回 | 項目 | 内容 |
第1回 | Paragraph writing I | Prior learning: Read English paragraphs online and examine how they are organized (60minutes);
Subsequent learning: Listen to a lecture on the structure & format of paragraphs (90 minutes). |
第2回 | Paragraph writing II | Prior Learning: Write a well-organized English paragraph (2 hours);
Subsequent Learning: Listen to a lecture on the 3rd-person focus in academic writing, and the use of titles (90 minutes). |
第3回 | Writing Process I; sample essay | Prior Learning: Practice changing active voice to passive voice, and vice versa (60 minutes);
Subsequent Learning: Listen to a lecture and practice narrowing a topic and developing supporting ideas (90 minutes). |
第4回 | Writing Process II; exercises | Prior Learning: Correct badly organized paragraphs (75 Minutes);
Subsequent Learning: Listen to further suggestions about editing and formatting (90 minutes). |
第5回 | comparison/contrast writing I; sample essay | Prior Learning: Review a list of sentence connectors, subordinators and phrasal connectors. Practice writing clauses of comparison (80 minutes);
Subsequent: Listen to a lecture on flow in in comparison/contrast writing (90 minutes). |
第6回 | comparison/contrast writing II: exercises | Prior Learning: Practice writing clauses of reason or purpose (75 minutes)
Subsequent Learning: Listen to a lecture and complete activities related to critiques, counter-arguing, this+summary word (90 minutes). |
第7回 | narrative in academic writing; sample essay | Prior Learning: Find examples of weak and strong claims online (60 minutes);
Subsequent Learning; Listen to a lecture on hedging and making lists (90 minutes). |
第8回 | narrative in academic writing II; exercises | Prior Learning: Practice inserting punctuation in non-academic writing (60 minutes);
Subsequent Learning Listen to an explanation of, and practice using hyphenation and advanced punctuation (90 minutes) |
第9回 | research reports I; sample essay | Prior Learning: Practice the past perfect tense 60 minutes);
Subsequent Learning: Listen to a lecture on advanced passive voice, and past perfect tense. |
第10回 | research reports II; exercises | Prior Learning: Review the influence of Latin, Greek & French on academic English (90 minutes);
Subsequent Learning: Listen to a lecture on and practice vocabulary shifts in academic writing. |
第11回 | defining/classifying I; sample essay | Prior Learning: Find several definitions online or in texts from other classes (60 minutes);
Subsequent Learning: Listen to a lecture on informal & formal definitions, and practice making them. |
第12回 | defining/classifying; exercises | Prior Learning: Find two classification systems in the media (75 minutes);
Subsequent Learning: Listen to a lecture on and practice producing classifications |
第13回 | problem/solution I; sample essay | Prior Learning: Practice subordination using relative clauses in non-academic English (60 minutes);
Subsequent learning: Listen to a lecture on and practice producing relative clauses in academic English. |
第14回 | problem/solution II; exercises | Prior Learning: Practice expressing results in non-academic English (75 minutes);
Subsequent Learning: Listen to a lecture on and practice producing participial clauses of result in academic English. |
第15回 | 1st term summary; review of formats; finding a topic | Prior Learning: Choose two report topics (60 minutes);
Subsequent Learning: Listen to an explanation of the 1st term paper writing assignment. |