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What the syllabus expects

  • Bharati Mukherjee: Two Ways to Belong in America
  • Amy Chau: Why Chinese Mothers are Superior

Comparison and contrast

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — First Year

Subject: Business English (MGT 201)

Unit 7: Patterns of Writing

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

  • Explain the scope and key elements of comparison and contrast.
  • Use the relevant language and writing techniques in business communication.

Curriculum Scope

  • Bharati Mukherjee: Two Ways to Belong in America
  • Amy Chau: Why Chinese Mothers are Superior

Detailed Microsyllabus

  1. Comparison and contrast

    1. Establish a clear basis and criteria for comparison.
    2. Point-by-point and subject-by-subject organization.
    3. Use balanced evidence and appropriate transitions.

  2. Prescribed-text analysis

    1. Read Bharati Mukherjee's Two Ways to Belong in America and Amy Chau's Why Chinese Mothers are Superior as listed in TU's source.
    2. Examine similarities, differences and comparative purpose.
    3. Develop an organized comparison supported by relevant details.

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. Author names and reading titles follow the spelling in the TU source.