高級寫作(二)

Advanced Writing (2)

學期

106-2

學分

3 學分

當期課號

1606

永久課號

DFL2108

開課單位

外國語文學系

授課教師

林建國

校區

光復

類別

必修

上課時間表

節	週三
2 09:00–09:50	高級寫作(二) HC401 3 節連堂
3 10:10–11:00
4 11:10–12:00

* 根據陽明交大上課時間表所列

概述

The course seeks to coach students’ writing skill in English and familiarize them with the culture in which an English speaker would understand what writing is. Various non-fiction genres (biography, profile writing, memoir, business writing, etc.) will be attempted by students under the instructor’s guidance.

教學方式

Teaching assistant: TBA Website: e-Campus (http://e3.nctu.edu.tw or http://dcpc.nctu.edu.tw/)

評分方式

Grading Scale: 1. Throughout the semester, there will be 4 in-class essay assignments, each of which will be graded with the scale of 1 to 15. The grades are interpreted as follows: 9 for satisfactory, 10 average, 12 fair, 13 very good, and 14 and above excellent. However, the highest grade you receive for a make-up assignment is 12. 2. The 15 blogs, 15 weeks/installments of grammar practices, and 16 quizzes you write or take will each be graded with the scale of 1 to 5. 3. Keep all your in-class essays for your record. 4. Your semester grade will be calculated according to the chart below: Quizzes (on On Writing Well) 20 points Blogs (on Sixty Steps to Precis) 15 points In-class Essay Assignments 15 points Grammar Practice 15 points Midterm Examination 10 points Final Examination 15 points Class Participation 10 points Extra bonus (with full attendance) 5% of total grade, with total 85 as ceiling Total 100 points 5. If you should miss either the midterm or the final examination, you cannot receive a passing grade for the course. 6. If you have a full attendance the whole semester, you will receive a 5% extra grade for your overall semester grade. For example, if your grade is 80, it will be increased to 84. If after the adjustment your grade exceeds 85, you receive 85. 7. In the case in which a student should owe any missing work by the end of the semester, he or she shall not be allowed to take the final exam. A make-up final will be given only after all missing works have been turned in. As it is a make-up exam, the grade received shall time 0.8, as a penalty. 8. During the interval before the make-up exam is taken, an “incomplete” grade as “I” will be granted as the temporary semester grade. If the student should fail to turn in any missing work or make up for the final by the time when the “incomplete” must be resolved and its final grade be sent, his or her extant grade on file shall be his or her semester grade. 9. Should you have questions about your grades, send your queries to the teaching assistant, as well as the instructor.

週次計畫

週次	主題
第 1 週	On Writing Well. “Introduction” (ix-xiii), Chap. 1 “The Transaction” (3-6).
第 2 週	On Writing Well. Chap. 2 “Simplicity” (7-12), Chap. 3 “Clutter” (13-17). Sixty Steps to Precis, essays 1-4. Grammar practice (1): Units 19 & 20.
第 3 週	On Writing Well. Chap. 4 “Style” (18-24), Chap. 5 “The Audience” (25-32). Sixty Steps to Precis, essays 5-8. Grammar practice (2): Units 22 & 27.
第 4 週	Essay writing assignment 1. (Classroom: FR326, NCTU Cinema for the Humanities) On Writing Well. Chap. 6 “Words” (33-37), Chap. 7 “Usage” (38-46). Sixty Steps to Precis, essays 9-12. Grammar practice (3): Units 33 & 37.
第 5 週	On Writing Well. Chap. 9 “The Lead and the Ending” (55-67). Sixty Steps to Precis, essays 13-16. Grammar practice (4): Units 38 & 41.
第 6 週	On Writing Well. Chap. 10 “Bits & Pieces” (67-91). Sixty Steps to Precis, essays 17-20. Grammar practice (5): Units 44 & 59.
第 7 週	Essay writing assignment 2. (Classroom: FR326, NCTU Cinema for the Humanities) On Writing Well. Chap. 8 “Unity” (49-54), Chap. 11 “Nonfiction as Literature” (95-99). Sixty Steps to Precis, essays 21-24. Grammar practice (6): Units 60 & 61.
第 8 週	Spring Break. No class.
第 9 週	On Writing Well. Chap. 12 “Writing about People: The Interview” (100-15). Sixty Steps to Precis, essays 25-28. Grammar practice (7): Units 67 & 69.
第 10 週	Midterm examination. (Classroom: FR326, NCTU Cinema for the Humanities) On Writing Well. Chap. 13 “Writing about Places: The Travel Article” (116-32). Sixty Steps to Precis, essays 29-32. Grammar practice (8): Units 71 & 74.
第 11 週	On Writing Well. Chap. 14 “Writing about Yourself: The Memoir” (133-47). Sixty Steps to Precis, essays 33-36. Grammar practice (9): Units 75 & 78.
第 12 週	On Writing Well. Chap. 16 “Business Writing: Writing in Your Job” (166-78). Sixty Steps to Precis, essays 37-40. Grammar practice (10): Units 91 & 92.
第 13 週	Essay writing assignment 3. (Classroom: FR326, NCTU Cinema for the Humanities) On Writing Well. Chap. 18 “Writing about the Arts” (193-206). Sixty Steps to Precis, essays 41-44. Grammar practice (11): Units 93 & 117.
第 14 週	On Writing Well. Chap. 19 “Humor” (207-30). Sixty Steps to Precis, essays 45-48. Grammar practice (12): Units 118 & 121.
第 15 週	Essay writing assignment 4. (Classroom: FR326, NCTU Cinema for the Humanities) On Writing Well. Chap. 21 “Enjoyment, Fear and Confidence” (241-52), Chap. 22 “The Tyranny of the Final Product” (253-60). Sixty Steps to Precis, essays 49-52. Grammar practice (13): Units 122 & 123.
第 16 週	On Writing Well. Chap. 23 “A Writer’s Decision” (261-80). Sixty Steps to Precis, essays 53-56. Grammar practice (14): Units 124 & 128.
第 17 週	On Writing Well. Chap. 20 “The Sound of Your Voice” (231-40), Chap. 25 “Write as well as You Can” (295-304). Sixty Steps to Precis, essays 57-60. Grammar practice (15): Units 129 & 130.
第 18 週	Final examination. No quiz.

教科書

Required textbooks: (1)On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction. By William Zinsser. 30th anniversary ed. New York: Collins, 2006. (2)Sixty Steps to Precis: A New Approach to Summary-writing for Overseas Students. Ed. L. G. Alexander. Essex: Longman, 1962; rpt. 1989. Recommended: (1)Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners. 2nd ed. Oxford: Macmillan Education, 2007. (2)Collins Cobuild English Dictionary. Ed. John D. Sinclair. 8th ed. Andover, UK: Heinle ELT, 2008. (3)Roget’s Thesaurus. Ed. Barbara Ann Kipfer. 6th ed. New York: Harper, 2003. (4) The BBI Dictionary of English Word Combinations. By Morton Benson, Evelyn Benson, and Robert Ilson. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins; Taipei: Bookman, 1997.

Office Hours

地點: Office: Room F314-vC, HA Building 2
時間: Office hours: Wednesday, 1:30– 3:30 PM (by appointment)
聯絡方式: E-mail: limk728@g2.nctu.edu.tw Tel: 03-5731792 (or campus extension 3-1792)