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II. PROFESSOR'S TEACHING PROFILE

Professor's name: Lorena Fernanda Parra Gavilánez
Academic degree: Magister en Docencia Universitaria y Administración Educativa.

Knowledge area:
Broad field: 01 Education
Narrow field: 011 Education
Detailed field: 0113 Teacher training without subject specialization

Bachelor's degree: Licenciado en Ciencias de la Educación Especialidad Inglés

Knowledge area:
Broad field: 01 Education
Narrow field: 011 Education
Detailed field: 0114Teacher training with subject specialization
Professional experience: Teaching English as a Foreing Language 17 years.
Teaching experience: Universidad Técnica de Ambato 17years. Escuela Politécnica del
Ejército 4 years.
Program Academic area: Communicative Competence.
Professsor's schedule (practical application and learning experimentation):
Wednesday 09:00 – 12:00
Professor's schedule (Academic tutoring): Wednesday 14:00 – 15:00
Phone numbers: 0984008809
E-mail: lparra@uta.edu.ec

III. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES

Purpose:
Produce written texts in English that permit communication of ideas while correctly
using linguistic elements and maintaining coherence and cohesion.

Course Description:

The “English Writing” syllabus going to teach students how to generate topics, write
cohesive paragraphs, and organize them into clear, logical expository compositions. It

will focus on expository writing-or explaining-because.

At the end of the syllabus, students will be able to clarify ideas in the writing process.
Use different techniques in the writing process. Apply proper formatting in the creation

of written works. Write works of diverse nature. Evaluate written works of other authors
and edit them.

In order to create a good learning atmosphere in which students can process, internalize
and make the information theirs, some approaches will be used, such as the Functional

approach and Cooperative learning. Additionally, in this syllabus students will

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