大学英语专业写作基础PPT

(EnglishWriting)中国海洋大学外国语学院张德玉逄洋洋山东省高等教育特色课程《英语写作》课件第一章成教英语写作课程导航本章重点、学习目的和相关要求本章着重探讨英语写作的重要性，介绍主要教材及几部辅助教材的精髓内容和学习要求，精心指导相关具体学习策略、方法和技巧，通报课程考核方式等，并与学员商讨有关本课程的更加行之有效的教学方法，以期追求更为理想的教学效果。AccordingtotheTeachingSyllabus,Englishmajorsshouldlearntowritecompositionsconcerningtheirdailylifeandcommonlydiscussedsubjects.InTEM,testeesarenormallyaskedtowritebothfreecompositionsandguidedonesaswell.Nowyouarefreshmen,andthelong-feltTEM-4isjustonitsway,therefore,learningtowriteEnglishcompositionsstepbystephasalreadycometotheagenda.Withthedeepeningofreformsandopeningtotheoutsideworld,ourcountryhasnowenteredanewhistoricalperiod.MoreandmoreprofessionalswithhigherabilityofEnglishareneeded.Inordertokeepupwiththechangingsituation,youshouldworkarduously.Recently,stricterrequirementshavebeenputforwardinEnglishwriting,whichlayincreasingemphasisontheactualuseofthelanguage.Therefore,howtohelpyoubeabletowritecompositionswithasfewerrorsaspossibleisevidentlyagreattaskconfrontingmyteaching.Justoutofthisconsideration,nowlet’sgothroughourlecture.Brieflyspeaking,thiscoursewillbedeliveredwithtwoobjectivesinview:Firstly,itismainlymeanttomeetyourneedsofpreparingforthecomingGrade-4test.Secondly,itaimsatprovidingyouwithacoverageofwhatyouneedthemostinyouractualuseofthelanguage.Forexample,youcanlearnhowtowriteabusinessletterorotherpracticalwritings.Fromyearsofmyteachingexperience,Iknowclearlythatthereasonwhyquiteafewstudentscannotwriteprettygoodcompositionsisthattheyfailtoemploysentencepatternsinwritingandthattheycannotputproperwordsintoproperplacesinasentence.Theydoknowwhattowrite,buttheydonotknowhowtomakeuseoftheirwordstoexpresstheirideascorrectlyandeffectively.Asaresult,mistakesareoftenmadehereandthere,anditisverydifficultforteacherstoreadtheso-calledwrittenpassages.Therefore,Iwillsparenoeffortstogiveyouasmuchbasicinformationandguidanceaspossibleastotheusesofwords,phrasesandsentenceswhilewedealwiththosecommontechniquesandstrategiesinparagraphandcompositionwriting.Asyouknow,writingisnoeasymatter.Itisnoteasytowriteeveninone’snativelanguage,nottomentioninaforeignlanguage.Thereisalsonomagicformulathatwillguaranteeinstantsuccess.Therefore,writingwelltakestimeandeffort.Allthatyouneedforthefirststepisanactiveandresponsiveattitudetowardswriting:beconfident,becauseyouarenotstartingfromscratch;butdon’tbeover-optimistic,fortheroadtoeffectivewritingislongandarduous.Longandarduousasitis,Istillhopethatmylecturewillbringtoyouthepleasure,thehelpandtheconfidenceinwritingalltypesofarticlesinEnglish.TopicsforDiscussion(讨论题)：1.WhydowestudyEnglishWritingcourse？2.Whatisthemosteffectivewayoflearningthecourse?Howwouldyouliketobetestedforthecourse?Whatdoyousupposeisthebestwritingteacherlike?本章重点、学习目的和要求本章着重讲述英语写作的基本格式,包括如何布局、抄写体例、单词分节、大写的用法、如何空格及标准书法等相关内容。通过对本章的学习，要求学员熟练掌握规范的英语写作格式。第二章英语写作格式Aswearelearningtowrite,weshouldhaveaclearideaofwhatisgoodmanuscriptform.Weshoulddoeverything―writingthetitle,leavingmargins,indenting,capitalizing,anddividingwords―accordingtogenerallyacceptedrules.Wheneverwewritesomething,weshouldworkcarefully,writeneatlyandclearly,andtrytomakeasfewmistakesaspossible.Beforehandinginouressayorexercise,weshouldproofreaditonceortwice,becausewemayneedtomakesomefinalcorrectionsandchanges.Ifwealwaysworkinthisway,wearesuretomakeprogress.I.ArrangementWritingincorrectmanuscriptformisveryimportant,becauseitmakesiteasytoreadwhatiswrittenandpreventsmisunderstanding.Weshouldfollowthegeneralpracticesinwritingthetitle,leavingthemargins,paragraphing,capitalizing,anddividingwords.Whenwewriteanessaytobereadbytheteacher,weshouldwriteoneveryotherlinesothattherewillberoomforcorrections.Itisnecessarytoleaveamarginofabouttwocentimetersatthetopandthebottomofthepage,andoneofacentimeterandahalfontherightandleftside.Inanexercisebookthetopandbottommarginsaremarked;weneedonlytodrawaverticallinetomarktheleftmargin.Wecannotmaketherightmarginstraightorneat,unlessweareusingacomputer,butweshouldneverwritetotheveryedgeofthepage.Whenthespaceleftneartheendofalineisnotorbarelyenoughforthewordwearegoingtowrite,weshouldwritethewordonthenextline.ordividethewordifitisalongone.Theremustbeablankspaceontherightsideofthepage.Thetitleortopicoftheessayshouldbeplacedinthemiddleofthefirstline.Everywordofthetitle(includingwordsfollowinghyphensincompoundwords)shouldbecapitalizedexceptarticles,shortprepositions,coordinatingconjunctions(and,or,but,so,yet,nor,andfor)andtoininfinitives.Butifoneofthesewordsisthefirstorlastwordofthetitle,itshouldbecapitalized.Topicsaregenerallynounphrases(nounswiththeirmodifiers),thoughotherformsarepossible.Nofullstopshouldbeusedattheendofatitle.Aquestionmarkisneededifthetopicisadirectquestion(butanindirectquestionisnotfollowedbyaquestionmark).Thetitleofabookwithinthetopicshouldbeunderlined(italicizedinprinting),andthetitleofanarticleputbetweenquotationmarks.Belowaresomeexamples:MyImpressionsofBeijingTheWallBetweenWhereDoAlltheNewWordsComeFrom?WhatTraditionsMeantotheChineseAClean,Well-LightedPlaceDifferentViewsonJaneEyreInterpretationsofRobertFrost'sFireandIceThefirstline