- 課程代碼
- 2048
- 課程名稱
- 英文作文(二)
- 學分
- 2
- 學期
- 1102
- 修課人數
- 17 人
- 老師
- 助教
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蔡暐辰 - 備註
Instructor: Chung-yi Chu cychu@nchu.edu.tw; tel: (o) 22840322-1029
Office and Office hours: 人文大樓1029 & Mon. 15:00-17:00 p.m. or by email appointment.
- 課程簡介
- 1. To get students familiarized with different types of essays.
2. To train students to write short English essays coherently and fluently.
3. Students are required to present their essays in peer review sessions of three and revise their essays according to their reviewer’s comments. If they do not agree, they should respond in writing on the peer-review sheets.
- 課程大綱
Week 1 2/16 Last semester’s final sample writing; WA1: Based on the following thesis, write an essay of at least 250 words. Thesis: One can tell much about people by the way they eat [or dress, talk, react to crises, relate to their family and friends]. (P. 113, topic 15). The focus will be on giving the right examples to illustrate the thesis. And please follow the format. (Due 2/23); reading “The Jacket”
Week 2 2/23 Peer review of WA1; Ch. 7 Division Analysis: reading “Johnny's Wiener Wagon on a Roll”
Week 3 3/02 WA2: A Restaurant Review (modelled on last week’s reading) (Due Week 4)
Week 4 3/09 Peer review of WA2; reading AAG Ch. 8 Process Analysis 149-51
Week 5 3/16 Peer review of WA3; correction exercises
Week 6 3/23 Correction exercise from WA2 (continued)
Week 7 3/30 Revision of WA3 due; Ch. 10 Classification reading pp. 185-87
Week 8 4/06 Holiday
Week 9 4/13 Group consultation (A1029) (Order to be arranged and announced later)
Week 10 4/20 Classification exercises; Ch. 9 Cause and Effect pp. 155-60
Week 11 4/27 Ch. 9 (continued) reading pp. 169-72. WA4 (topic will be announced later) draft (due 5/04)
Week 12 5/04 Peer review of WA4; Ch. 11 Comparison and Contrast pp. 204-07
Week 13 5/11 WA4 revision due; Ch. 11 (continued); WA 5 draft (Due Week 14)
Week 14 5/18 Peer review of WA5; Ch. 13 Argument pp. 225-34
Week 15 5/25 WA5 revision due; Ch. 13 pp.239-42 (continued); correction exercises
Week 16 6/01 Correction exercises
Week 17 6/08 Final (60-minute timed writing in computer room)
Week 18 6/15 Post-exam discussion (free to come to my office if you have time)
- 教科書
At a Glance: Writing Essays and Beyond with Integrated Readings. Lee Brandon and Kelly Brandon. Sixth ed. Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-285-44464-2.
- 成績說明
- WA: 5 essays + final (60%). (Pay more attention to your revision. It involves not just editing, but sometimes also an entire structure change.)
- Attendance+ participation: 20% (4% deduction for each absence or extreme tardiness. Active participation counts.)
- Peer review performance (presentation of your comments, summarizing and critical thinking ability) E. g.: provided peers with specific, constructive written feedback: 0-10 pts; participated actively in discussion (spoken feedback) of each paper: 0-5 pts; wrote specific response to peers’ feedback: 0-10 pts. Be specific. Don’t write “You have done a good job” or “Your paper was interesting.” (20% total)
- If you want to convert my final grade to a letter grade, the following is the conversion chart American Universities usually adopt: A= over 90, A- = 85-89, B+ = 80-84, B = 75-79, B- = 70-74, C= 65.
- Essay format:
- Start with a centered title. (All words capitalized except articles and short prepositions.)
- Indent paragraphs with 5 spaces.
- Double-spaced (Line-width).
- More than one paragraph.
- Font size 12 (Preferably Times New Roman, but other fonts acceptable).
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