Synthesis Writing and Argumentation

OBJECTIVES:
1st semester
? To study the logical aspects of discourse in written texts.
? To learn how to summarize and comment a text
? To build an argumentative text (comment and essay)

2nd semester
? To spot the different argumentative types of speech
? Progressive work on essays: discuss, introduce, conclude

PROGRAM:
Methodology of the textual/lexical analysis
? Help with the writing: textual grammar
? Rhetorical style of a word, sentence or paragraph
? Choice of authentic texts: excerpts of contemporary sociological excerpts
? Contemporary problematic

ACTVITIES
(IN CLASS)
? Group work in order to analyze and spot the markers of argumentation
? An oral presentation to do on the textual analysis of a text
(AT HOME)
? Personal work on weekly writing:
? 1st semester: Summaries, commentaries, rewriting exercises
? 2nd semester: Summaries, commentaries, essays

GRADING:
? Weekly work (Summaries, commentaries, rewriting exercises, essays): 60%
? Class participation: intellectual investment and attendance: 10%
? Oral presentation on a text analysis: 30%