The course is conducted in English。

This one-year course is designed to help undergraduate students gain a foundation for college-level English writing and familiarize them with the skills essential to academic writing. The course includes 1.5 hours of lecture and 30 minutes of discussion or writing exercise. Topics to be covered include common rhetorical patterns, paragraph/essay development, summary skills, grammar functionality, and essential vocabulary in academic English. The course covers the following patterns of paragraph/essay writing: (1) Process (2) Narrative (3) Cause and Effect (4) Comparison and Contrast (5) Classification (6) Argumentation Course Levels: English Composition (Ⅰ) (1)：Paragraphs to Essays English Composition (Ⅰ) (2)：Essays English Composition (ⅠI)(1)：Essays English Composition (ⅠI)(2)：Research Papers

By the end of the course, students will: 1. Use standard written English effectively 2. Understand common rhetoric modes in academic writing 3. Apply their knowledge of grammar function to their own writing 4. Demonstrate familiarity with vocabulary frequently used in academic writing 5. Edit and proofread their own and their peers’ writing

1. No more than three excused absences are permitted. 2. Active participation in class discussions is required. 3. Submit assignments on time; late work is not accepted. 4. Credit all sources properly and disclose any AI assistance. 5. Never use AI to generate outlines or texts for assignments.

2 hours

Handouts

1. Longman Academic Writing Series 3: Paragraphs to Essays (5th ed.). New York: Pearson, 2020. 2. Longman Academic Writing Series 4: Essays (5th ed.). New York: Pearson, 2020. 3. Effective Academic Writing 2: The Short Essay (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford Press, 2016. 4. Ready to Write 3: From Paragraph to Essay (4th ed.) New York: Pearson Education, 2017. 5. Great Writing 3: From Great Paragraphs to Great Essays (5th ed.). Cengage, 2019.