Lecture 1 Introduction to writing

EnglishWritingInstructor:WangTaohuaLecture1:IntroductiontoEnglishWritingOutline•AbouttheCourse•ManuscriptFormAbouttheCourse•1.SomeRequirementsonThisCourse•2.FinalExamination•3.GuidingIdeasonEnglishwriting•4.Writingtestforms&requirementsinTEM-4•5.Classroomactivities•6.Outsidedrillsandexaminations1.SomeRequirementsonThisCourse•1)Attendeverywritinglesson;•2)Devoteyoureffortstomeettherequirementsofthiscourse;•3)Beactiveinclass(Volunteersarealwayswelcome&willbegivenmore);•4)Finishassignmentsintime;•5)Preparetwoexercisebooks,oneforin-classexercises;theotherforafter-classexercises;2.Yourfinalgrade/marksdependon•1)Classattendanceandclassroomperformance&youraccomplishmentoftheassignmentsaccountsfor30%;•2)Finalexamaccountsfor70%GuidingIdeasonEnglishwriting•1)Theideasofyourarticlescanonlycomefromyourdailyaccumulationofextensivereadingandyourthinking;•2)Goodarticlescomefromyourarduouspractice;•3)Yourteacher’sroleistostimulateyourinterestsinwriting;•4).Yourteacher’staskistoteachyousometechniquesonwritinganddesignsuitablewritingtasksforyoutopractice;•5)Yourteacherwillnotcorrectyourcompositionswordbyword,butjudgethemasawhole.•6)Youcanknowhowtowritegoodarticlesnotthroughyourteacher’scorrectingthegrammarmistakesinyourexercises,butthroughyourdailypractice.•7)Writingcannotbesimplifiedtoasetofrulesorguideline,andpeoplecanneverlearntowriteonceandforall,becauseworkschangeaccordingtothepeople,purposes,andplacesinvolved.✿Writingtestforms&requirementsinTEM-4•TwosectionsofwritingtestedinTEM-4:SectionA(Composition)(15marks)•&SectionB(Note-writing)(10marks)•SectionA:Composition(200wordsin35minutes)•You’rerequiredtowriteacompositionofabout200wordsonacertaintopicimpliedinthegivencontext.Generallyspeaking,markswillbeawardedforcontent,organization,grammar,andappropriacy.•Namely,writingacompositionofabout200wordsaccordingtothegiventitle/outline/instructions/figurestatistics,etc.,rightgrammar,accuratewords,fluentexpressions,relevantcontent,rigidorganization,andproperstylearerequired.•Thewritingstylemaybeargumentative,expositive,narrative,anddescriptive.Inmostcases,theformertwostylesaretestedinTEM-4,esp.,argumentative.ThetopicofacompositiontestedinTEM-4isusuallyaboutcollegestudents’life,study,andheatedsocialproblems,etc.whichstudentsarefamiliarwith.(TheBestWaytoStayHealthy2002;ToSaveMoneyorNot2006;MyViewonUniversityArtFestival2005)SectionB:Note-writing(50-60wordsin10minutes)•Note-writingisatypeofinformalletters,generallyincludingNotices,Notes,Greetings,Letters,Invitations,Congratulations,Inquires,etc.•Note-writinginTEM-4includesDate,Addressing/Heading,Body,Closing,andSignatureintermsofformat.•Content•You’rerequiredtowriteanotebasedonthegivensituations.Markswillbeawardedforcontent,organization,grammar,andappropriacy.Here,grammarmistakes&spellingerrorswillresultinalossofmanymarks.•Yournotecannothavewordsmorethan80norlessthan40.Classroomactivities•Textpresentation(writingtype,writingbackground,themeofthetext,structureofthetext)•Textappreciation(wordings,writingtechniques,rhetoricaldevices,etc.)•Exercises(wordstudy,paraphrasing,passage-writing,etc.)E)Outsidedrillsandexaminations•1.Writtenexercises(printedout,handedin,correctedbytutors)•2.Networkexercises(submittedinandcheckedviaHomeworkCorneronnet)•3.Mid-termandfinalexams(takeningiventimeandgradedbytutorsManuscriptForm•HowtoWritetheTitleofaComposition•Capitalization•WordDivision•Punctuation•CorrectionsymbolsHowtoWritetheTitleofaComposition•1.GeneralPrinciplesofWritingtheTitle•1)Writethetitleinthemiddleofthefirstlineofapage;•2)Capitalizethekeywordsinthetitle(includingwordsfollowinghyphensincompoundwords);•3)Notcapitalizearticles(a,an,the),coordinatingconjunctions(and,or,but,nor,for,),shortprepositions(in,on,at,to,for..),northetoininfinitives;butifoneofthemisatthebeginningofatitle,itshouldbecapitalized;•4)Noperiodisusedattheendofatitle;•(Useaquestionmarkifthetitleisadirectquestion,butdonotuseoneifitisanindirectquestion);•5)Usequotationmarkswithquotesortitlesofarticles;•6)Underline/italicizenamesofbooks.•❁Note:Youcancapitalizeeachletterofthewordsinthetitle(fullcapitalization),oryoucancapitalizetheinitialletterofkeywordsinthetitle.PracticeThinkout3-4titlesofcompositionsCanMoneyBuyHappiness?MyFirstVisittotheSummerPalaceAMajorAdvantageofAdvertisingonTelevisionOnCollegeStudentsTakingPart-TimeJobsMyIdeaofBecomingaTeacherintheFutureMyIdeaonPrivateCarsCapitalization❁CapitalizethefirstwordsofasentenceNotonlyacompletesentence,butasentencefragmenttreatedasasentenceinordertocreateaspecialeffectinsomenovels/prose,shouldbeginwithacapitalletter.Forexample:Money.Money.Money.Itmakestheworldgoround.❁Capitalizethetitle/aworkofart❁CapitalizepropernounsandtheirabbreviationsPropernounsarethenamesofspecificpeople,places,orthings,namesthatsetofftheindividualformthespecies.Thefollowingareallpropernouns:NamesandnicknamesofpeopleJohnF.Kennedy,StonewallJacksonNamesofgeographicalplaces&politicalunitsAsia,theU.S.A.,theGreatLakesOfficialnamesoforganizationandreligionstheU.S.,DepartmentofDefense,Buddhism,ChristianDaysofthe