Course Code : ENG-202 Course Title: Advanced Academic Reading and

Writing

Semester: Spring 2019 Office: Room 42, Deptt. Of English

Instructor’s name: Shahid Azad e-mail: shahidazad@yahoo.com

Session Schedule
Week 1 Introduction to the course
Introduction to advance reading skills
Skimming and scanning/underlining or highlighting/guessing from the
text meaning of the unknown words/paraphrasing or rephrasing/ listing
of details
Week 2 Practice skimming and scanning/underlining/noting key
words/developing vocabulary
Practice skimming and scanning/guessing from text
Week 3 Practice paraphrasing/rephrasing sentences
Practice paraphrasing/rephrasing paragraphs
Week 4 Practice comprehension/quiz
Continued/home assignment
Week 5 Introduction to advance writing skills
Selecting topics/organizing ideas or making a map/ collecting
info/writing first draft/revising/proof-reading
Practice writing a short para with a main idea
Week 6 Continued
Introduction to rules of précis writing
Week 7 writing one word substitute
writing short sentences/précis writing

Week 8 Practice précis writing/

continued
Week 9 Revision/Mid Term Exams
Week 10 Report writing/ types of report writing
Short and long reports
Week 11 Practice short report writing
Practice long report writing/home assignment
Week 12 Writing an argument
Listening to an argument/note-taking of details
Week 13 Selecting a topic for an argument/collecting points
Forming key- sentences/building an argument/concluding
comments/quiz
Week 14 Practice writing an argument
Continued/presentations in pairs(contesting a topic)
Preparing for a debate( group work)
Week 15 Presentation (presenting a report using audio /visual aids
Presentation continued
Week 16 revision