| 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 | 020168 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| Erik Fritz [Erik Fritz] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Research | 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 understand how to quote, paraphrase, and summarize the information from books, journals, or newspapers in order to support their essay argument and avoid plagiarism. They should also understand referencing styles and be able to make a reference list for their essays. 4) Students should be able to coherently develop their arguments with logical consistency through the process to repeatedly revising and editing their essay drafts. |
| Course schedule |
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Class 1: Course introduction & level check Class 2: Fluency writing practice. Formatting and plagiarism guidelines. Review IEEE referencing guidelines. Class 3: Fluency writing practice. Summarizing and paraphrasing. Class 4: Fluency writing practice. Argumentative essay structure. Argumentative essay: Writing introduction with thesis statement. Class 5: Fluency writing practice. Argumentative essay: Writing body with supporting facts. Class 6: Fluency writing practice. Argumentative essay: Writing conclusion. Class 7: Fluency writing practice. Argumentative essay: Peer and teacher check. Class 8: Fluency writing practice. Argumentative essay: Revise 1st draft and submit final paper. Class 9: Fluency writing practice. Informative essay structure. Class 10: Fluency writing practice. Informative essay: Introduction. Class 11: Final Fluency writing practice. Informative essay: Body. Class 12: Flex day - Informative essay: Body Class 13: Informative essay: Conclusion Class 14: Informative essay: Peer and teacher check. Class 15: Informative essay: Revise 1st draft and submit final paper. |
| 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 |
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No textbook will be required for this course, but handouts will be provided in class. Students will need to bring to every class the following two materials: one B5 notebook for fluency writing practice and one A4 binder or folder to organize and easily access the handouts. If you have a laptop computer, please bring it to class. |
| References |
| A good dictionary will be essential in the course. |
| Assessment/Grading |
| Class Participation (30%) Assignments & Quizzes (40%) Final Exam & Term Paper (30%): Total 100% |
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| Office hours |
| Koganei Campus Thursdays (2:45-4:15) |
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| Lecture Language |
| Language Subject |
| English |
| Last update |
| 3/28/2019 9:28:07 AM |