| Course title | |||||
| Essay Writing [Essay Writing] | |||||
| Course category | general education courses | Requirement | Credit | 1 | |
| Department | Year | 2～4 | Semester | 1st | |
| Course type | 1st | Course code | 020165 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 陳 奕廷 [CHEN I Ting] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Engineering | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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Outline (Essay Writing)： Building on the writing skills and knowledge learned in the Paragraph Writing course, this class aims to advance students’ writing skills by developing paragraphs into cohesive and coherent essays. Students will learn how to shape their arguments into essays through the process of outlining ideas, creating essay drafts, and revising the texts into stronger arguments. The classes are formed according to the degree of students’ English proficiency and advancement. This course is offered as an intermediate writing course in the English curriculum of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. |
| Expected Learning |
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Objectives (Essay Writing)： 1) Students should be able to compose a variety of essays such as informative, argumentative, and comparative essays. 2) Students should understand parts of an essay and learn to make the introduction to attract readers’ interest, the body to develop specific ideas, and the conclusion to wrap up the entire argument. Thus, they should be able to convey their ideas as cohesive essays. 3) Students should have the ability to write logical arguments, which means they should be able to make a claim, back it with reasons supported by evidence, acknowledge and respond to other views. 4) Students should be able to coherently develop their arguments with logical consistency through the process to repeatedly revising and editing their essay drafts. [Competency Development] Intercultural Understanding, Global Awareness, Communication Skills, Reading Comprehension Skills, Effective Writing Skills |
| Course schedule |
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Class 1: Course Introduction Class 2: Structure Class 3: Introduction Class 4: Body Class 5: Conclusion Class 6: Outline Class 7: Basic Themes Class 8: Metaphor I Class 9: Metaphor II Class 10: Cause and Effect Class 11: Claim Class 12: Reasons Class 13: Evidence Class 14: Acknowledgement and Response Class 15: Summary and Writing Test |
| Prerequisites |
| This course carries 1 credit. In addition to 30 hours that students spend in the class, they are recommended to prepare for, and review, the classes using the textbook and the reference books, spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University for each class. Students must attend at least 2/3 of a course in order to receive credit for that course. If students do not fully attend the class for two times, it should be counted as one time of absence. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Handouts will be distributed in the class. |
| References |
| Will be introduced in the class. |
| Assessment/Grading |
| Class Participation (20%) Assignments (60%) Final Exam (20%): Total 100% |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Let's develop the writing skill by tackling the writing tasks in class. |
| Course keywords |
| Group work, Peer feedback |
| Office hours |
| Contact information will be provided at the first class meeting. |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| English |
| Last update |
| 3/28/2019 8:59:53 AM |