The course plan

• 5 periods / 1 week
• The course includes 9 weeks - 2 chapters:
• Weeks 12: Chapter 1: Introduction
• Weeks 3 5: Chapter 2: Essay organization:
1. Chronological Order - 2. Logical Division of Ideas
3. The cause & effect essays.
* Weeks 6: Mid - term
• Week 7 8 : 4. The comparison & contrast essays
• Week 9: Review + Finish
 Main material:
Alice Oshima & Ann Hogue (2002), Writing Academic
English, HCMC Publishing House. 
More reading at home:
-Regina L. Smalley, Mary K. Ruetten (1986), Refining
Composition Skills, Macmillan Publishing Company, NY.
- Gabi Duigi (2002), Essay Writing for English Tests,
Australia.
The average mark of the course:
- Final writing examination: 60%
- Class attendance: 10%
- Studying process: 30%