英文学术写作

Academic Writing Length of Course:  8 Modules  Course Hours:    16 hours minimum  Instructor:        杨芳， 135********， yangfang@tsinghua.edu.cn, Office: 文南楼外语自学中心办公室62772458 (O) Office hours: flexible (book a time before you come) Aims and Requirements: You'll write 3 assignments individually and complete a term paper together with 2-3 students. You need to discuss with your partners, read each others’ drafts, and proofread for each other. In this process, you need to explore the resources available to support you in developing your ideas. Best of all, you'll come away with a new understandings of what it is and how to write a term paper. Course Outline: This course is organized into 8 modules. Please refer to the documents and reference materials I post in the web-school. Preparation:  ● Visit the EEE website, and activate your interest in learning English.     (See project members, participating teachers) ● Find 2 or 3 partners and decide on what to write about (the research topic has to be a real world problem or issues you are really concerned about) Course Structure: This course assumes that you will be working together with your partners as you progress through the course. Throughout the course I will provide extension activities and refer you to different websites, articles, and books on the topics. To maximize your participation in this class, you should have experience in surfing the Internet, have access to software or learning program I recommend. Access to email will ensure your interactive participation in the course. Course Goals: ● Explore best-practice research and instruction through readings and viewing exemplary projects. ● Create projects that are related to your study interest. ● Provide opportunities for collaboration with peers. Note:  The project will be developed within a team of 2-3 students, using a process that involves crafting a challenge or problem, sorting and analyzing information, and forming a final product or presentation that solves a real-world problem. Course Syllabus This course is designed to be 8 weeks in duration. Course materials are available as handouts. It is a book published by Tsinghua University Press.  You are required to complete and submit all required coursework in Tsinghua Netschool (). Course Main tasks Week 1 Introductions l Gain knowledge of the course and expectations. l Get familiar with web school and read project papers available. l Reflect upon your skills and experiences with writing and attitudes toward writing term papers in English. Weeks 2-3 Teamwork l Find partners and initiate a research topic. l Increase awareness of writing conventions for term papers l Read extensively and listen to papers in the Economist. Weeks 4-5 Project Ideas l Gain knowledge about writing abstracts (e.g. EAME) l Read research papers Weeks 6-7 First Draft l Consider standards that support your curricular focus. l Analyze web resources for use in your project. l Complete a final project as a team Weeks 8 Oral presentation l Present your project to the class (with a ppt file) l Finalize the paper in week 9-10 and present it to the webschool     Further readings: 1. 杨芳,《研究生实用写作教程》，清华大学出版社 2. 杨永林，杨芳等，英语论文写作研究，中央电大出版社 3.任胜利，《英语科技论文撰写与投稿》，科学出版社 4. 庞继贤，《英文研究论文写作》， 浙江大学出版社 5. Brian Devlin  英语论文写作教程—基于国际的学术写作与发，清华大学出版社 6. Joy, M. Reid, The process of Composition, (3rd edition)