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II. PROFESSOR'S TEACHING PROFILE

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

Master in Arts in English Language Teaching

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

Bachelor's degree: Licenciada 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
Teaching experience: Universidad Técnica de Ambato
Escuela Politécnica del Ejército
Program Academic area: Communicative Competence.
Professsor's schedule (practical application and learning experimentation) :
Thursday 08:00 – 10:00 / Tuesday 11:00 – 13:00
Professor's schedule (Academic tutoring): Monday and Wednesday 14:00 – 15:00
Phone numbers: 0984008909
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 “Writing I” syllabus is 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