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英语高级写作课程教案
学期：
2012
—
2013
学年第
2
学期
学时：
32
学分：
2
授课对象：外国语学院
10
级英语专业学生
教
材：
《写作教程
第四册》
，
2007
，
上海外语教育出版社
任课教师：宇文静
陈琳
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．课程成果：
通过本课程的学习，学生能够初步掌握科学研究的基本方法和能力，巩固和加深所学的基
本理论和技能，了解英语论文写作的有关知识、技巧、和策略，选择和确定适当的论文题
目，初拟论文提纲。
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．教学方法：
课堂讲授，举例，演示
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．课程考核：
课程成绩（
100%
）
=
平时考核（
100%
）
+
期末考试（
0%
）
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平时考核
100
分
=100
分
+0
分
1.
平时成绩：
100
分折合为总成绩的
100%
注：
100
分：
作业
8
次中取
5
次，每次
20
分；
0
分：
随机
抽查
5
次出勤，不计分，
3
次无故缺勤者取消其成
绩。
2
．期末成绩：无
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．考试方式：大作业
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Lecture 1:
Introduction to Thesis
Writing (Unit 1)
一、
< br>课程成果（
Outcome
）
1. Understand the aim of
the course
2. Grasp generally some
information about graduation thesis
3. Understand what constitutes a good
topic for research
二、
学时安排
2 hours
三、重点难点
1.
Principles and Requirements of Graduation Thesis
2. Components of Graduation Thesis
3. Steps of Graduation Thesis Writing
四、教学内容
Introduction to Graduation
Thesis
1 What is a thesis?
It is a
research paper composed by a college student when
he/she has finished college study with
the help of his /her supervisor, which
is also called graduation thesis.
2
Significance of thesis writing
a.
Institutional purpose:
b.
Personal
purposes:
3 Scales of
thesis writing
Literature,
Translation,
Linguistics,
TEFL,
Cross-Culture,
Other
social
science
(
.
Business
English, EST, etc.)
4 Evaluation of a thesis
Letter grade ( A. B. C. D.
F) is based on its content, structure, language
and format. Apart from
that, oral
defense also counts in many colleges, and so does
it in our institute.
5
Principles of thesis writing
Learning
Principle;
Independence
Principle;
Scientific
Principle;
Scholarly
Principle;
Creative
Principle; Norm
Principle.
6 Requirements of thesis
writing
Length; Format;
Content; Book binding and layout.
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Steps of Graduation Thesis Writing
Choose a topic, collect and organize
materials, compose the first draft, revise the
draft and finalize it.
五、作业
Read Unit 2
after class..
Lecture 2:
Choosing a Topic for a Thesis (Unit 2)
一、
课程成果（
Outcome
）
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1. Know what steps to
follow when choosing a topic
2. Learn
how to improve topics that have problems
二、
学时安排
2
hours
三、重点难点
Know how
to work out an effective research topic.
四、教学内容
1. Principles for choosing a thesis
topic
Significance (Importance) and
Interest; Manageability/Practicality; Flexibility
2. What topics should be avoided?
3. Process of choosing a topic
Decide on the subject area---------
Choose a topic---------Focus into a question
---------Design a title
Subject areas: literature, linguistics,
translation, TEFL, cross-culture and other subject
areas
Finding a Research
Problem
Design a title
4. Exercise 1:
literary
criticism /comparative study
Exercise
2:
revise the following topics
五、作业
Search for as many thesis titles as
possible to get the idea of title designing and
design your own title.
.
Lecture 3:
Collecting & Organizing Material (Unit
3)
一、
课程成果（
Outcome
）
1. Learn how to find and evaluate the
sources
2. Learn how to document the
sources
.
二、
学时安排
2
hours
三、重点难点
Choose
proper material; write a thesis statement.
四、教学内容
1 Major sources of related literature
2 Guidelines for choosing proper
materials
3 Documenting material
4 Reading in depth
Exercise
:
Analyze the different parts of the
following thesis statement.
五、作业
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Read the textbook Unit 3 and create
your working bibliography, using APA style.
Lecture 4:
Outlining a Thesis (Unit 6)
一、
课程成果（
Outcome
）
1. Know the format of an outline
2 Be familiar with the types of outline
3 Grasp how to construct an outline.
二、
学时安排
2 hours
三、重点难点
1 The
format of an outline
2 How to construct
an outline
.
四、教学内容
1 What is
an outline?
2 The Benefits of an
Outline
3 Process of constructing a
thesis
4 Types of the outline
5 Formats of the outline
6
Conventions and contents of outlines
7
Principles for Structuring an outline
Exercise:
Outlining the
following thesis
五、作业
Based on
your topic and thesis statement, with the
accumulation of related material, please construct
your own outline.
Lecture 5:
Introduction Writing (Unit 7)
一、
课程成果（
Outcome
）
Master the elements of the Introduction
chapter of a thesis.
二、
学时安排
2
hours
三、重点难点
Understand
and know how to compose the Introduction chapter.
四、教学内容
Components of the Introduction Chapter:
?
Introduction
?
Background of
the study
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The
professional significance of the study
?
Overview
(structure) of the thesis
Exercise:
Find the problems in the
Introduction chapter of the thesis at
hand.
五、作业
Finish the introduction chapter for
your thesis.
Lecture 6:
Literature Review (Unit
7)
一、
课程成果（
Outcome
）
1. Know what are included
in a literature review
2 Know how to
compose a literature review
.
二、
学时安排
2
hours
三、重点难点
Master how
to organize a literature review and how to
summarize and paraphrase.
四、教学内容
What is a
Literature Review?
Procedure for
Writing a Literature Review
Exercises
:
1: Find a focus for the following
titles
2: Write a Summary
五、作业
Write a
literature review briefly.
Lecture 7:
Quotation (Unit 8)
一、
课程成果（
Outcome
）
Master the way of quotation.
二、
学时安排
2 hours
三、重点难点
Different quotation formats for
different material.
四、教学内容
Differences
between
quotation and citation
Types of
quotation
: direct and indirect
Quotation of different
material
: Poetry, drama, etc.
Exercise
:
Revise each of the following sentences,
deleting quotation marks used inappropriately,
moving those
placed incorrectly, and
using more formal languages.
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