Course: Academic Writing

10/27 Chapter 6

10/27 Lecture. Recording information. Unit 6. Taking notes. Paraphrasing. Quoting. Interpreting data. Submission of type-written references in APA style.

10/20 Lecture: Using Library Resources. Checking References.

10/13 Lecture Notes

• Guidelines
• Planning
• Explaining

Students' Research Topics and Research Questions Draft [Index] Not updated! Deadline 10/20/2004

10/06 Lecture notes Identifying Library Sources

9/29 lecture notes Choosing a Research Topic

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Level: 4th year, E4B

Class meetings: Wednesday [6:30-8:10]

Instructor: Aiden Yeh

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Required Textbook: Writing Research Paper: A Norton Guide, 4th Ed. Melissa Walker, 1997, US: Norton. You can get a copy at Li Shu Fang (07) 359-8423

Supplementary Materials: (Other sources that I'll be using)

Reid, J. 2000. The process of writing. 3rd Ed. US: Longman

Raimes, A. 1999. Keys for writers: A Bried Handbook. 2nd Ed.US: Houghton Mifflin

Jordan, R.R. 1999. Academic Writing Course: Study Skills in English. US: Longman

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Course Objectives

1. To provide students the necessary guidance and information to produce satisfactory college research papers.
2. To help students learn the basic research skills: narrowing a topic, using library sources, recording information, and organizing material.
3. To guide students in the process of writing and documenting a research paper: writing rough drafts, revising, preparing a bibliography, integrating sources, and producing a final copy.
4. To help students appreciate the value of independent learning.

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Course Description

This course is designed for fourth year students. The pedagogy takes the form of lectures, discussions, collaborative and individual activities. The students enrolled in this class are expected to acquire the basic skills in writing research papers. By applying basic research skills into practice can help students better appreciate the process involved in research writing, and hopefully, experience the personal gratification of completing a research writing project on their own. Students in this class will also be required to create and maintain their individual online journals or blogs. They will also be required to join Elizabeth Hanson-Smith's Academic Writing group to collaborate with other writing students from different countries to share their experiences, hone their basic writing skills by taking the online quizzes, and to personally evaluate their own improvements.

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Grading System and Policies

We will follow the school's grading policy.

Notes:

Arrive in class on time and submit your assignments on time.
Late assignments won't be accepted.
We will follow the school's guidelines on absences. The teacher has the right to fail you if you have 6 [or more] absences.
Avoid plagiarism. Do not copy other people's work. Use your references and other sources responsibly.

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Syllabus

18 Weeks

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Courses for SY 2004-2005

Language and Culture

Academic Writing

Public Speaking

Wen Tzao Ursuline College of Languages

School Website: http://www.wtuc.edu.tw/2004/index.asp

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 Contact: aidenyeh@yahoo.com

Created: 9/7/ 2004

Updated: 9/8/2004

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