学术英语写作

课程编码：380308050200PX001 英文名称：Academic Writing 课时：30 学分：1.00 课程属性：公共选修课 主讲教师：武端理

The course aims to develop the students’ ability to produce high level academic writing papers. The course will be aimed at intermediate level university students. Students will be exposed to examples of academic writing and taught how to use simple sentence & paragraph structures to produce papers dealing with complex topics. The objective of the course is to assist the students to develop greater accuracy and flow in their English academic writing. Students will refine their skills through peer work and project-based writing assignments

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第一章 Introduction 2.0学时 武端理
第1节 Introduce course & project work
第2节 understand Western teaching methodology
第二章 English Academic writing conventions 2.0学时 武端理
第1节 Differences between Western and Chinese discourse structure
第2节 The nature of formal academic writing, correcting errors of academic writing
第三章 Paragraphs & Discourse Markers 2.0学时 武端理
第1节 Writing effective topic sentences
第2节 Structuring paragraphs, linking ideas using discourse markers
第四章 Introduction & Conclusions 2.0学时 武端理
第1节 Writing effective introductions, writing effective conclusions
第2节 Extending introductions and conclusions
第五章 Citations & plagiarism 2.0学时 武端理
第1节 Understanding different types of plagiarism, avoiding plagiarism and developing on ideas
第2节 Eiting and creating bibliographies effectively
第六章 Paraphrasing & summarising 2.0学时 武端理
第1节 Distinguishing between when it is best to quote, paraphrase or summarise, using quotations in your writing
第2节 Summarizing and paraphrasing effectively
第七章 Developing hypotheses 2.0学时 武端理
第1节 Distinguishing strong and weak hypotheses
第2节 Hedging to show degrees of certainty, writing hypotheses
第八章 Describing processes 2.0学时 武端理
第1节 Describing how an experiment is conducted, verb collocations related to experiments
第2节 Using the past tense effectively in writing
第九章 Describing data 2.0学时 武端理
第1节 Describing numbers in sentence form, converting data variables into English phrases
第2节 Wriitng data analysis paragraphs
第十章 Describing results 2.0学时 武端理
第1节 Expressing degrees of certainty, using modal verbs
第2节 Presenting results effectively
第十一章 Analysing procedures 2.0学时 武端理
第1节 Using the 3rd conditional to describe alternative experiment setups, giving recommendations
第2节 Describing cause and effect
第十二章 Making predictions 2.0学时 武端理
第1节 Using the 1st and 2nd conditionals to make predictions, using the future tense in formal writing
第2节 Evaluating and critiquing predictions
第十三章 Abstracts 2.0学时 武端理
第1节 Abstract structure, simplifying and condensing academic writing
第2节 Evaluating abstracts
第十四章 Proofreading 2.0学时 武端理
第1节 Identifying and correcting common mistakes1
第2节 Identifying and correcting common mistakes2
第十五章 Final review 2.0学时 武端理
第1节 Preparing final project
第2节 Getting feedback

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