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)： Reaserch Papers Note: Students in the ECON English Program are welcome to request a permission code from the course instructor.

By the end of the course, students are expected to: 1. Understand common rhetoric modes in academic writing 2. Write genres of paragraphs & essays clearly and effectively 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. Students are required to attend all classes. No more than three excused absences are permitted. 2. Active participation in class discussions is required. 3. Quizzes and a comprehensive final exam are included in this course. No make-up quizzes will be allowed. 4. Late assignments will not be accepted. 5. No plagiarism. A grade of “0” may be earned for plagiarism or other forms of dishonesty.

2 hours

1. Oshima, A., & Hogue, A. (2020). Longman Academic Writing Series 4: Essays (5th ed.). New York: Pearson Education. 2. Class handouts and PPT slides

1. Effective Academic Writing 2 (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford Press, 2012. 2. Ready to Write 3 (4th ed.) New York: Pearson Education, 2017. 3. Great Writing 4: Great Essays. Cengage, 2020.