MINISTRY OF HEALTH CARE OF UKRAINE

MINISTRY OF HEALTH CARE OF UKRAINE

I.Ya. HORBACHEVSKYI TERNOPIL STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

 “Confirmed”

The First Vice Rector

Ihor R. Mysula, M.D., Ph.D

June 26  2009

CURRICULUM

«Official English»

for the students of American Nursing School

ADN PROGRAM

First-year students

SYLLABUS

Year	Total hours	Lectures Seminars			Individual work	Evaluation Type
I	72	24	24		67	Credit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The syllabus has been worked out by the instructor Holub Inna

The syllabus was discussed at the chair sitting    Minutes № 5 18.06.2009

The head of the department of Philosophy, Social Studies

and Foreign Languages                                                  

 Ass.Prof. A.M. Pryshlyak

 The syllabus was adopted at the Cycle Methodical Commission sitting 23.06.2009

Minutes № 7.

The head of the Cycle Commission

 Ass.prof. S. O. Yastremska

 

TERNOPIL – 2009

 

Course Description: As writers write, the students need a set of strategies to move from thinking about a paper to polishing a final draft—strategies that vary depending on the nature of the students’ writing task and your audience. This course will help the students explore and practice a variety of such strategies as the students draft, revise, and edit some of the writing styles that the students will encounter in college and in the professional world. In this course the students will practice the techniques of the writing process, learn the organization of the essay, eliminate persistent grammatical errors, and develop skills in research.

Aims of the course:

        Familiarity with the basic principles of the structure of English phrases, clauses and texts

        Awareness of the relationship between grammatical form and meaning

        Improved command of English

        Sensitivity to different styles of English

Course Objectives:

§       To explore issues and ideas fully and thoughtfully as a reader and writer

§       To write confidently and clearly at a college level

§       To write effective essays for a variety of audiences

§       To use writing as a means of discovery as well as a means of communication

§       To produce essays which demonstrate an awareness of effective organization

§       To demonstrate knowledge and control of sentence and paragraph structure

§       To manage language appropriately and produce a product that is free of

§       errors in grammar, punctuation, and logic

§       To identify areas of weakness in your writing and determine strategies

§       to improve those weaknesses

§       To research a topic, integrate source materials, and accurately document

§       sources using guidelines

§       10 To use planning, drafting, revising, and editing as processes toward the final product

Scope and Nature of Class Work

Assignments will include

critical thinking – asking questions, defining problems, examining evidence, analyzing assumptions and biases, avoiding emotional reasoning, avoiding oversimplification, considering other interpretations, and tolerating ambiguity.

strategic reading – tracing plot or locating the key points of an essay, comprehending or inferring main ideas or themes, recognizing particular rhetorical patterns, and identifying unfamiliar vocabulary

informal writing – journaling, responding to ideas, discussing literature, drafting, reviewing cultural events

formal writing – composing 4 or more essays, which undergo a process of revision. At least one essay will incorporate research.

Overall writing, including both formal and informal writing, will include a minimum of 10,000 words or forty pages (250 words/page).

research – participating in the library tour, required library training sessions; writing paraphrases and summaries; locating a variety of sources through the TSMU library; accessing electronic sources using TSMU databases; researching, drafting and documenting an essay; and citing sources carefully and correctly

portfolio building – collecting and reflecting on drafts, revisions and final essays in a folder or notebook

 

METHODS OF INSTRUCTION

View of Power Point slide show lectures, discussion, group work, assigned readings, selections, audiovisuals, handouts, reference materials, critical thinking exercises, tests, internet resources, and others.

 

Syllabus “Official English”

List of lecture themes

2009-2010 a.y.

№	Theme	Lecturer
1.	Recalling an Experience: Autobiographical / Personal Narratives	Inna Holub
2.	Introduction to grammar and style. The Noun. The Article.	Inna Holub
3.	Verb. Tense Revision. Subject-Verb Agreement.	Inna Holub
4.	Critical Thinking reading and writing.	Inna Holub
5.	The fundamentals of the writing process.	Inna Holub
6.	Basic guide to essay writing. The outline of essay structure.	Inna Holub
7.	Steps to writing an essay. Types of Essays.	Inna Holub
8.	Literary analysis guide. Methods of short story analysis. Writing a response paper.	Inna Holub
9.	Peculiarities of medical writing. Writing an article review.	Inna Holub
10.	Writing papers and Citing sources. Prepositions Review.	Inna Holub
11.	Business Correspondence. Writing a letter.	Inna Holub
12.	Making a report. Writing a Resume.	Inna Holub

Total: 24 hours

 

 Syllabus “Official English”

Practical classes

2009-2010 a.y.

Theme	Instructor	Number of hours
Grammar and style. Recognizing Verb Form Errors. Building Writer’s Tool Box	Inna Holub	6
Recalling an Experience Autobiographical/Personal Narratives	Inna Holub	6
Critical Thinking process. Solution Essay (Drugs: Should their sale and use be legalized?)	Inna Holub	6
Class reading: Original Creative piece of choice. Literature response essay to O’Henry stories	Inna Holub	6

Total 24

 

sTUDENT independent wORK

Grading Scale:

1-12 Points Grade (TSMU)	% of points	Amount of right answers (of 60)	Amount of right answers (of 100)	Letter Grade (US)	1-5 Mark (UA)
“12”	97-100	60-58	97-100	A+	5+ (Excellent)
“11”	93-96	57-55	93-96	A	5 (Excellent)
“10”	89-92	54-52	89-92	A–	5– (Excellent)
“9”	85-88	51-49	85-88	B+	4+ (Good)
“8”	81-84	48-46	81-84	B	4 (Good)
“7”	76-80	45-43	76-80	C+	4 – (Good)
“6”	72-75	42-40	72-75	C	3+ (Satisfactory)
“5”	68-71	39-37	68-71	D+	3 (Satisfactory)
“4”	64-67	36-34	64-67	D	3 – (Satisfactory)
“3”	60-63	33-31	60-63	F	2 (Failed)
“2”	59 & less	30 & less	59 & less	F	1 (Failed)

 

Required Textbooks

Barnet, Sylvan and Hugo Bedau. Contemporary and Classic Arguments: A Portable Anthology. Boston: Bedford, St. Martins, 2005.

Brown Kristine, Hood Susan Writing Matters: Writing skills and strategies for students of English. – New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989 – 156 pages.

Evans Virginia Successful Writing: Proficiency. – The UK: Express Publishing, 1998 – 164 pages

Hacker, Diana. Rules for Writers. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford, St. Martin’s, 2003.

Kennedy, X.J., et al. The Bedford Guide for College Writers.7^th ed. Boston: Bedford, St. Martins, 2005.

Levin Peter Write great essays: A guide to reading and essay writing. New York: Open University Press, 2004 – 133pages.

Maggio, Rosalie How to say it: choice words, phrases sentences and paragraphs for every situation(Revised and expanded). New York: Prentice Hall, 2001. –  496p.

Mason, Bobbie Ann. In Country (P.S. Series). New York: HarperCollins, 2005.

http://papyr.com/hypertextbooks/grammar/style.htm – Introduction: The Grammatical Foundations of Style

http://www.grammarbook.com/

http://folk.uio.no/hhasselg/grammar/Grammar1_1.htm  – Lectures on Grammar

http://www.hf.uio.no/~hhasselg/terms.html – Glossary of grammatical terms used in English Grammar: Theory and Use

http://lklivingston.tripod.com/essay/ – Guide to essay writing

http://www.bestessaytips.com/outline.php – Steps in essay writing

http://www.ci.maryville.tn.us/mhs/studyskills/compguide/LitAnaStruc.htm – Literary analysis guide

http://www.letterwritingguide.com/  – Letter writing guide

http://www.bestsampleresume.com/nursing-resumes.html – Resume writing

Optional Text: College-level dictionary, for example Merriam–Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary or The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language