●本授業の目的およびねらい
The purpose of this class is to help students gain confidence and skill in academic writing. Students will improve their ability to write clearly and logically.
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●履修条件あるいは関連する科目等
None.
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●授業内容
We will work on advanced academic writing structures. We will learn strategies to do the following things: 1) Understanding different types of academic writing; 2.) writing thesis statements; 3) incorporating evidence into well-structured paragraphs; and 5) various ways to incorporate ideas that we disagree with
Week 1: Class Introduction [Free writing] Week 2: Journal Articles: Components, purposes, evaluations Week 3: Journal Articles: Literature Reviews Week 4: Academic Books: Components, purposes, evaluations Week 5: References and Reference Lists: How to make and read them Week 6: Book reviews Part 1: How to write them Week 7: From thesis statements to topic sentences and conclusions Week 8: Evidence and well-structured paragraphs Week 9: Using film and literature in paragraphs Week 10: Using numerical evidence in paragraphs Week 11: Using juxtaposition in essays Week 12: Acknowledging Part 1: Showing you read other debates Week 13: Acknowledging Part 2: Dismissing other debates Week 14: Discussing ideas we partially agree with Week 15: Book reviews part 2: Politely critiquing ideas
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●成績評価の方法
In class quizzes (20%); class participation (especially writing and giving evaluative feedback to other students (30%); and a final paper (50%).
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●教科書
The teacher will prepare handouts for students. Students will be responsible for distributing an appropriate amount of photocopies of their writing in their class. Please bring a dictionary to all classes.
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●参考書
None.
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●注意事項
5回以上授業を欠席した場合は「欠席」とする。履修取り下げ制度を採用しない。
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●本授業に関する参照Webページ
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●担当者からの言葉(Webページのみ表示)
Note: this is an advanced class. As such, teacher and student feedback will focus on writing structure and strategy rather than grammar and spelling.
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