COURSE BRIEFING

BBI2424 ACADEMIC WRITING

SEMESTER 2, 2018-2019

Pre-requisite: Passed BBI2423 Academic Interaction and Presentation

 Dr Tan Wee Chun
weechun@upm.edu.my

Coordinator, BBI2424 Academic Writing

Division of English Language,
Centre for the Advancement of Language
Competence (CALC),
Universiti Putra Malaysia
  The course aims to guide students to construct
grammatically correct sentences within well-
structured paragraphs.

Course  This course will help students understand how

to avoid plagiarism in academic writing by
Synopsis paraphrasing, summarising and using
appropriate conventions for citing and
referencing.
  Students are able to:
1. construct coherent sentences and paragraphs (C3)

2. produce summaries of academic texts (C5)

Learning
Outcome 3. avoid plagiarism in academic writing (A4, EM)

4. review and revise their writing (CTPS)

Reference

1. Longman Academic Writing Series

Level 4 (5thed) by Alice Oshima &
Ann Hogue (RM 45)
2. Lecture Notes 1 - 5
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Course Assessment Overview

Assessment % Week

Writing Portfolio (Task 1) 10 Week 2 - Week 6

Midterm Test 20 Week 10

Writing Portfolio (Tasks 2 & 3) 30 Week 7 – Week 13

SCL Worksheets (1-7) 10 Week 1 – Week 13

Final Exam 30 Exam Week

Total 100
Assessment Overview (Test & Final Exam)

ASSESSMENT (%) WEEK DURATION TOPICS

10 1 hour 30 mins  Unity & Coherence

MIDTERM TEST 20 (24 April (8.30pm-
 Paraphrase & Summary
2019) 10.00pm)

 Sentence Errors
FINAL EXAM EXAM
30 2 hours  Outline and Write
WEEK
Body Paragraphs
 • Exposes students to the writing process -
planning, developing ideas, writing and editing
• Guides students in constructing grammatically
correct and coherent sentences within well-
structured academic paragraphs

WRITING • Teaches students to avoid plagiarism in academic

writing by employing methods such as
PORTFOLIO paraphrasing, summarising, and using
appropriate conventions for citing and referencing
sources
• Trains students to edit and proofread their writing
 Writing Portfolio

is divided into three tasks:

TASK 1 • Brainstorm a topic and supporting points

• Look for excerpts to support the supporting points
(Weeks 2-6)
• Outline two body paragraphs

TASK 2 • Develop supporting details by paraphrasing and

summarising information from excerpts and adding
(Weeks 7-9) in-text citations in APA style

TASK 3 • Write two complete body paragraphs

(Weeks 10-13) • Edit and rewrite the paragraphs
 Writing Portfolio

TASK 1 TASK 2 TASK 3

• BRAINSTORM • PARAPHRASE • WRITING

FORM & SUMMARY FORM
• OUTLINE FORM (DRAFT)
FORM (DRAFT) • PEER EDITING
(DRAFT) • SELF-EDITING FORM
• SELF-EDITING FORM • WRITING
FORM • PARAPHRASE FORM (FINAL)
• OUTLINE & SUMMARY
FORM (FINAL) FORM (FINAL)

*All the forms are provided in completing each task

 • Are meant to help students develop academic
writing skills and strengthen their grammar and
vocabulary
SCL • Require students to complete 7 worksheets
WORKSHEETS individually from Week 1 to Week 13

(10%) • Are to be submitted via EDMODO by the submission

due date
SCL Weekly Schedule
Week SCL Post Date Submission Due Date
1-2 WORKSHEET 1
 Paragraph Development 11 February 2019 24 February 2019

3-4 WORKSHEET 2
 Plagiarism 25 February 2019 10 March 2019
 Citation and Referencing Conventions

5-6 WORKSHEET 3
 Paraphrasing 11 March 2019 24 March 2019
 Active and Passive Voice (Paraphrasing
Strategy)

7-8 WORKSHEET 4
 Summarising 25 March 2019 14 April 2019

9 WORKSHEET 5
 Unity and Coherence 15 April 2019 21 April 2019

10-12 WORKSHEET 6
 Sentence Structure 22 April 2019 5 May 2019
 Sentence Errors
 Tenses

13 WORKSHEET 7
 Reflective Writing 6 May 2019 12 May 2019
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  Write a short description to introduce
yourself to me and your peers in
class (without mentioning your
name).
 Include one activity you did over the
Activity semester break that you think was
interesting.

Write at least 5 sentences.