School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Advanced English Writing

COURSE NUMBER: HSS024
COURSE PONDERATION: 2:0:1
COURSE PREREQUISITE: The set test score or successful completion of Intermediate English Reading & Writing
COURSE ROOM: Building: N4 / Room: N/A
SEMESTER: Spring 2016
NOTE: IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO READ THIS COURSE OUTLINE CAREFULLY & TO REFER TO IT REGULARLY.

1. INSTRUCTOR
Name: Jason Lapointe
Office number: Bldg N4; Room 1315
Office hours: Monday-Thursday 15h-16h
Phone number: 042-350-4688
Email: jlapointe.teacher@gmail.com

2. MATERIALS
Text:
Title: Longman Academic Writing Series 4: Essays
Authors: Alice Oshima, Ann Hogue
Publication: Pearson Longman, 5th edition; 2013
ISBN: 978-0132915694
Condition: Please purchase a NEW book. You will lose your participation grade if
you come to class with a used book.
Other materials: Device you feel comfortable writing with AND that allows you to connect to the internet,
simple writing book, and various writing tools: pencil, eraser, pens, highlighter, etc.
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3. COURSE DETAILS
Overview
Advanced English Writing is an advanced academic writing course for undergraduates. Students taking this
course should already be able to compose well written paragraphs. This class will help students improve and
add greater complexity to their writing. During this course, students will organize and develop longer
compositions in a systematic way using the process-writing approach. The appropriate use of systematic citation
is also an important part of Advanced English Writing.
Competencies
By the end of this course, students will be expected to be able to:
Plan and write an essay that is mechanically, grammatically, and organizationally sound,
Plan and write a research paper that is mechanically, grammatically, and organizationally sound.
Objectives
To achieve these competencies, students will develop competencies in the categories listed below.
Process Writing: Apply brainstorming, outlining, drafting, self-editing, peer-editing, and revision.
Rhetorical Forms: Excel at various rhetorical forms and writing styles.
Mechanics: Develop greater accuracy in punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.
Grammar: Write a variety of compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
Organization: Organize writing through unity, coherence and/or cohesion devices such as conjunctions,
transition signals, consistent and appropriate pronoun usage, and the repetition of keywords. Appropriate
organizing principles (such as chronological, spatial, and logical) should be employed.
Academic integrity: Avoid plagiarism through appropriate application of direct and indirect quotation,
paraphrasing, and summary. Accurately apply systematic citation.
Instructional format
Writing techniques will be taught in the form of lectures, classroom activities, extracurricular assignments, peer
editing and essays. Certain concepts covered in the classroom will be reviewed in depth in the homework.
Extracurricular material, including articles and audio and video recordings will be distributed via KLMS.
Students will be encouraged to use KLMS for the duration of the course. Since KLMS will be employed, it is
important that students come to class with a device that will connect to the internet and allow them to write.
Also, student essays will be submitted on the TurnItIn website (http://turnitin.com/en_us/login), which will be
used to verify for plagiarism and also provide feedback. Students will submitted their essays to TurnItIn as
Microsoft Office Word documents (.docx). Microsoft Office Word is free for all KAIST students
(http://kftp.kaist.ac.kr/).
4. STUDENT EVALUATION
Student Evaluation:

20%

Participation grade: students will be evaluated on their ability to answer questions

in class and complete activities and on their attitude and effort. This will also
include the level of preparedness of the student: bringing their book and any
necessary items to class.

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Quizzes and homework: In- class writing activities will contribute to a students
academic progressions. Some activities will be completed for homework.
Furthermore, students will be paired with classmates for peer-editing purposes.
Also, short quizzes at the beginning of classes will be used to evaluate students
knowledge of grammar. and students will be paired with classmates for peer-editing
purposes. Also, short quizzes at the beginning of classes will be used to evaluate
students
of be
grammar.
1st essay:knowledge
students will
expected to write a process or
comparison essay on a topic of their choice using the techniques covered in class.
Students will write this essay in pairs. Much of the writing will be completed in
class. Quality of peer-editing will also be considered.
2nd essay: students will write an argumentative
essay on a topic of their choice using the techniques covered in class with proper
citations. Much
of the writing will be completed in class. Quality of peer- editing will also be
considered.
3rd essay (final): students will write a timed, in-class cause/effect essay with proper
citations and rhetorical form and apply all grammatical techniques learned in class.

20%

60%

Grading scale:

Letter
grade
Percentage
points

A+

A-

B+

B-

C+

C-

D+

D-

100-97

96.994

93.990

89.986

85.983

82.978

77.975

74.972

71.967

66.964

63.961

60.955

55.90

6. SCHEDULE (TENTATIVE)
Week

Content

Essay

One

Introductions / syllabus / pre-coursework evaluation / TurnItIn

Two

Grammar review / submission format / paragraph review / essay structure

Three

Grammar review / unity and coherence

Four

Comparison essays / outlines

Five

Process essays / outlines / introductions due next week

Six

Writing techniques (compound-complex) / peer-editing / body paragraphs due next

class

Seven

Parallelism and sentence errors / Peer-editing / Group essay (comparison or process) #1

due on Friday

Eight

No class (Midterm week)

Nine

Noun clauses / outside sources-citations

Ten

Argumentative essay / homework: outline and sources

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Eleven

Adjective clauses / homework: intro and 1st body paragraph

Twelve

Adverb clauses / peer-editing / essay due next class on TurnItIn

Thirteen

Participle phrases / Passive voice / Argumentative essay due

Fourteen

Cause and effect essay / course review

Fifteen

Timed, in-class cause and effect essay

Sixteen

No Class (Finals Week)

#2

#3

7. KAIST AND COURSE POLICIES

Attendance Policy
An unexplained absence will result in the loss of your participation marks for that day. This course consists of
weekly 2h classes. You can miss up to a maximum of two classes. On a third absence, students will receive an
automatic F grade. Students must provide documentation in order for absences to be excused. Students will be
deducted half their participation grade for a period in which they arrive late. Students arriving within the first 5
minutes of class will not be marked as late. Please be on time. For more on Participation, please see Section 4.
Classroom Language Policy
Please use English in the classroom. Using students native language is allowed only if absolutely necessary
(clarification and/or explanation). Participation points will be deducted at the teachers discretion.
Cell Phone Policy
Phone calls and texting are NOT allowed during class time for any reason. This will result in a deduction in
participation score. Although this class requires the use of an electronic device, students are responsible for
adhering to the cell phone policy.
Academic Behaviour
Students are expected to contribute positively to the learning environment during lectures and discussions.
Please be considerate of your instructors and classmates. It is the policy of the teacher to subtract marks from
the students participation grade for such behaviors as constant tardiness, excessive rowdiness, and for
disturbing the learning environment of other students.
Academic Integrity
Students who intentionally submit work that is clearly not their own, fabricate data or other information, or
engage in cheating, will be subject to severe penalties. Incidences of plagiarism will be brought to the
department head and disciplinary actions against the student will be taken. As part of the KAIST community,
please do not violate the principles of academic and professional integrity that are important to this university.
Late Assignments, Extensions and Resubmissions
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You are encouraged to submit assignments on time. Late assignments (within 24 hours) will receive an
automatic 15% penalty. A 30% penalty will be administered if an assignment is submitted 24 hours after the
due date. If you are seriously ill or have a family emergency and require an extension, you need to notify the
teacher via email BEFORE THE DUE DATE. You may be asked to resubmit an assignment to improve your
mark or complete the assignment properly. A maximum grade of 75% can be obtained by assignments that are
re-submitted. If you agree to resubmit, you have 1 week to resubmit the assignment.

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8. CONTRACT OF UNDERSTANDING

I, [
students name
], have read the course syllabus very carefully,
therefore, I understand the teachers expectations and what this course requires.
[ day / month / year ]
Date

Student number

Student Signature

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