================================================================ ============================ Your Name: Galina Kossareva Country: Kazakhstan

Title of Course: Academic English (writing and listening) Length of Course: 9 weeks Level and age of students: advanced university level, ages 21 24

WEEK 2 Task: Analyzing a Course using the Elements of Thought Questions Purpose What is the purpose of your course? (in one sentence) Assumptions What assumptions are you making about your students at the start of the course? Points of View What points of view (on the subject/ skills/ topics being taught) will be stressed in this course? Your Responses The purpose of my course is to develop their listening and writing skills in English language At the start of the course, I assume that my students have an advance level of English, they have had an experience in listening and writing in a way but they need to develop the skill of writing academically. Points of view that are stressed in this course include tasks in written form and oral - write paragraphs - prepare presentation - write different kinds of essay

Questions/Issues What essential questions/issues Some essential questions students learn to answer in this course are: do students learn to answer in What topic sentences, thesis statement, paragraph, supporting this course? paragraphs are How to make a process essay and a presentation How to make a compare and contrast essay and a presentation How to make a cause and effect essay and a presentation How to make a problem and solution essay and a presentation Using transition words in all types of essay and making presentations Concepts What essential concepts do students learn about in this course? (a list of essential concepts is acceptable. Some essential concepts students learn about in this course are: - topic sentences - thesis statements - transition words - paragraph - process essay - cause and effect essay - problem and solution essay Students will need to access information about paragraphs, essays from printed sources such as textbooks, listening materials of some scientists and class presentations and discussions Having learned how to write paragraphs and different types of essays, students will likely conclude that writing is very interesting and after exploring different types of writing the may apply writing practice in making presentation or presenting their capstone projects using some

Information What type of information will students need to access during this course? Conclusions / Inferences Based on the learning students do in this course, what conclusions will students draw or what inferences might they

make? Implications What are some implications of the above inferences/conclusions that students learn to make in this course?

learned techniques and in deep analysis of some literature works as well

Based on the above-mentioned inferences/conclusions that students are likely to to make, some implications are - students will get the knowledge of paragraph and essay structure - students will develop their skills of presentation and analysis - students will support their ideas with facts either in written form or orally - students will learn to listen and interact with each other with their group mates who have different points of view