《英语写作汉英方向》课程教学大纲

1、英语写作汉英方向English Writing一、课程基本情况课程类别：major core course课程学分：2课程总学时：32 classroom hours，其中讲课：32课程性质：core开课学期：the third semester先修课程：Integrated English Course 1; Integrated English Course 2适用专业：TCFL（汉语国际教育）教材：大学英文写作1，赵文书、康文凯等编. 南京：南京大学出版社，2007.开课单位：English Department at the School of Languages and Cultur

2、es 语言文化学院英语系二、课程性质、教学目标和任务The courseaims to developstudents basicwriting skillsand logicalthinking ability. By attending required lectures, finishing necessary homeworkand extracurricularwriting, Students will be trained, through languageskills andrhetorical methods, to acquirebasic skills insentenc

3、e and paragraph writing, and to learnmore fixedstyleformatsuch as businesscorrespondence, notes, etc. . By the end of this course students are supposed to be able to master some basic skills in writingnarration anddescription, and towrite smoothlyabout200-300words of Englishessays with clear structu

4、re, fluent language, andthe proper use ofbasic Englishsentencesand punctuation.三、教学内容和要求Part One.Can You Recognize This Person (4 hours)1. To know the basic knowledge of words, sentences and writing，etc.2. To get interested in free-writing；3. To know Space order; Sentence types; Simple sentence; Ove

5、r-stuffed simple sentence; 4. To understand the use of Adjectives: General vs. Specific; Nouns: General vs. Specific; 5. To know how to make the first draft; Rewriting the draft; proofreading the copy; manuscript form; keeping a journal;Part Two.What Do You Think? (4 hours)1. To learn different type

6、s of sentences and recognize the common errors;2. To get interested in asking ourselves questions; 3. To know how to write topic sentence; supporting sentences; concluding sentence; concluding sentence; space transition; compound sentence; common errors with compound sentences; coordination and sent

7、ence combination; 4. To understand the use of Adjectives: General vs. Specific; Nouns: General vs. Specific; 5. To know how to keep a dialogue journal. Part Three.A Place Lingering in Our Memory (3 hours)1. To learn how to narrow down the topic and get to know the qualification of good sentences and

8、 essays; 2. To get to know narrowing down the topic; 3. To know the essay form; showing vs. telling; using figures of speech; complex sentence; subordination and sentence combination; using adverbial clauses ; 4. To understand the importance of spelling; 5. To know how to consolidate writing skills.

9、 Part Four.A Lesson from Experience (3 hours)1. To learn the basic procedure of focus writing and learn how to tell a story effectively;2. To get to know time order; maintaining a focus; selecting key events; using description as support; tailoring the story; using noun clauses and adjective clauses

10、 ; 3. To know the essay form; capitalization and end punctuation marks;4. To understand the importance of spelling; 5. To know how to consolidate writing skills. Part Five.Working as a Reporter (3 hours)1. To know how to have an interview and learn to write a news story;2. To get to know how to rais

11、e journalistic questions; Interviewing; 3. To know the structure of a news story; the lead; the body; time transition; varying sentence structure; problems to avoid in constructing compound sentences; problems to avoid in constructing complex sentences; verbs: action vs. condition; 4. To understand

12、the importance of punctuation marks; 5. To know how to consolidate writing skills.Part Six.Putting Our Creativity to Work (3 hours)1. To know how to involve ourselves in group work;2. To get to know how to have fun in group work in writing a composition; 3. To know the character; conflict; plot; poi

13、nt of view; paragraphing; using dialogue; writing and punctuating direct quotations; reducing compound sentences; combining and reducing sentences ; 4. To understand the importance of other internal punctuation marks; 5. To know how to consolidate writing skills.Part Seven. Talking about College Lif

14、e (3 hours)1. To learn how to make a transition;2. To get to know how to arrange events in a climatic order;3. To get to know climactic order; logic transition I; repetition as a means of transition; using examples; using detailed examples; writing an introduction; varieties of introduction; reducin

15、g complex sentences; 4. To understand the use of modifiers; 5. To know how to make the first draft; rewriting the draft; consolidating writing skills.Part Eight. High School and University (3 hours)1. To get to know the comparison and contrast order;2. Continuing to learn smooth transition;3. To get

16、 to know the comparison and contrast order; logic transition II; pronouns as a means of transition; using illustration in comparison and contrast; writing body paragraphs I: Party; coherence; sentence variety I: beginnings; 4. To understand the sentence consistency; 5. To know how to consolidate wri

17、ting skills.Part Nine. Books on Our Shelves (3 hours)1. To get to know the basic knowledge of category order;2. To get to know how to write body paragraphs;3. To get to know the category order; Logic transition III: parallel structure as a means of transition; writing body paragraphs II: development

18、; sentence variety II: style; 4. To understand the agreement: subject and verb; pronoun and referent;5. To know how to consolidate writing skills.Part Ten. Taking a Stand (3 hours)1. To get to know the basic knowledge of research and debate;2. To learn the elementary knowledge about cause and effect order;3. To get to know the cause and effect or