thisessay is written

15 Writing an advantages and

disadvantages essay

Classroom practice

and feedback

16 Writing an advantages anddisadvantages essay

Where and how theseare used

Assignpresentation task

17 Presentation Presentation and feed back

AssignAssignment 3

18 Project work Topic select for project19 Project work Criteria set for project

work Assign Projectwork

20 Reflect the learning Group work

21 Writing a compare and or contrastessay

Approach to writingsuch writing

22 Writing a compare and or contrastessay

Academic/practicalusage of this writing

23 Writing a compare and or contrastessay

Classroom practiceand presentation

Assignpresentation task

24 Presentation Presentation anfeedback

AssignAssignment 4

25 Review class Follow up projectwork and review

presentations andassignments

26 Writing a classification essay Introduction: how it is