SVAY RIENG UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Foreign Languages

Department of English
Course Syllabus

Course Title:
Writing Essays

Course: Essay Writing

2B Semester: 1
Credit: 3
Course Code: ENG2021

Course Instructor:
Mr. Dam Bunna (DBN),
Tel: (085) 444 566/(096) 83 99 888
E-mail: dambunna@gmail.com
Qualification: Master of Arts in TESOL, Human Resource University, Phnom Penh, 2021

Course Description

Essay Writing 2B (ENG2021) emphasizes the importance of essays in academic and professional
writing. The course seeks to teach students how to write, edit, and rewrite four different sorts of
essays: expository essay, classification essay, problem/solution essay, research papers, and sentence
structure including parallelism and sentence problem and participles and participial phrases. Learners
are expected to gain more knowledge and skills in writing the four sorts of essays and sentence
structure,
as well as the confidence necessary for success in higher education and today's competitive job
market, by taking this course.

Expected Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will gain the following
knowledge: CLO1. Make a list of key steps in the writing process.
CLO2. Recognize the four sorts of essays.
CLO3. Recognize the characteristics of expository essay, classification essay, problem/solution
essay, and research papers.
CLO4. Recognize transitional phrases, sentence patterns, and other essential academic standards that
are specific to each essay style.
CLO5. Describe the three sections of an essay (e.g. introduction, body, and
conclusion) CLO6. Identify parallelism and sentence problem and participles and
participial phrases. By the end of the course, students will be able to apply the
following skills:
CLO7. When writing an essay, organize the content.
CLO8. Make an essay writing plan.
CLO9. Use the processes of the writing process, such as brainstorming, structuring ideas, and
outlining the four types of essays, to their full potential.
CLO10. Compose an effective introduction, body, and
conclusion. CLO11. Create four different styles of essays
CLO12. Deliver information orally depending on the essays they write
CLO13. Give helpful criticism to their classmates on the four essay
structures. CLO14. Correctly write sentences and paraphrase original texts.
By the end of the course, students will be able to use the following
attitudes: CLO15. Gain confidence in your essay writing abilities.
CLO16. Gain confidence in expressing ideas orally
CLO17. Demonstrate a good attitude toward peer and group work
CLO18. Accept constructive feedback with open arms.

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Texts and Readings

Oshima, Alice. & Houge, Ann. (2014). Longman academic writing series 4: Essays (5th ed.). New
York: Pearson Education Inc.
Oshima, Alice. & Houge, Ann. (2014). Longman academic writing series 5: Essays (5th ed.). New
York: Pearson Education Inc.
Starkey, David. (2017). Academic Writing Now: A Brief Guide for Busy Students. Canada: Broadview
Press.
Langan, John. (2001). College Writing Skills with Readings. Singapore: McGraw Hill.

Course Schedule
WEEK CONTENTS MISCELLANEOUS

1 Expository Essays Set exercises 2 & 3 on pages

6 &7 as homework
- Organization of the essay
- How to write introduction
- Practice writing introduction
- Give feedback to some students

2 Expository Essays Set exercise of Questions

about the Model on page 4 as
- Organization of the essay
homework
- How to write body
- Practice writing body
- Give feedback to some students

3 Expository Essays Set exercise 4 on page 8 as

homework
- Organization of the essay
- How to write conclusion
- Practice writing conclusion
- Give feedback to some students
- Assemble the 3 parts to form a
whole essay

4 Classification Essays
- Organization of the essay
- How to write introduction
- Practice writing introduction
- Give feedback to some students

5 Classification Essays
- Organization of the essay
- How to write body
- Practice writing body
- Give feedback to some students

6 Classification Essays
- Organization of the essay
- How to write conclusion
- Practice writing conclusion
- Give feedback to some students
- Assemble the 3 parts to form a
whole essay

7 Problem/Solution Essays Set assignment on

Problem/Solution Essay with
- Organization of the essay
free topic and collect it in
- How to write introduction
week 11
- Practice writing introduction
 Give feedback to some students

8 Problem/Solution Essays Mid-term test

- Organization of the essay
- How to write body
- Practice writing body
- Give feedback to some students

9 Problem/Solution Essays
- Organization of the essay
- How to write conclusion
- Practice writing conclusion
- Give feedback to some students
- Assemble the 3 parts to form a
whole essay

10 Research Papers
- Organization of the essay—Point by
Point and Source by Source
- How to decide on introduction—
process, classification,
cause/effect, argument, definition,
etc.
11 Research Papers
- Organization of the essay
- How to write body
- Work on Practice 2, page 175 in
the classroom
- Practice writing body—Point by
Point/Source by Source
- Give feedback to some students

12 Research Papers
- Organization of the essay
- How to write conclusion
- Practice writing conclusion
- Give feedback to some students
- Assemble the 3 parts to form a
whole essay

13 Sentence Structure Advanced

Parallelism and Sentence Problems

14 Sentence Structure Advanced

Participles and Participial Phrases

15 Review for Exam

 16 Exam Break

17 Exam Week

Assessment Tasks

● Attendance (including class participation) 05%

● Homework 10%
● Assignment 20%
● Midterm 15%
● Final examination 50%

Descriptions of Assessment
Tasks

Descriptions of Assessment
Tasks

These assessment tasks have been created to aid teachers in implementing the university's grading
policy in order to meet academic quality objectives. There are two requirements for students to take
final exams: either they must attend at least 75% of the lectures, or they must be present and absent
for at least 51% and over. All students must submit all pieces of homework and assignment during
and/or after the class before official score lists are posted.

Teaching
Methods

● Integrated approach, combining methods which are process- and genre-orientated

● Individual presentation(s)
● Whole class discussion(s)

Teaching
Mode

Physical and/or virtual modes of teaching

Student
Responsibilities

1. Students must be on time for every session. They must inform the lecturer in advance if they
are late. They are required to attend at least 80% of the course to sit for the final examination.
2. Students must actively participate in the class discussion and assigned learning tasks.
3. Students must take notes in every lecture/discussion.
4. Students are NOT allowed to use phones in class, except when they are told to do so.
5. Gaming and Facebooking are NOT tolerated in class even if during tea-break.

Codes of Conduct

1. Students must be punctual to the class.

2. Students must be active and participative.
3. Students must be respectful to lecturer.
Plagiarism Policy

Copying and claiming other people’s works as your own is a serious academic crime. If you
commi t plagiarism, you will face the following consequences:

- Warning
- Mark deduction
- Fail the assignment/course
- Be disqualified from continuing the program

Rating Scale of SRU

Mark Obtained % Grade Grade Point Meaning

85%-100% A 4.00 Excellent

80%-84% B+ 3.50 Very good

70%-79% B 3.00 Good

65%-69% C+ 2.50 Fairly good

50%-64% C 2.00 Fair

45%-49% D 1.50 Poor

40%-44% E 1.00 Very poor

< 40% F 0.00 Failure