Course Intermediate Reading and Writing Skills

Deskripsi Mata Kuliah

This B1-level course is a continuation of the Essential Reading and Writing Skills course. It focuses on expository and analytical essay writing while integrating active reading strategies. Students will develop their skills in critical reading and essay writing by engaging with nonfiction texts, decoding rhetorical structures, and mastering principles of unity and coherence in writing. The course emphasizes inventing ideas, essay structures, and the writing process, supported by analytical reading sessions, peer reviews, integration of digital technology and writing workshops. Key writing tasks include exemplification, comparison-contrast, and cause-effect essays.

CPMK

Evaluating their own and others‘ writing for clarity, coherence, and adherence to the conventions of academic English, making revisions to improve the overall quality and effectiveness of the text.
Applying advanced concepts of applied linguistics to design and formulate strategies for improving reading comprehension and writing skills, particularly in academic contexts.

Analyzing complex texts to identify central themes, arguments, and rhetorical strategies, and synthesizing this information to produce well-structured written responses.
Integrate diverse digital technologies to enhance students’ reading comprehension and academic writing performance across a range of academic texts and tasks.

Aktifitas Pembelajaran

Pertemuan 1

Students are able to apply previewing and predicting strategies by identifying titles, headings, visuals, and key terms to predict the topic, purpose, and organization an essay.

Date 6 Februari 2026

Pertemuan 2
Students are able to explain the concepts of main ideas and supporting details in academic explanatory texts accurately.
Date 13 Februari 2026

Pertemuan 3

Students are able to identify the author's purpose in a given text by skimming for key information and accurately identifying nouns and verbs to comprehend the main idea.

Date 20 Februari 2026

Pertemuan 4
Students are able to identify the text organization and purpose through skimming techniques.
Date 27 Februari 2026
Pertemuan 5
Students are able to identify of the key information presented in charts, graphs, and tables related to the provided in the text
Date 6 Maret 2026
Pertemuan 6
Students are able to analyze cause-and-effect relationships shown in charts, graphs, and tables in the text provided
Date 13 Maret 2026
Pertemuan 7
Integration of multiple reading strategies to comprehend academic texts effectively.
Date 20 Maret 2026
Pertemuan 8
Project Submission
Date 27 Maret 2026
Pertemuan 9
Students are able to identify the key information from non-text elements (images, captions, diagrams) supporting written texts.
Date 3 April 2026
Pertemuan 10
Students are able to independently analyze the key ideas presented in non-text elements in the texts
Date 10 April 2026
Pertemuan 11
Students are able to identify explicit information and contextual clues relevant to making inferences in academic texts.
Date 17 April 2026
Pertemuan 12
Students are able to independently inference of author’s stance, implications, and consequences in academic texts.
Date 24 April 2026
Pertemuan 13
Students are able to identify comparison-and-contrast text structures in academic readings
Date 1 Mei 2026
Pertemuan 14
Students are able to evaluate how comparison-and-contrast organization supports the author’s purpose.
Date 8 Mei 2026