Introduction

Hello everybody,

My ICP (International Class Program) who takes my Paragraph-based Writing Course 2022, I would like to inform you that we are done with the Introduction. You can see the file on Prezi.com (Prezi). Just click on it. 

Today, our second meeting will be more discussing paragraph function theory and composing the main idea (Theory and Practice). Have you read and prepared anything about those?

Before, just enjoy your friends (a group/partner of lecturer assistants) will have a fun warm-up today!  They named the game "Tongue Twister".

Next, we are going to do this:

The main part, it is about paragraph function theories. It can be explained, as follows:




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