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| Course Name | Plain Written English (Course No:52023) | ||||||||||||
| Category | Language Competence | ||||||||||||
| Year Taken | First or Second Year | ||||||||||||
| Offered Major/ Type of Course | All Majors / Elective | ||||||||||||
| Number of Credits | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Number of Classes | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Professor | Peter M. Skaer Email : peter.skaer@babel.edu |
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| Course Description | Focuses on writing in a simple and comprehensible manner through mastering the 'Plain Written English' principles. | ||||||||||||
| Course Policy | Attendance : Enter the course with password. Netiquette : Refer to the Netiquette Policy in the Student Handbook. Student with special needs : Refer to the Students with Disabilities and Accommodation Policy in the Student Handbook. Academic Honesty : Refer to the Student integrity and Academic Honesty Policy in the Student Handbook. Honor Code : Refer to the Honor Code Policy in the Student Handbook. |
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| Course Objective (Goal) | Obtain a simple and comprehensive writing skill of English by using “80 plain written English rules”. | ||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | Write proficiently English texts in a plain written English style, which was developed in the 1990s by an American linguistics professor in cooperation with Babel. Plain Written English is a set of 80 rules for writing English texts in a simple, comprehensive, and readable manner. By learning, understanding and becoming familiar with this writing style, students will be able to write at a speed of 1200 words in 30 minutes. | ||||||||||||
| Course Progression | Read the 'Main Course Text' and '80 Rules of Plain Written English'. With reference to the 'Screenplates', listen to the audio lectures (English). Submit assignment. |
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| Course Text | 'Main Course Text' '80 Rules of Plain Written English' *Authored by Professor * Revised in November 2012 |
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| Course Outline | Lesson 1: Overview of the four ‘Plain Written English’ Principles Lesson 2: Overview of the Readability Levels, Overall and 80 Rules <Lesson 3: Readability Levels and the Four Plain English Principles Lesson 4: Overview of the Evaluation Tools and the Assessment Grid Lesson 5: Describing a Product Lesson 6: Writing a Simple Business Letter (main body) Lesson 7: Writing a Cover Letter Lesson 8: Writing a Letter of Inquiry Lesson 9: Writing a Letter of Solicitation Lesson 10: Writing a Letter of Complaint Lesson 11: Writing a Letter of Appreciation Lesson 12: Overview of Writing a Simple Business Report Lesson 13: Writing a Simple Business Report (introduction) Lesson 14: Writing a Simple Business Report (main body) Lesson 15: Writing a Simple Business Report (conclusion) Lesson 16: Review, Summary and Final Homework Assignment |
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| Grade Evaluation and Course Requirement | Number of Assignments: 16 (All 16 assignments are required) There will be no final exam for this course. Grades will be evaluated on the scores of the assignments from grades A to F. Submission papers will be returned with the evaluation sheet, which states evaluation marking and comments as well as corrections with rubrics. *Minimum Course Requirement: B or above |
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