KEMENTERIAN AGAMA R.I.

SEKOLAH TINGGI AGAMA ISLAM NEGERI MALIKUSSALEH LHOKSEUMAWE 2011 - 2012

SYLLABUS
Course Component Code Lecturer Department Study Program Semester Credit : Writing II : MKKU : 5715 (Prasya. 4710) : Taufiq Hidayah, S.Pd.I : Tarbiyah : PBI : V (Five) : 2 SKS

Course Competence To enhance students understanding on writing paragraphs. Especially, writing English in paragraphs with the essence and structure of paragraph and also to encourage students to write English by using simple sentences with concerning on the English patterns. Moreover, the paragraph should be coherent and unity. Course Description The course is designed to explore students comprehending on broader point of view on writing English. In general, writing English needs many items, like unity, coherence, transition signals and structure patterns that will be learnt like: adverb, independent and dependant clauses, adjective clauses, fragments and so forth. The students will be given this course after getting the course of Writing 1. Topics 1. Review of the topic of writing I a. Writing Process: prewriting, writing the first draft, editing the first draft and writing the final draft. b. Paragraph Form : Paragraph, indenting, margins and title c. Prewriting : Free writing, taking notes, brainstorming, descriptive details, and clustering d. Sentence Structure : Sentence, subject and verb, punctuation, capitalization, simple sentence, compound sentence, coordinating conjunction, prepositional phrases 2. Three Parts of Paragraph a. Topic sentence : topic and controlling idea, narrowing controlling ideas from general to specific b. Supporting sentence c. Concluding sentence d. Writing Practice

3. Paragraph Unity and Coherence a. Unity b. Coherence c. Listing order paragraph and transition signals d. Conclusion signals e. Practice : Finding the relevant and irrelevant sentence Finding the inconsistent pronouns in incoherent paragraph 4. Adverb a. Formation of adverbs b. Identifying adjective and adverb c. Practice : describing with adjective and adverb 5. Stating reasons and using examples a. Reasons and examples b. Transition signals with reasons c. Transition signals with examples d. Writing Practice 6. Sentence Structure a. Independent and dependent clauses b. Subordinating conjunctions c. Complex sentence d. fragments 7. Expressing Opinion a. Facts and opinion b. Transition signals for opinions c. Writing Practice 8. Sentence Structure and Grammar a. Adjective clauses with who, which and that b. Punctuating adjective clauses c. Fragments (continued) and fixing fragments d. Sentence with adjective clauses e. Writing Practice 9. Business Letter Form a. A business letter b. Writing practice 10. Essay Organization a. Overview of essay organization b. The introductory paragraph - General statements - Thesis statement c. Body Paragraph - Topic sentence - Supporting sentences - (Concluding sentences)

d. The concluding paragraph - Concluding sentence - Final thought e. Transition between paragraphs - additional idea transition signals - opposite idea transition signals Scoring System 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Attendance Assignment Quiz Midterm Final Examination = 10 % = 10 % = 15 % = 25 % = 50 %

Obligatory Book 1. Hogue, Ann. First Steps in Academic Writing. New York: Longman, 1995 2. Oshima, Alice and Hogue, Ann. Introduction to Academic Writing (Second Edition). New York: Longman, 1997 3. _______Writing Academic English (Fourth Edition). New York: Longman, 1997 Suggested Book 1. Djuharie, Otong Setiawan. Teknik dan Panduan Menulis Melalui Eksplorasi Model dan Latihan (Sentence Writing). Bandung: CV.Yrama Widya, 2008 2. _______Teknik dan Panduan Menulis Melalui Eksplorasi Model dan Latihan (Paragraph Writing). Bandung: CV.Yrama Widya, 2008 3. _______Teknik dan Panduan Menulis Melalui Eksplorasi Model dan Latihan (Essay Writing). Bandung: CV.Yrama Widya, 2008 4. Murphy, Eamon. You Can Write (a do-it-yourself manual), Australia : Longman, 1995 5. Lougheed, Lin. IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Barrons, Indonesia : Binarupa Aksara, 2008 6. Wishon, George E. and Julia M. Burks, Lets Write English (revised edition), Australia 7. Flemming, Laraine. Making Your Point (a guide to college writing), USA : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986 8. Gower, Roger, Haines Simon and Palmer, Graham. Real Writing .New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008 9. Horn, Vivian. Composition Steps. London: Cambridge University Press, 1976 10. Ingram, Beverly, and King, Carol. From Writing to Composing. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008 11. Legger, Glenn H. Hand Book for Writers. USA: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1985 12. Reid, Joy M. The Process of Composition. USA: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1982 13. Smalley, Regina I & Ructten Mary K. Defining Composition Skills: Rhetoric and Grammar for ESL Students. USA: Heinle & Heinle Publisher, 1990 14. Spenser D.H. Guided Composition Exercises. London: Longman Group, LTD, 1977 15. Wishon, George E. & Burks, Julia M. Lets Write English. New York: American Book Company, 1980 16. Withrow, Jean. Effective Writing. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008