*This course is taught in Chinese.
*This course is open to BESE students.

This course aims to introduce graduate students to the writing of academic journal papers so as to enable them to communicate effectively their research to a diverse audience. This course starts with considerations of academic writing features with especial attention to style, organization, and coherence, then moves towards essential writing components that lay the foundation for research paper writing, and culminates in sectional developments and features of research papers published in academic journals. Along with lectures and discussions, in-class writing exercises, post-class writing and reading tasks, and take-home assignments will be given to students to deepen their understanding of the course content. Classroom activity is designed to facilitate both individual and collaborative learning of students.