英文写作概述

AdvancedEnglishWriting高级英语写作TeachingSyllabus一、教学目的和基本要求二、教学原则和教学方法三、成绩考核方法四、教学内容和要点一、教学目的和基本要求

本课程通过介绍写作知识、讲解范文、帮助学生修改习作和分析学生习作，使学生较熟练地掌握各种文体、尤其是议论文和评论的写作方法，做到思路清晰、内容充实、语言通顺，为撰写有一定长度和深度的毕业论文做准备。二、教学原则和教学方法课堂教学以学生为主体，教师采用启发式教学方法，激发学生用英文写作的积极性。同时，教师组织学生讨论，深化写作具体知识的理解，培养良好的写作意识。三、成绩考核方法

学期成绩=平时成绩*30%+考试成绩*70%四、教学内容和要点

绪论一、内容：课程性质、地位及任务二、重点：课程的基本要求第一章：作家对写作的评价一、内容：学习作家对写作的评价，分析不同作家从不同视角审视写作的目的、方法、过程及相关要素，培养写作的独立意识。二、重点：针对选文的讲解，通过讨论、文本分析等方法，阐明写作的意义，演绎写作的过程，培养学生独立分析能力，提高文本分析的鉴赏力。三、难点：1.TheimportanceofwritingWritingcanhanddownthehistoricalknowledgemorepreciselyandscientifically.Writingcanbetterconveytheworldwideinformation.Writingcancultivateouraccuracyofusinglanguage.Writingcanexceedtherangeofspokenlanguage.Writingcanbealsoefficientinimprovinglistening,readingandspeaking.Writingcantrainourthinkingability.Writinghasmanypracticaluses.2.Definitionoftheterm“writing”(1)CompareEnglishwritingandChinesewriting(2)Introducerespectivelythehistoryofwritinginbothlanguages(origin,purpose,methodologyanditschanges).(3)TellthecounterpartaswellasdistinctdifferenceofEnglishwriting.(4)Directaclarifiedroutetoformalwriting(academic;professional)andinformalwriting(dailycommunication).3.Givepersonalcomprehensiontowhatwritingrefersto(1)Writingisanexpressionofthoughtsorfeelings.(2)Writingisclarityofworldwidecomplexity.第二章：用词一、内容：1.Synonyms2.Levelsofwords3.Generalandspecificwords4.Figuresofspeeches二、重点：在教师指导下，学生了解常见的修辞手法，熟悉各自的修辞特点，努力习得修辞功能在写作中的应用。三、难点：

Synonyms第三章：句子与段落一、内容：1.BasicSentenceStructures2.CommonSentenceErrors3.EffectiveParagraphs二、重点：1.Understandthebasicsentencestructures:simple,compound,complexandcompound-complexsentences2.Learntocorrectthesentenceerrors3.Buildaneffectiveparagraphbyusingdifferentmethods三、难点：1.Basicsentencestructures2.Commonsentenceerrors(1)Texplainsthecommonsentenceerrorswithsentencesprovided.(2)Tintroducesthetypesoferrors(3)ThasSsapplytheknowledgeintopracticewiththeaidofmistakensentences3.Effectiveparagraphs第四章：描写文及叙述文一、内容：学习描写文和记叙文的写法，注意二者区别以及写作过程中如何运用细节来烘托主题。二、重点：学习选文TheLuncheon(p.30)三、难点：

1.DifferencesbetweenNarrationandDescription2.“TheLuncheon”第五章：议论文一、内容：学习议论文的写法，注意写作前通过讨论、阅读等方法收集与主题相关的论据，同时还要掌握各类考试中经常出现的三段式议论文的写作方法。二、重点：学习选文FamousQuotationsonEducation等三、难点：1.Howtousematerials2.Howtoavoidsillyerrors第六章：其它文体了解各种实用文体的类型、特点、写法第七章：课程使用教材和主要参考书一、教材名称：梅小娟.《高级英语写作》讲义二、主要参考书：陈倩.大学英文写作【M】.北京：对外经济贸易出版社，2001

丁言仁.大学英文写作【M】.南京：南京大学出版社，1997

林奈尔.大学英文写作【M】.南京：南京大学出版社，1997Casty,Alan&DonaldJ.Tighe.StaircasetoWritingandReading[M].EnglewoodCliffs,NJ:PrenticeHall,Inc.,1999.Spack,Ruth.Guideline:ACross-CulturalReading/WritingText[M].NewYork:St.Martin’sPress,1990.

OverviewThiscourseisintendedtomakestudentsunderstandtherequiredmethodsintheadvancedwritings.Afterthecourse,studentsshouldbeabletofreelyexpresstheirideasandthoughtswithidiomaticEnglishexpressionsinwritings,notChinese-English.Thecoursewillbedividedintotwomajorparts:BasicRequirementofAdvancedEnglishWritingandPracticalWriting.BasicRequirement:Diction(措词)SentenceslevelParagraphlevelDiscourse(passage)levelPracticalWritingTypeofwriting:1.Narrative,Descriptive,Expository,Argumentation,Letter,Advertisement,etc.2.We’llemphasizeon:

＊TEM8

＊Dissertation/ThesisWriting

＊Resume/CVWritingWritinginperspectiveDiscoursecommunicationWriterAudienceAudienceanalysis

＊Knowingthetypesofpossibleaudience;＊

Identifyingyourparticularaudience;＊

Makingconclusionabouttheaudience’scharacteristics;＊

Generatingtheaudience’squestions.Analyzingageneralaudience

(towhomitmayconcern)Howwillmyaudiencereactmysubjectandtheme?(判断可能的读者群)Howintelligentandwelleducatedismyaudience?（决定对文章的理解程度）Whatdoesmyaudienceneedandwanttoknowaboutthesubject?（需求分析）Generatingtheaudience’squestions（设身处地）Analyzingaspecificaudience

WhatdoIneedtorecognizeaboutmyspecificreader?Tripartite-TopoiSystemDimensionofthesubjectmatter(Brainstorm)DimensionoftheaudienceDimensionofthewriterDifferencesbetween