The main focus of the course is to lead students step by step through a meaningful academic writing assignment with new and real themes via academic skills such as critical thinking activities. During the course, firstly, students foster interest in the topic and develop a personal connection to the topic; then they explore content and expand their written and spoken language through learning-oriented vocabulary and word forms.

This course enables students to construct complete sentences and write a paragraph about a classmate, write an opinion letter, write a biography, write a paragraph about a special possession or collection, give examples to support opinions and write a letter to the editor, write a descriptive paragraph about a place or business, complete a diary and write an autobiography, write a comparison/contrast paragraph, write follow-up questions, a concluding sentence, an opinion paragraph, and write a response.