二十一世纪经济的全球化,高等教育的国际化,对大学英语教学提出新的要求。《英语应用写作》课程的目的是帮助学员掌握大学英文基本的写作方法和技巧,夯实写作基本功,为论文写作、出国留学和将来对外交流做好充分准备。
英文写作说到底是一门实践课。因此,本课程强调实践,讲授按照过程写作法组织知识点,例子剖析贯穿始终,为学生提供边学边练的机会。本课程为期9周,每周4课时,共36个课时。课程内容:1-6课时,为课程介绍及英文写作基本知识(Writing Basics);第7-16课时,主要内容为段落及篇章写作策略(Strategies for developing paragraphs);第18-36课时,从篇章层面重点讲解和练习说明与议论(exposition and argumentation)两种写作技巧。
课程按MOOC形式要求,每单元包含若干微视频、课堂讨论平台及配套练习,方便学生复习和预习课程内容。课程第四周设有一次写作考核,重点在于检查前半段课程内容的消化掌握情况。期末统一命题、限时作文,500~600词论说文一篇。 课程结束时,学员能够基本掌握大学英文写作:了解写作过程和学习规律,能够完成西方高校英文写作课程、人文社科课程和专业课程一般性的写作任务、写作规范和写作方法,作文基本做到条理清晰,连接自然,论据充分,具有说服力。
本课程适用对象:已修完《大学英语》课程,选修英文写作或希望提高英文写作能力的学生,以及备考雅思和托福准备出国深造的学生。
完成课程80%部分的学习,平时成绩占60%,考试成绩40%,合格分数为60分,优秀分数为85。
Week One A
Lesson 1 Course Introduction
Lesson 2 Writing Process (Prewriting skills: Freewriting,questiong,listing,clustering,outlining)
Week One B
Lesson 3 Paragraph Structure: hamburger structure
Lesson 4 Topic Sentence & Thesis Statement
Week Two A
Lesson 5 5-Paragraph Essay Structure
Lesson 6 Basic Elements for Paragraph and Essay Writing
Week Two B
Lesson 7 Narration
Lesson 8 Description
Week Three A
Lesson 9 Examplification
Lesson 10 Process
Week Three B
Lesson 11 Definition
Lesson 12 Stratification
Week Four A
Lesson 13 Cause-Effect
Lesson 14 Comparison and Contrast
Week Four B
Lesson 15 TEST
Lesson 16 TEST
Week Five A
Lesson 17 Stylistic Features of Academic Writing
Lesson 18 Stylistic Features of Academic Writing
Week Five B
Lesson 19 Introductive and Conclusive Paragraph
Lesson 20 Introductive and Conclusive Paragraph
Week Six A
Lesson 21 Exposition
Lesson 22 Exposition
Week Six B
Lesson 23 Exposition
Lesson 24 Exposition
Week Seven A
Lesson 25 Exposition
Lesson 26 Exposition
Week Seven B
Lesson 27 Argumentation
Lesson 28 Argumentation
Week Eight A
Lesson 29 Argumentation
Lesson 30 Argumentation
Week Eight B
Lesson 31 Argumentation
Lesson 32 Argumentation
Week Nine A
Lesson 33 Argumentation
Lesson 34 Argumentation
Week Nine B
Lesson 35 Review
Lesson 36 Review
Final Examination
系统学习过初中、高中、大学英语基础课程,具有基本的英语词汇、语法基础知识以及语言能力,能进行一般的书面交流。
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