课程介绍  

EnglishCompositionIprovidesanintroductiontoandfoundationfortheacademicreadingandwritingcharacteristicofcollege.Attendingexplicitlytodisciplinarycontext,youwilllearntoreadcritically,writeeffectivearguments,understandthewritingprocess,andcraftpowerfulprosethatmeetsreaders’expectations.Youwillgainwritingexpertisebyexploringanareaortopicinwhichyouwouldliketogainexpertise(ahobby,trade,profession,discipline,etc.).Yourmajorwritingprojectswillbeaboutyourownselectedtopicandwillbedraftedandrevisedinsequencedstages:avisualanalysis(600-800words);acasestudy(1000-1250words)andanOp-Ed(500-750words).Yourwritingwillbecentraltothecourseaswecreateaseminar/workshopstructurewithpeerresponseandselectedinstructorfeedback.Twooverarchingassumptionsaboutacademicwritingwillshapeourwork:1)itistransferable;2)itislearnable.Beinganeffectiveacademicwriterinvolvesaskingmeaningfulquestionsandengagingincomplexdialoguewithtextsandideas.Theseskillsareusefulacrossvirtuallyallacademicdisciplinesandtheyprovideavaluablemeansformakingsenseofnon-academicexperiencesaswell.Perhapsevenmoreimportant,though,isthatlearninghowtowriteeffectivelydoesnotrequireinspirationorgenius,buthardwork,reflection,andfeedback.Thismeansthat,withpractice,dedication,andworkingwithothers,youcanbeaneffectiveacademicwriterandcontributeyourideastoimportant,ongoingconversations.  

课程目录  

Thewritingprocessandreadingcritically  

1.1WritingProcessandReadingCritically  

1.2IamaWriter  

1.3WhatisAcademicWriting  

1.4UnderstandingYourWritingProcess  

1.5RespondingtoOthersWriting  

1.6ActiveReading  

1.7SpotlightontheHumanities-AcademicWriting  

1.8SpotlightontheNaturalSciences-AcademicWriting  

1.9SpotlightontheSocialSciences-AcademicWriting  

1.10SpotlightontheHumanities-WritingProcess  

1.11SpotlightontheNaturalSciences-WritingProcess  

1.12SpotlightontheSocialSciences-WritingProcess