CourseDescription:ThisisBAIstyearcompulsoryEnglishcoursesin4yrBAsystemunderFacultyofHumanitiesandSocialsciences,Tribhuvanuniversity.Thiscourseallowsstudentstoexploretheartofreadingandwriting.Theywillengagethemselveswithdifferentpatternsofwriting,readessaysandstoriesassociatedwiththepatternsandworkthroughtherhetoricofthelanguage.Studentswillrecognizeandpracticetheimportantformof"fourlevelsofinteractingwiththetexts,"significantforcomprehendingtheartofreadingandwriting.

MainObjective:Helpimprovestudents'writingEnglishthroughthepracticesofdifferent patterns of writing. fOther objectives :

• Help them learn writing though others' writing as given under

patterns ( narration, description, comparison and contrast ) andpractice them;

• Learn the technique of critical reading through reading texts

UNIT I: THE WRITING PROCESS:Reading to Write: Becoming a Critical Reader

Brent Staples. "Cutting and Pasting: A Senior Thesis" (boththe ones)

InventionArrangementDrafting and RevisingEditing and Proofreading

UNIT 11: PATTERNS OF WRITING: Narration and Description

p;,` i Narration: ,,^_,__h_.._I,.__wandra Cisneros. "Only Daughter"

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Suzanne Be.me. ``Ground Zero"Heather Rogers. ``The Hidden Life of Garbage"

UNIT111:PATTERNSOFWRITING:CauseandEffectandCompaiisonandContrast 20

Cause and Effect:

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If - -r."jT.;#Comparison and Contrast:Bruce Catton. Gran and Lee: A Study in ContrastBharati Mukherjee. "Two Ways to Belong in America"Amy Chau. ``Why Chinese Mothers are Superior"

UNIT IV: PATTERNS OF WRITING: Definition and Argumentation 20

Definition:}udy Brandy. ``1 want a Wife"Meghan Daum. "Fame-iness"Gayle Rosenwald Smith. ``The Wife-Beater"

Argumentation:

Jennifer Halperin. ``No Pay? Many Interns say, `No Problem"Alex Tabarrok. ``The Meat Market"Daniel Engber. ``Let them Drink Water!"

UNIT V: Critical Reading for Writing 20

Interactions: Four Levels of Interacting with Texts

``Yudhisthira's Wisdom""The Brave Little Parrot"``A 1996 Commencement Speech"``The Wretched Stone"``Marriage is a Private Affair""Scientific Inquiry: Invention and Test"``The Stub Book"``Keeping Errors at Bay"

The Telegram on the Table„A Tale"" Why Go to University"

Evaluation systemInternal evaluation 30% ( Internal Examination, class

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/ External evaluation 70% ( annual examination )

Prescribed Texts:

Kr.\szneT,Lanr`eG..Patternsof_Folle.geYr!tin.g:.±.PP.et\Ohr:Cv3`lnrsa,d:r„andGuide.(12thEdition).Boston,NewYork:Bed ford/St.Martin's.201.2.

Lohani,ShreedharandMotiNissani.FJclx-GOJdenTclJes..AnJnfercJI.scl.PJI.maryApprocichCoLeaml.ng\EngJI.sh.Kathmandu,Nepal:EkataBooks.2008`

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