Writing 4

1st Class : 1st of September 2013

Agustien Mulyantini agustien1808@gmail.com

Universitas Terbuka
Korea Selatan

Tutor Introduction
Agustien Mulyantini (Atien) Graduate Student at Inje University, Gimhae Major Health and Science Technology Personal Contact : Skype : agustien.mulyantini Email : agustien1808@gmail.com

Course Introduction
Text book : Writing 4, Karnedi, Universitas Terbuka 2003 Tutorial module consists of 9 parts but will be cover in 8 classes.
Class 1 : The Process of Writing Class 2 : Paragraph Structure Class 3 : Unity and Paragraph Outline and Arranging Sentences Coherently Class 4 : Ordering Ideas Logically Class 5 : Supporting Topic Sentence Class 6 : Patterns of Essay Organization Class 7 : Essay Writing (1) Class 8 : Essay Writing (2)

Tutorial method: Online (Justin TV) and In class Grading Components

Task 1, Task 2 Participation Final Exam

Course material can be found at Google Plus and Facebook Group

You are able to write essays in English Modul 8 Writing an Essay (1) Modul 7 Organizing an Essay Modul 6 Supporting the Topic Sentence Modul 9 Writing an Essay (2)

Modul 5 Ordering Ideas Logically

Modul 4 Arranging Sentences Coherently Modul 2 Understanding the Process of Writing Modul 3 Outlining Paragraphs

JO UR NE Y TH RO UG H OU T SE ME ST ER

Modul 1 Understanding the process of Writing

Class 1 The Process of Writing

This class related to basic concept of writing process Learn how to go through a number of stages in writing such as prewriting, outlining, writing and revising a drafts It is not just writing but we will do academic writing and it is often employed to refer to the kind of writing done in universities or colleges Important things to be considered in academic writing :
Audience : who will read your script Tone : word selection, grammatical structures, length of your sentences Purpose : should be specific and clear, to share your own view about a particular issue with the readers

Unit 1 Prewriting
Brainstorming

Choosing and Narrowing a Topic

Listing Free writing Clustering

Example of the process of narrowing a general topic to a specific one

General Topic

TRANSPORT
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM
PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM IN JAKARTA Future Public Transport System In Jakarta

Specific Topic

Very Specific Topic

Brainstorming
Listing : make some lists of word related to your writing Free Writing : writing freely for a given topic, the aim of it is to produce as many ideas as possible Clustering : mind mapping, brainstorming technique to produce ideas
Water Pollution Water Pollution Water Pollution

Water Pollution

Water Pollution

Unit 2 Outlining
Second stage of the writing process => planning or outlining At the planning stage, you organize the ideas you produced by brainstorming. The best way to do this is to make an outline. There are four steps in outlining :
Listing

Grouping Outlining Writing the topic sentence Simple Outlining Topic Sentence Supporting Point Supporting Detail

Unit 3 Writing and Revising Drafts

Purpose : you should be able to produce your final script

Writing the First Draft

Revising Content and Organizing Proofreading the Second Step

Writing the Final Copy

Exercise
Choosing and Narrowing a Topic
General topic = mobiles

Brainstorming
Listing Free writing Clustering

Exercise 2
Make a list of ideas about => VILLAGE LIFE Then divide ideas into groups and subgroups Write a simple outline on the basis of the grouping

Exercise 3
Make some minor or major changes to this final copy Economical crisis is one the cause for the unemployed problem. Many employer had fired by their factories banks and other job, because the banks also bankrupt because of the noughty bankers. Especially for the unskill persons. They are the victim for the hiving employers. Skill education has not popular/socialized yet in Indonesia. The student have no plan before they study in SMU or another schools mostly they student dont know what will they do after finish their school, and they dont prepare themselves for the job.