高級英文寫作

This course focuses on developing students' more advanced English writing for academic purposes through practice in English grammar, usage, and appropriate writing style and conventions presented in the context of the students' own writing. The course provides guided instruction and extensive practical exercises in essay writing including academic essays and a research paper. Specifically, students will: 1. Learn the essay format which includes introductions with a strong thesis statement, body paragraphs with relevant supporting details, and solid concluding paragraphs, 2. Be engaged in the writing process from brainstorming, outlining, drafting, and revising to the final product, 3. Use sources in essays which include paraphrasing, summarizing, and synthesizing new material, as well as citing sources both in the essays and in the end reference lists, and 4. Learn to become better editors of their own writing and of their peers'.

Prerequisite: Advanced English Reading and Writing 「進階英文閱讀與寫作」 *Note: Please attend the first class to retain your seat. If you do not attend the first class, your spot will be given to another student on the waiting list.

* Lecture * Discussions * Peer editing * Student presentations * Individual writing conferences * Collaborative learning * Learning activities with online systems and technology tools

1. Attendance (10%): Class attendance and quality participation are important to the success of this class. Students should make every effort to arrive on time and stay for the entire class. I will take attendance spontaneously. Any absence will detract from a student’s participation grade. Three unexcused absences will result in automatic failure of the course(不可超過三次無故缺席). Absence from class cannot be an excuse for missing the important announcements, the delay of assignments and projects or asking for a make-up for exams. 2. In-Class Activities and Participation 20% 3. Writing Assignments 30%: All written assignments should be submitted to e3 on time. Late assignment will receive a 10% deduction for every day late, with a limit of a week allowed. No credit will be given if the assignment is turned in late for more than a week. 4. Midterm and Final exam (20% each): There will be NO MAKE-UP for the exams unless you made other arrangements with me in advance of the absence.

Great Writing 5 (2019) by Keith Folse & Tison Pugh, Cengage Learning *Supplementary reading materials will be prepared.

地點

Assembly building A517

時間

Need arrangement in advance.

聯絡方式

tommywang@nycu.edu.tw