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American University of Sharjah
Academic Writing I (101) & Academic Writing II (WRI 102) • Introduce critical writing and information literacy skills. • Help students compose analytic essays utilizing a range of rhetorical modes such as description, compare/contrast, cause and effect, causal, and rhetorical and process analysis. • Devise strategies to teach constructing logical, ethical, and persuasive arguments supported with a variety of rhetorical strategies • Guide students on evaluating texts and composing essays using the principles of critique • Develop and hone students’ academic research and library skills, using APA citation, and composing a research essay • Advise students on ways to assess advanced principles of audience, purpose, and context for each writing, reading, and rhetorical task • Mentor students to produce an advanced academic style (clear, persuasive, and highly varied sentences) through reflective writing Basic Academic Writing (WRI001) • Guide students on composing well developed and organized paragraphs and essays • Help students identify various rhetorical strategies and incorporate them effectively into written assignments • Hone students’ ability to analyze audience, purpose, context and write in an appropriate and effective tone of voice • Design activities to help students identify and evaluate main ideas and supporting details in texts • Provide contextualized grammar instructions
Low Intermediate Intensive English
Intermediate English Bridge
Advanced English Bridge
Grades 4, 5, 6