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COURSE PRO FORMA

IMPORTANT:

Contents of this Pro Forma shall not be changed without the Senate’s for items indicated with *. Changes to the other
items can be approved at the Academy/Faculty/Institution/Centre level.

Academy/Faculty/Institute/Centre Faculty of Languages and Linguistics Language Unit

Department

Programme University Course

Course Code* Course GLT1007

Title* Essential Writing Skills

Course Pre-requisite(s)/ Passed GLT1005 (Mastering English IV)
Minimum Requirement(s)

Student Learning Time (SLT)* 120

Credit*

Course Learning Outcomes* At the end of the course, students are able to :
1. Produce a variety of grammatically and structurally correct
sentences.
2. Write different types of paragraphs coherently and cohesively.
3. Organise paragraphs into essays.

Transferable Skills None.

Synopsis of Course Contents This course introduces the process of paragraph development and the
generation of ideas in order to write within a variety of rhetorical
patterns. It focuses on accurate and organised structures in writing. The
course helps students to understand the relationship between
paragraphs in an essay.

Learning Strategies (lecture, Tutorial, interactive learning, paired interaction, class and group
tutorial, workshop, discussion, discussions.
etc)
Assessment Weightage* Continuous Assessment: 60%
Final Exam : 40%

Methodologies for Feedback on Feedback for assessments will be provided throughout the course.
Performance

Criteria in Summative Please refer to Kaedah-Kaedah Universiti Malaya (Pengajian Ijazah
Assessment Pertama) 2013 dan Peraturan-Peraturan Universiti Malaya(Pengajian
Ijazah Pertama) 2013.

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