| 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 | 020118 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 山口 高領 [YAMAGUCHI Takane] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Engineering | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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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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・ 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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Class 1 Descriptive Essays 1 Class 2 Expository Essays 1 Class 3 Argumentative Essays 1 Class 4 Descriptive Essays 2 Class 5 Expository Essays 2 Class 6 Argumentative Essays 2 Class 7 Descriptive Essays 3 Class 8 Expository Essays 3 Class 9 Argumentative Essays 3 Class 10 Descriptive Essays 4 Class 11 Expository Essays 4 Class 12 Argumentative Essays 4 Class 13 Descriptive Essays 5 Class 14 Expository Essays 5 Class 15 Argumentative Essays 5 |
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| Assessment/Grading |
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Attendance: 15% (Students must attend at least 2/3 of a course in order to receive credit for the course.) Other Factors (Class Participation / Assignments / Quizzes / Final Exam / Term Paper) in total: 85% |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Learning to write in English is a lot fun. Enjoy the learning process. |
| Course keywords |
| Academic, Essay, Writing, Paragraph, Citation |
| Office hours |
| Send me by email. takane46@gmail.com |
| Remarks 1 |
| Send me by email. takane46@gmail.com |
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| Last update |
| 3/15/2017 4:48:07 PM |