The writing part of this course is concerned with teaching the student how to write an academic essay. An essay has mainly three parts; the introduction, the body and the conclusion. An essay consists of some paragraphs each of which presents a new idea. There are many essay types such as definiton essay, descriptive essay and process essay. 

The reading part of the course focuses on how a text should be read, interpreted and analysed. Cohesion and coherence are two of the most important aspects of any text. The student is taught how to analyse a text through detecting cohesive as well as coherent aspects. The two parts of the course are closely connected.