Critical reading for writing

Critical reading for writing

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — First Year

Subject: Business English (MGT 201)

Unit 6: Reading Strategies and Writing Process

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

• Explain the scope and key elements of critical reading for writing.
• Use the relevant language and writing techniques in business communication.

Curriculum Scope

• Becoming a critical reader
• Brent Staples: Cutting and Pasting: A Senior Thesis

Detailed Microsyllabus

1. Critical reading

   1. Identify purpose, audience, thesis and supporting evidence.
   2. Distinguish summary, interpretation and evaluation.
   3. Read Brent Staples's prescribed essay as a model for analysis.

2. Reading-to-writing practice

   1. Examine source use and the treatment of academic writing.
   2. Develop responses grounded in the assigned text.
   3. Use attribution and distinguish one's own ideas from borrowed material.

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Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, BBS curriculum with first-year syllabus, PDF pages 12-13.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit lecture hours apply to the whole unit; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here.