英文短文寫作
English Composition
| 節 | 週三 |
|---|---|
1 08:00–08:50 | 英文短文寫作 YX201 2 節連堂 |
2 09:00–09:50 |
* 根據陽明交大上課時間表所列
This course aims to enhance students’ abilities to draft and revise short essays; to critically assess short essays, whether written by themselves or others; to supply constructive feedback aimed at improving a short essay; and to incorporate such feedback in the process of revising a short essay.
Over the course of the semester, students will complete three units, each of which will result in a short essay. The course is designed to guide students through the writing process, from outlining to the completion of a first draft, and from revising and editing to the completion of a final draft. Each unit will stress a particular writing skill: comparing and contrasting, arguing for an opinion, and identifying causes and effects.
| 週次 | 主題 |
|---|---|
| 第 1 週 | Activities: Introduction, Course goals Reading: Syllabus |
| 第 2 週 | Activities: From Paragraph to Short Essay Reading: Savage and Mayer, pp. 1-14 |
| 第 3 週 | Activities: Plagiarism Reading: Handouts |
| 第 4 週 | Activities: Intro to Comparison-Contrast Essays, Sample essay Homework: Outline Reading: Savage and Mayer, pp. 79-88 |
| 第 5 週 | Activities: Sample essay, Language and grammar Due: Outline Reading: Savage and Mayer, pp. 89-97 |
| 第 6 週 | Activities: Sample essay, Language and grammar Homework: Comparison-Contrast Essay: First draft Return: Outline Reading: Handouts |
| 第 7 週 | Activities: Draft workshop, Draft peer review (take-home activity) Homework: Comparison-Contrast Essay: Final draft Due: Comparison-Contrast Essay: First draft Reading: Classmates’ essays, Handouts |
| 第 8 週 | Activities: Intro to Opinion Essays, Sample essay Homework: Outline Due: Comparison-Contrast Essay: Final draft Reading: Savage and Mayer, pp. 103-112 |
| 第 9 週 | Activities: Sample essay, Language and grammar Due: Outline Return: Comparison-Contrast Essay: Final draft Reading: Savage and Mayer, pp. 113-122 |
| 第 10 週 | Activities: Sample essay, Language and grammar Homework: Opinion Essay: First draft Return: Outline Reading: Handouts |
| 第 11 週 | Activities: Draft workshop, Draft peer review (take-home activity) Homework: Opinion Essay: Final draft Due: Opinion Essay: First draft Reading: Classmates’ essays, Handouts |
| 第 12 週 | Activities: Intro to Cause-and-Effect Essays, Sample essay Homework: Outline Due: Opinion Essay: Final draft Reading: Savage and Mayer, pp. 129-141 |
| 第 13 週 | Activities: Sample essay, Language and grammar Due: Outline Return: Opinion Essay: Final draft Reading: Savage and Mayer, pp. 142-151 |
| 第 14 週 | Activities: Sample essay, Language and grammar Homework: Cause-and-Effect Essay: First draft Return: Outline Reading: Handouts |
| 第 15 週 | Activities: Draft workshop, Draft peer review (take-home activity) Homework: Cause-and-Effect Essay: Final draft Due: Cause-and-Effect Essay: First draft Reading: Classmates’ essays, Handouts |
| 第 16 週 | Activities: Concluding remarks Due: Cause-and-Effect Essay: Final draft |
| 第 17 週 | Take-home activities: 4/7, 5/5, 6/2 (see above) |
| 第 18 週 | Take-home activities: 4/7, 5/5, 6/2 (see above) |
Savage, Alice and Patricia Mayer (2012). Effective Academic Writing 2: The Short Essay. 2nd edition. New York: Oxford University Press.