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Teaching Basic Research Skills in an Introductory Writing Class

Randall Cotten

Abstract

 The types of compositions that low-intermediate level student writers are asked to do usually involve personal essay topics. While useful for teaching basic composition skills, these rhetorical forms do not adequately prepare students for writing longer academic essays. This paper suggests some ways to teach basic writing skills in an introductory composition course which can help students produce academically oriented research essays. Through summary writing and paraphrase practice, low-intermediate level students can start to master skills which will help them later on in their academic careers.

Keywords : EFL composition, summary and paraphrase writing, content-based instruction (CBI)