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CSS English Course Outline)

This 8-week course aims to prepare CSS aspirants for the English essay and précis exam. [1] Students will learn how to outline, write, and structure effective essays on common CSS topics through weekly writing assignments and feedback. [2] They will also practice précis, comprehension, translation, and other grammar exercises. [3] The course covers essential essay components, explores dimensions of frequent exam topics, and culminates in full-length mock exams to simulate the real test.

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CSS English Course Outline)

This 8-week course aims to prepare CSS aspirants for the English essay and précis exam. [1] Students will learn how to outline, write, and structure effective essays on common CSS topics through weekly writing assignments and feedback. [2] They will also practice précis, comprehension, translation, and other grammar exercises. [3] The course covers essential essay components, explores dimensions of frequent exam topics, and culminates in full-length mock exams to simulate the real test.

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Course Title CSS English Essay and Précis

Course Length 8 Weeks

Target Audience CSS Aspirants from all Backgrounds

Prerequisites (if any) Basic Knowledge of English Grammar

Language of Instruction English

Instructor Availability/Ways to reach the instructor 16110207@lums.edu.pk/03314107672


(email/WhatsApp)
Course Description

This course is designed as a stepping stone for those planning to appear for Competitive exams, specifically CSS. Through this course, students will learn
the essentials of CSS Essay writing, along with comprehensive understanding on various topics of ‘Précis and Comprehension’ paper.

Each year substantial number of students fail to clear Essay exam in CSS which shows a lack of understanding of structural components of Essay-writing
and difficulty to grasp the topic. This session will help to address the problems faced by aspirants through hands-on practice of different components of an
Essay. Students will be writing extensively throughout the session, which will be followed by personalized individual feedback sessions. Besides, students
will also get knowledge on important topic dimensions that are frequently asked in the exam

This course will also cover various components of English grammar, such as Précis-writing, Comprehension, Translation, Narration etc. Student will write
extensively on these components which will be followed by individual feedback sessions

Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, the students should be able to:

LO1: Write comprehensive Outlines of Essay

LO2: Write relevant and strong Introduction

LO3: Write coherent and convincing arguments and paragraphs

LO4: Have extensive knowledge on various dimensions of Essay topics

LO5: Write a full length Essay in three hours without internet research

LO6: Write high-scoring Précis, Comprehension, Translation, and Narration


Assessments/Graded Components

Weekly Essay Writing

Course Summary

Week Module Name Key Concepts/Topics Covered Assessments

1 Essentials of  Do’s and Don’ts in Essay Writing Essay Practice


Essay and  How to Write an Outline (Basic) Précis Practice
Précis-Writing  How to Write Introduction, Paragraphs, and Conclusion (Basic)
 How to write a Précis (Basic)

2 Understanding  Requirements of a good CSS Essay Essay Practice


CSS Essay and  How to Write an Outline for CSS Essay (Advance) Précis Practice
Précis  How to Write Introduction, Paragraphs, and Conclusion (Advance)
 How to decode CSS Précis (Advance)

3 Approaching  Argumentative Essays Essay Practice


different Essay  Descriptive Essays Comprehension Practice
Types and  Philosophical Essays
Comprehension  Writing strong answers for Comprehension

4 Understanding  Brainstorming Topics, Dimensions, and Relationship between Essay Practice


and dependent and independent variables Translation Practice
Brainstorming  Collective Reading of Topic and Types of Analysis
Essay Topics  Past Papers Analysis
 Writing effective Translation
5 Delving Deeper  Democracy and Its Various Dimensions Essay Practice
into Essay  Climate Change and Its Various Dimensions Narration Practice
Dimensions &  Narration
Grammar
Components

6 Delving Deeper  Globalization and Its Various Dimensions Essay Practice


into Essay  Social Media and Its Various Dimensions Change of Voice Practice
Dimensions &  Economy and Its Various Dimensions
Grammar  Change of Voice
Components

7 Delving Deeper  Women Empowerment and Its Various Dimensions Essay Practice
into Essay  Education and Its Various Dimensions Grammar Exercise
Dimensions &  Sentence Correction/Punctuation/Prepositions
Grammar
Components

8 Mocks in Exam  Full Length Essay Paper (In Person)


Setting  Complete Précis & Comprehension Paper (In Person)

Supplementary Reading Material

To be provided in class.

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