现代大学英语 《基础写作》 .ppt

english writing 1 syllabus (spring 2011 ) e-mail: web: http:/individual.utoronto.ca/jy3/ course description the english writing course (levels 1-3) is the english writing course (levels 1-3) is offered to help you with your english writing. offered to help you with your english writing. the course materials are arranged in such a the course materials are arranged in such a way as to help you to gradually way as to help you to gradually develop/expand your english wiring skills.develop/expand your english wiring skills. the textbooks used for the writing course the textbooks used for the writing course include include contemporary college english, firstcontemporary college english, first -year writing, -year writing, book one and book two and book one and book two and intermediate writingintermediate writing, book one and book , book one and book two. two. first-year writingfirst-year writing, book one focuses , book one focuses on summary you may write whatever comes to your mind about what happens around you and what you observe and think about. 2. what do you gain from journal writing? a) a good way of practicing writing & measuring your progress in writing b) an excellent discovery activity: as you observe you discover more and more interesting ideas c) a storehouse of ideas, which may be useful when you have an assignment to write 3. what do you write about? a) what happens to you or around you b) what you observe c) what you think about d) what you read 4. language and style a) use everyday, straightforward words and expressions b) use an easy, informal style but avoid overuse of the informal words/expressions, e.g. slang c) date each entry so that you know when something important happened when you refer back to the journal. write the date either the british or the american way: ame: month/day/year bre: day/month/year example september 17, 2001 today, in our first phonetic class, the teacher gave each of us a piece of paper with a phrase on it. she then told us to read it. when my turn came, i read, “an old cap.” “no, you cannot read the phrase that way,” the teacher said. “say it like this: an old cap. link the an and old. thats liaison.” i was shocked. my teacher at middle school never told me to read things like that. after a classmate read her phrase, she said, “typical british accent!” i was puzzled. what accent do i speak with? after learning english for six years, i didnt know! i felt terrible. after class, i rushed to a garden, and tears ran down my face. i wept sadly. as a top student at middle school, i didnt know how to say an english phrase properly and i didnt know what accent i spoke with. after a while my tears dried and i calmed down. i said to myself, “cindy, youve