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課程名稱

英文寫作入門
Writing for Academic Success (1)

開課學期

111-2

授課對象

寫作教學中心

授課教師

陳翊齊

課號

Write5031

課程識別碼

Q01EU0640

班次

學分

2.0

全/半年

半年

必/選修

選修

上課時間

星期三4,5(11:20~13:10)

上課地點

博雅301

備註

本課程以英語授課。大學部以上可選修，第一週請務必出席。。基本能力課程。
總人數上限：82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 is an introductory college writing course that aims to equip students with understanding of and skills for English academic writing in preparation of more advanced writing courses. Topics to be covered are identifying sentence types; achieving parallelism, unity, coherence, and cohesion; using the dictionary and building vocabulary; befriending Grammarly; peer-reviewing; and respecting ethics in academic writing. The course will also help improve students’ sentential structures and idea development so that they will be able to self-evaluate their writing.

課程目標

The course adheres to the NTU educational goal for students to develop
1) independent judgment and ability to innovate
2) professional knowledge and skills
3) communicative and team skills

By the end of this course, students should be able to
1) understand the nature and standard of academic writing.
2) learn the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary for English writing.
3) gain a vocabulary of elements with which to analyze and write a paragraph.
4) communicate and collaborate with peers to improve and polish their work.

課程要求

**英文程度為（或不及）CEFR B1, TOEIC 590, TOEFL iBT 59, IELTS 5.0**
(Required English language proficiency: CEFR B1, TOEIC 590, TOEFL iBT 59, IELTS 5.0 or BELOW)

- Pre-class reading allows students to reflect on their own writing and acknowledge the gap to be filled. This gap-filling task will be taken up partly through peer collaboration and in-class tasks.
- All the students are required to attend all classes. NO MORE THAN THREE EXCUSED ABSENCES are permitted.

預期每週課後學習時數

Office Hours

另約時間備註： Please contact the instructor via email.

指定閱讀

Oshima, Alice & Hogue, Ann (2020). Longman Academic Writing Series 4 (5th ed.). NY: Pearson/Longman.

Week 3: Chapter 9
Week 4: Chapter 10
Week 5: Appendix B
Week 6: Chapter 1
Week 7: Chapter 2
Week 9: Chapter 3; Appendix E
Week 10: Chapter 3
Week 11: Appendix F
Week 12: Chapters 11-13
Week 14: Chapter 3

參考書目

1. LaRocque, Paula (2013). The Book on Writing: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Well. TX: Grey and Guvnor Press. (Week 3: Chapters 1 & 2)

2. Sword, Helen (2012). Stylish Academic Writing. Harvard University Press.
(Week 13: Chapter 13; Week 14: Chapter 1)

3. Zinsser, William (2006). On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction. Harper Perennial. (Week 3: Chapters 2, 3 & 4; Week 14: Chapter 5)

4. 臺大寫作教學中心教材編輯小組。《活用學術字彙：跨出論文寫作的第一步》。台北：臺大出版中心，2010。 (Week 2)

評量方式
(僅供參考)

No.	項目	百分比	說明
1.	Attendance	20%	No more than three absences are permitted.
2.	In-class Task and Participation	20%	Group-work assignments to be finished and submitted during class.
3.	Mid-term and Final Exams	40%	The two major tests are scheduled on Week 8 and Week 16 respectively.
4.	Pop-up Quizzes	20%	Quiz questions are produced based on the lecture content in the preceding week.

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	延長作業繳交期限, 學生與授課老師協議改以其他形式呈現
考試形式	延後期末考試日期(時間)
其他	由師生雙方議定

課程進度

週次	日期	單元主題
第1週	2/22	Course Introduction
第2週	3/1	Building Vocabulary & Using the Dictionary
第3週	3/8	Diagnostic Test
第4週	3/15	Types of Sentences, Parallelism & Sentence Problems
第5週	3/22	Connecting Words and Transition Signals
第6週	3/29	Unity, Coherence, and Paragraph Structure
第7週	4/5	NO Class (Holiday)
第8週	4/12	Mid-Term Exam
第9週	4/19	Citation & Ethics in Academic Writing
第10週	4/26	Strategies for Writing Summaries
第11週	5/3	How to Paraphrase
第12週	5/10	Optimizing Peer-Reviewing
第13週	5/17	Paragraph Analysis Practice
第14週	5/24	“Academic” Writing: Some Key Features
第15週	5/31	Identifying Common Grammar Mistakes
第16週	6/7	Final Exam