| 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 | 020107 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| HURLING STEPHEN JOHN [HURLING STEPHEN JOHN] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Research | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
| 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. |
| Course schedule |
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Class 1: Course Introduction Class 2: Argumentative Essays: Introduction and Thesis Class 3: Argumentative Essays: Paragraph Structure Class 4: Making Counter-arguments Class 5: Paraphrasing and Summarizing Class 6: In-text Citation and Creating a Works Cited List Class 7: Peer Editing of Essay 1 (Argumentative Essay - Introduction and Outline) Class 8: Source Integration: Review of Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and In-text Citation Class 9: Peer Editing of Essay 1 (Argumentative Essay - 1st Draft) Class 10: Compare and Contrast Essays: Introduction and Thesis Class 11: Compare and Contrast Essays: Paragraph Structure Class 12: Compare and Contrast Essays: Grammar and Vocabulary Class 13: Peer Editing of Essay 2 (Compare and Contrast Essay - 1st Draft) Class 14: Exam Essay Writing Class 15: Final Exam |
| Prerequisites |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| There are no required textbooks for this course, but handouts will be provided in class. In order to collect and organize class handouts, students will be expected to bring their own A4 binder to every lesson. |
| References |
| Please bring an advanced learner’s dictionary (such as the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary). |
| Assessment/Grading |
| Attendance: 15% (students must attend at least 2/3 of a course in order to receive a credit for the course), Participation: 15%, Essay 1: 30% (Introduction and Outline = 5%, 1st Draft = 5%, Final Draft = 20%), Essay 2: 30% (1st Draft = 10%, Final draft = 20%), Final Exam: 10%. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| This class will be English only, so please come prepared to a) participate in English, and b) to participate actively. You will be expected to actively use the skills learned in your English Discussion class at all times when working with your partner. |
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| Office hours |
| Fuchu Campus: Monday Period 2, Koganei Campus: Thursday Period 4. |
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| Last update |
| 3/19/2017 9:11:30 AM |