该课程主要授课对象是大学英语本科低年级学生。本课程教学目标是让学生学习英语从句子到段落、再到篇章的写作过程，能够养成良好的写作习惯，学会用英语写作短文表达思想、传递信息，为下一步开展更加复杂的写作活动打好基础。课程的知识点按照“成句-组段-谋篇”的写作过程次序，介绍了段落构成的几种基本手段和写作技巧。

本课程的教学内容重点是句子、段落写作以及基本篇章写作。句子写作包括基本句型、功能句型、以及词语选择等。段落写作教学以段落的结构特点为主，引导学生学会辨认并撰写主题句，学会用举例、对比、分类、因果等段落思维展开的不同方法，掌握句子和段落连贯的意义和用法，并培养学生的写作内容逻辑认识。篇章写作教学重点是常见的考试短文写作，主要学习四六级考试说明议论文、图表作文和实用书信等文体的写作方法，旨在为学生未来进入英语应用交流时候打好写作基础。

This course reviews the basic rules and techniques of English writing, continuously improve and enhance the students' academical and practical writing skills. The objectives cover the basic rules and techniques of writing, from word selection, sentence composition to paragraph formation, preparing learners gradually to for their future professional writing. The course emphasizes the process of cultivating students' ability to search for and analyze information, make a valid argument and establish opinions with supports. By making written communication, students fosters the confidence, grasp more writing knowledge, and thus improve their own language expression.

Learners who have mastered basic grammar, whose English proficiency meets the basic requirements of the general high school English curriculum standards, and who have initially learned to use the most common 3,000 vocabulary words required for high school English, can join this course to begin systematic writing training.

John Langan，美国大学英语写作，外语教学与研究出版社。

Dorothy E. Zemach, Lisa A Rumisek, Academic Writing: from paragraph to essay, MACMILLAN