《高级英语写作》教学大纲

Advanced English Writing

课程编码：08A11440 学分：2.0 课程类别：专业任选课

计划学时：32 其中讲课：32 实验或实践：0 上机：0

适用专业：英语

推荐教材：丁往道、吴冰.英语写作手册(英文版第三版) [M].北京:外语教学与研究出版社,2009.

参考书目：

1. 祁寿华，高级英语写作指南[M].上海:上海外语教育出版社, 2001.

2. Bowell, T. & G. Kemp.Critical Thinking: a Concise Guide[M]. London/New York: Routledge, 2002.

3. J. Langan.College Writing Skills (Sixth Edition)[M].北京:外语教学与研究出版社, 2007.

4. 周红红、杨若东.高级英语写作[M].北京:清华大学出版社，2009.

课程的教学目的与任务

《高级英语写作》是英语专业的一门专业任选课，本课程旨在提高学生英语书面表达能力，充分激发和调动学生的写作兴趣，有指导地使学生从“想”用英文写作，变为“会”用英文写作，进而“爱”用英文写作。到课程结束时，从语言层面上而言，学生能用符合英语语言表达习惯的方式流畅准确地表述自己的思想；从语篇层面上而言，学生能辨别各类标准化测试语篇、实用型语篇及学术型语篇的组织模式及特征，并进行相关写作。

课程的基本要求

1. 进一步掌握英语语句、语段和语篇的结构特点；掌握英语记叙文、描写文、说明文和议论文的文体特点和写作技巧；提高语言措辞的连贯性和准确性。

2. 通过学习和实践，掌握英语标准化测试，实用型语篇及学术型语篇的组织模式及特征运用。

3. 总结各类语篇的写作要点，系统讲解英语语篇写作中的语言运用、主题确定、结构布局、逻辑论证、思维方式与表达方式，以及材料的筛选、利用等实际问题。

各章节授课内容、教学方法及学时分配建议

本课程采用课堂讲授和写作实践相结合的教学方式，以语篇写作为视角，以过程教学法为主导，调动学生的主观能动性，使其能积极参与到写作过程中来，在此过程中认识和完善自身的写作能力。同时，运用多媒体，以符合要求的方式，将视觉信息的输入转换为书面语言的输出。引导学生对不同语篇题材进行欣赏、分析、模写，并在互评和讨论的过程中提升学生的语言综合运用能力。

第一章：Reflecting on Your Writing 建议学时：4

[教学目的与要求] Learn about the types, stages of English writing, features of good writing.

[教学重点与难点] Learn how to evaluate a piece of writing.

[授 课 方 法] Take the approach of lecture combined with personal writing practice and group work; Traditional teaching approach combined with modern teaching facility—Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)

[授 课 内 容]

第一节Principles of English writing

第二节Evaluation of English writing

第二章：Getting Ideas Sorted Out 建议学时：6

[教学目的与要求] Learn the ways of the presenting your ideas.

[教学重点与难点] How to identify topic sentence and how to develop it.

[授 课 方 法] Take the approach of lecture combined with personal writing practice and group work; Traditional teaching approach combined with modern teaching facility—Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)

[授 课 内 容]

第一节Classification and exemplification

第二节Comparison and contrast

第三节Cause and effect

第三章：Describing What You See 建议学时：6

[教学目的与要求] Learn how to correctly describe things.

[教学重点与难点] Describing people, objects, and places.

[授 课 方 法] Take the approach of lecture combined with personal writing practice and group work; Traditional teaching approach combined with modern teaching facility—Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)

[授 课 内 容]

第一节describe people

第二节describe objects

第三节describe places

第四章：Telling What Happened 建议学时：6

[教学目的与要求] Learn how to describe events.

[教学重点与难点] Time and the order of events, coherence, how to narrate incidents.

[授 课 方 法] Take the approach of lecture combined with personal writing practice and group work; Traditional teaching approach combined with modern teaching facility—Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)

[授 课 内 容]

第一节Time and order of events,

第二节Coherence in narration

第三节Tense and aspect in narration

第五章：Making Arguments 建议学时：6

[教学目的与要求] Learn how to make arguments.

[教学重点与难点] How to distinguish statements of facts from those of non-facts; how to build arguments---argumentative strategies and how to evaluate argument structure

[授 课 方 法] Take the approach of lecture combined with personal writing practice and group work; Traditional teaching approach combined with modern teaching facility—Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)

[授 课 内 容]

第一节Distinguish facts from ideas

第二节Argument structure

第三节Development of arguments

第六章：Writing a Report 建议学时：4

[教学目的与要求] Learn how to write a report.

[教学重点与难点] General format and stylistic features of reports

[授 课 方 法] Take the approach of lecture combined with personal writing practice and group work; Traditional teaching approach combined with modern teaching facility—Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)

[授 课 内 容]

第一节Structure of a report

第二节Useful expressions and structures in reports

撰稿人：戴理敏 审核人：宋庆伟