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課程名稱

英文基本寫作
Fundamentals of English Writing

開課學期

111-1

授課對象

理學院

授課教師

黃翊之

課號

COS5002

課程識別碼

200EU0020

班次

學分

1.0

全/半年

半年

必/選修

選修

上課時間

第6,7,8,9,10 週
星期四3,4,5(10:20~13:10)

上課地點

新401

備註

本課程以英語授課。密集課程。
限理學院學生(含輔系、雙修生)
總人數上限：30人

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核心能力關聯

本課程尚未建立核心能力關連

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課程概述

This course aims to familiarize students with fundamental skills concerning academic English writing in Science fields. This course includes two hours of lecture plus one hour of skill-based hands-on tasks and/or discussion. Topics to be covered include common rhetorical patterns, paragraph/essay developments, and essential academic English writing skills and strategies.

課程目標

By the end of the course, students will
1. Understand and apply common rhetoric modes in academic writing;
2. Produce English paragraphs and essays with good logic and coherence;
3. Demonstrate familiarity with essential academic English writing skills and strategies;
4. Edit and proofread their own and their peers’ writing.

課程要求

1. Learners are required to attend all classes.
2. Active participation in class discussions is required.
3. Comprehension check tasks are conducted in the beginning and at the end of each class session to reinforce students' understanding.
4. Writing assignments are carefully scheduled as stages toward the fulfillment of the course’s objectives. Late assignments will not be accepted.
5. This course is not open to auditors.

預期每週課後學習時數

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

Office Hours

另約時間備註： "Show me the heart unfettered by foolish dreams and I'll show you a happy man. But only in their dreams can men be truly free. 'Twas always thus, and always thus will be."

指定閱讀

Oshima, A., & Hogue, A. (2014). Longman Academic Writing Series: Essays (5th ed.). New York: Pearson Education.

參考書目

1. Academic Writing for Graduate Students, 2nd edition. John M. Swales and Christine B. Feak. (2004). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
2. Grammar Dimensions 4, 2nd edition. Jan Frodesen and Janet Eyring. (1997). Boston: Heinle& Heilne.
4. Writing Clear Paragraphs, 6th edition. Robert B. Donald, James D. Moore, Betty Richmond Morrow, Lillian Griffith Wargetz, and Kathleen Werner. (1999). NJ: Prentice Hall Regents.
5. Writing Clear Essays, 3rd edition. Robert B. Donald, Betty Richmond Morrow, Lillian Griffith Wargetz, and Kathleen Werner. (1996). NJ: Prentice Hall Regents.
6. English Skills with Readings, 5th edition. John Langan. (2007). NY: McGraw-Hill.
7. College Writing Skills, 7th edition. John Langan. (2008). NY: McGraw-Hill.
8. Paragraph Development: A Guide for Students of English, 2nd edition. Martin L. Arnaudet & Mary Ellen Barrett. (1990). NY: Prentice Hall Regents.
9. Strategies for Successful Writing, 6th edition. James A. Reinking, Andrew W. Hart, and Robert von der Osten. (2002). NJ: Prentice Hall Regents.
10. Developing Composition Skills: Rhetoric and Grammar, 2nd edition. Mary K. Ruetten. (2003). Boston: Heinle& Heilne.
11. Refining Composition Skills: Rhetoric and Grammar, 5th edition. Regina L. Smalley, Mary K. Ruetten, and Joann Rishel Kozyrev. (2001). Boston: Heinle& Heilne.

評量方式
(僅供參考)

No.	項目	百分比	說明
1.	Homework	40%	Students develop a paragraph and an essay.
2.	Comprehension Check and Evaluation Task	20%	Students demonstrate their familiarity with essential academic English writing skills and strategies.
3.	Learning Tasks	20%	Students contribute to and complete learning tasks to meet task requirements.
4.	Engagement	20%	It is the extent to which students show attention, curiosity, optimism and interest in the material that they are being taught. It also refers to students’ cognitive investment in their learning, including participating and committing to their studies.

針對學生困難提供學生調整方式

上課形式	提供學生彈性出席課程方式
作業繳交方式	學生與授課老師協議改以其他形式呈現
考試形式	書面(口頭)報告取代考試
其他	由師生雙方議定

課程進度

週次	日期	單元主題
第1週	1013	Paragraph Structure
第2週	1020	Unity and Coherence
第3週	1027	Avoid Plagiarism
第4週	1103	From Paragraph to Essay
第5週	1110	Argumentation