| Course title | |||||
| Essay Writing [Essay Writing] | |||||
| Course category | general education courses | Requirement | Credit | 1 | |
| Department | Year | 2～4 | Semester | Spring | |
| Course type | Spring | Course code | 020105 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 岡野 一郎 [OKANO Ichiro] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Engineering | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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Course Outline: This course aims to develop students’ writing skills so that they can write clear and cohesive texts which convey their ideas in English. Students will focus on essay writing on a variety of topics. |
| Expected Learning |
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Objectives: ・ Students should learn how to write a variety of different essay types, such as expository, argumentative, descriptive, and compare and contrast. ・ Students should learn how to write effective introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions. ・ Students should learn to organize and express their ideas clearly and logically. ・ Students should learn to support their ideas with outside sources, such as newspapers, books, magazines, and Internet articles. Students should learn how to quote/paraphrase/summarize, use in-text citation and create a Works Cited list in order to avoid plagiarism. ・ Students should submit 2 to 3 assignments of essay writing, each of three to five paragraphs (around 400 to 500 words) in length. It is recommended that students submit first and final drafts of assignments. (Note that teachers should grade and provide written feedback for each final task; teacher feedback on first drafts is optional.) |
| Course schedule |
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Unit 1. An Anecdote Unit 2. A Chronological Biography Unit 3. A Thematic Biography Unit 4. Reporting Unit 5. A Critical Review Unit 6. Comparing/ Contrasting Unit 7. Review Units 1-6 Unit 8. Seeing the Other Side Unit 9. A Problem/ Solution Essay (1) Unit 10. A Problem/ Solution Essay (2) Unit 11. An Academic (Opinion) Essay (1) Unit 12. An Academic (Opinion) Essay (2) Unit 13. An Academic (Arguing) Essay Unit 14. Review Units 7-12 |
| Prerequisites |
| Your class is predetermined. Check the bulletin board and you will find the class list. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| "Structure, Structure, Structure," by Nan'Un-Do |
| References |
| None. |
| Assessment/Grading |
| Attendance: 15% (Students must attend at least 2/3 of a course in order to receive a credit for the course.) |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| When this course is finished, you will be ready to write an academic essay! |
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| Last update |
| 3/3/2017 3:42:18 PM |