| 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 | 020102 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 篠原 和子 [SHINOHARA Kazuko] | |||||
| 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 whichconvey 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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Week 1: Introduction Week 2: From Paragraph to Essay 1 Structure of a Paragraph and an essay Week 3: From Paragraph to Essay 2 Narration and Explanation Week 3: From Paragraph to Essay 3 Argument Week 4: From Paragraph to Essay 4 Argument Week 5: From Paragraph to Essay 5 Cause and Effect Week 6: From Paragraph to Essay 6 Cause and Effect Week 7: Review and Free Composition Week 8: Essay Writing 1 Structure of an essay Week 9: Essay Writing 2 finding your topic organization and Outline Week 10: Essay Writing 3 Organization Introduction Paragraph Week 11: Essay Writing 4 Organaization Body Week 12: Essay Writing 5 Organaization Body Week 13: Essay Writing 6 Organaization Concluding Paragraph Week 14: Essay Writing 6 Citations Week 15: Final essay |
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| To be announced in class. |
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| Assessment/Grading |
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(Students must attend at least 2/3 of a course in order to receive credit for the course.) Participation: 15% Assignments / Quizzes / Final Exam / Term Paper: 85% |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| English |
| Last update |
| 3/22/2018 2:57:46 PM |