目录

  • 1 Course Orientation
    • 1.1 Course Introduction
    • 1.2 Course Evaluation
    • 1.3 Critical Thinking
    • 1.4 Excrcises
  • 2 Manuscript Form and Punctuation
    • 2.1 Manuscript Form
    • 2.2 Punctuation
  • 3 Diction
    • 3.1 What is diction?
    • 3.2 Level of Word Usage
    • 3.3 Types of Words
  • 4 Sentence Writing
    • 4.1 Mistake Correction
    • 4.2 Types of Sentences
    • 4.3 Effective Sentences
  • 5 Writing Process
    • 5.1 Reading and Writing
    • 5.2 Writing Process
    • 5.3 Effective Writing
    • 5.4 Mind mapping
  • 6 Paragraph and Essay Writing
    • 6.1 Paragraphs
    • 6.2 Topic Sentence
    • 6.3 Patterns of Development
    • 6.4 Essay Writing
  • 7 Description
    • 7.1 Definition
    • 7.2 Writing Descriptive Essays
  • 8 Narration
    • 8.1 Definition
    • 8.2 Writing Narrative Essays
  • 9 Exposition
    • 9.1 Definition
    • 9.2 Writing Expository Essays
  • 10 Argumentation
    • 10.1 Persuasion
    • 10.2 Writing Argumentative Essays
  • 11 Summary and E-mail Writing
    • 11.1 Summary
    • 11.2 E-mail Writing
Course Introduction

English Writing

What is writing?

“The process view of writing sees it as thinking, as discovery. Writing is the result of employing strategies to manage the composing process, which is one of gradually developing a text.”

                                         ------Teaching and Learning in the          

                                                          Language Classroom, Hedge, T. 2000 


Time and Credit

    48 class hours / term with 2/4 class hours each week

To be covered


Details

     Active participation expected

    Task-based

    Team work needed

    Assignments required

Textbook:

高级英语写作》 郭继荣主编   北京大学出版社


Reference Books:

《英语写作手册》丁往道 外语教学与研究出版社

《英语写作基础教程》丁往道 吴冰 高等教育出版社

John Langan, College Writing Skills, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press,2017

John Langan, Exploring Writing –Sentences and Paragraphs, Atlantic Cape Community College 

Kathleen T. McWhorter, Successful College Writing—Skills, Strategies, and Learning Styles, Bedford/St. Martin’s

Laurie G. Kiriszner & Stephen R. Mandell, Patterns for College Writing, Bedford/St. Martin’s

《英语写作手册:风格的要素》William Strunk    外语教学与研究出版社

《大学思辨英语》写作1-4 孙有中 外语教学与研究出版社