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EN32203 Reading and Writing English

Supplementary Subject Learning Area of Foreign Languages
Secondary 5 Semester1 Time Allocation 40 hours 1 credit

A basic reading and writing course that provides instruction in fundamental reading comprehension
and composition skills that the reading and writing process are ways of learning, and that different topics,
purposes, and audiences require different methods of presentation. Students will learn to read critically
both professional and student-generated texts that stimulate their ideas and present models of effective
writing. Students will also write their own essays based on ideas they have read about and discussed. Finally,
students will do extensive revision at both sentence and paragraph level to produce clear and correct
English prose. This core reading and writing course aims to teach students to read comprehensively and
write clearly and effectively, through the steps of brainstorming, peer review, revision and final editing.
Students will learn to articulate, organise and support written positions. They will also learn how to read
texts carefully and critically, and to recognize how various perspectives inform interpretations of texts.
Students will see the importance of reading, writing, listening and speaking well. In addition, by collaborating
with others as well as seeing the value of revision and the recursive nature of the writing process, students
will be better prepared for classes across the curriculum. The course will promote grammatical,
compositional, methodological and rhetorical skills in the service of effective communication.

The teaching procedures introduced in this course focus on the language learning process; lectures
by the teacher; collaborative learning groups; student-led facilitation of topics; online learning; games; and
activities in order to allow students to develop themselves to their highest potentiality. By using the process
of thinking capacity, communication capacity, problem-solving capacity and capacity for applying life skills,
the students improve themselves and become better generally. The students would develop vital skills in
analysis, problem-solving by going through the processes of developing the knowledge acquired with the
lesson and use these skills in daily life situations and develop their thinking skills towards the 21st
century.

The course also enables students to instill the desirable characteristics, including love of nation,
religion and king, honesty and integrity, self -discipline, avidity for learning, observe of principles of
Sufficiency Economy Philosophy in one’s way of life, dedication and commitment to work, cherishing Thai-
ness, public mindedness and be healthy and well-balanced.

Learning Outcomes
1. Write a paragraph about things that they like to do.
2. Learn about expository paragraphs and topic sentences.
3. Demonstrate understanding of written texts, and of the words and phrases within them.
4. Write a composition about an appropriate career for
5. Learn about supporting a logical conclusion.
6. Brainstorm, plan and draft written work at text level, with limited support, on range of general and
curricular topics.
7. Identify the writer's purpose through reading and comprehending the articles.
8. Recognize the attitude or opinion of the writer on a growing range of unfamiliar general and
curricular topics, including some extended texts.
9. Write a magazine article about successful people.
10. Select relevant points from a text.
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