Week 1 (Unit 1): Course Introduction
What is academic writing?
Why academic writing for Chinese students?
What is special about this course? Week 2 (Unit 2): The Writing Process
Writing as a discovery process
Five steps of the writing process
Common prewriting techniques
Drafting and revising
Correct paper formatting Week 3 (Units 3-4): Generating and Organizing Ideas
Unit 3: Brainstorming
Finding a writing topic
Listing as a brainstorming technique
Clustering as a brainstorming technique
Unit 4: Writing Outlines
Organizing ideas
Making an outline Week 4 (Unit 5): The Five-Paragraph Essay Structure
The communication triangle
The traditional essay structure
The “keyhole” structure and its analysis
Purposes for learning the traditional essay Week 5 (Unit 6): The Introduction, Conclusion, and Title
Writing the introduction
Writing the conclusion
Possible approaches to writing introductions and conclusions
Formulating the essay title Week 6 (Unit 7): The Thesis Statement
Functions of the thesis statement in an essay
Position of the thesis statement
Formulating thesis statements
Featuring essay types Week 7 (Unit 8): Paragraph Unity and Development
Standard paragraph structure
Paragraph unity
The topic sentence
Deductive and inductive organizations
Use of details Week 8 (Unit 9): Paragraph Coherence
Logical connections
Transitional words and expressions
Information flow
Creating and revising for coherence
参考资料
1．Anson, C. M. and R. A. Schwegler. (2000). The Longman handbook for writers and readers. 2nd ed. New York: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc.
2．Bailey, R. E. and L. Denstaedt. (2004). Destinations: An Integrated approach to writing paragraphs and essays. Boston: McGraw Hill.
3．Barnet, S. et al. (2003). The Practical guide to writing with readings and handbook. Canadian ed. Toronto: Longman
4．Booth, W. C., G. G. Colomb, and J. M. Williams. (2003). The Craft of research. 2nd ed. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press.
5．Kanar, C. C. (2011). The College writer. 5th ed. Beijing University Press.
6．Langan, J. (2007). College writing skills with readings. 6th ed. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.
7．Li, L. (2009). A Handbook for writing English academic paper and admissions essay. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press.
8．McMahon, C. and B. Stout. (2002). Critical thinking, thoughtful writing: A Rhetoric with readings. 2nd ed. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.
9．Swales, J. M. and C. B. Feak. (2012). Academic writing for graduate students: Essential tasks and skills. 3rd ed. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.
10．Zheng, C. (2008). Write to learn. Beijing: Science Publishers.
证书要求