课程大纲
Week 1 (Unit 1): Course Introduction
What is academic writing?
Why academic writing for Chinese students?
What is special about this course?
Week 2 (Unit 2): The Writing Process
Writing as a discovery process
Five steps of the writing process
Common prewriting techniques
Drafting and revising
Correct paper formatting
Week 3 (Units 3-4): Generating and Organizing Ideas
Unit 3: Brainstorming
Finding a writing topic
Listing as a brainstorming technique
Clustering as a brainstorming technique
Unit 4: Writing Outlines
Organizing ideas
Making an outline
Week 4 (Unit 5): The Five-Paragraph Essay Structure
The communication triangle
The traditional essay structure
The “keyhole” structure and its analysis
Purposes for learning the traditional essay
Week 5 (Unit 6): The Introduction, Conclusion, and Title
Writing the introduction
Writing the conclusion
Possible approaches to writing introductions and conclusions
Formulating the essay title
Week 6 (Unit 7): The Thesis Statement
Functions of the thesis statement in an essay
Position of the thesis statement
Formulating thesis statements
Featuring essay types
Week 7 (Unit 8): Paragraph Unity and Development
Standard paragraph structure
Paragraph unity
The topic sentence
Deductive and inductive organizations
Use of details
Week 8 (Unit 9): Paragraph Coherence
Logical connections
Transitional words and expressions
Information flow
Creating and revising for coherence
STUDY RESOURCES
1. Writing Application Letters and Résumé
Questions about application
Writing the cover letter
Writing the résumé
2. How to Write an Admissions Essay (or Personal Statement)
Questions about the admission essay (or PS)
Tactics for writing the admission essay (or PS)
Analysis of a sample admission essay (or PS)
The study/research proposal
本课程配套教材：李慧辉, 刘晶. 大学英文写作.：高等教育出版社，2016年.
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