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

1．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。

2．教学方法：

课堂讲授，举例，演示

3．课程考核：

课程成绩（100%）=平时考核（100%）+期末考试（0%）

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

3．考试方式：大作业

Lecture 1: Introduction to Thesis Writing (Unit 1)

一、 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.

7 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）

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.

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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

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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

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

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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

● 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

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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.

五、作业

Remember the format of quotation.

Lecture 8: Citation (Unit 8)

一、 课程成果（Outcome）

Master the way of citation.

二、 学时安排

2 hours

三、重点难点

Different citation formats for different material.

四、教学内容

Purposes of documentation

Types of citation: In-text Citation and References

Formats of In-text Citation:

MLA, APA, Chicago Manual style

五、作业

Remember the APA format of citation.

Lecture 9: Methodology (Unit 4)

一、 课程成果（Outcome）

1. Know how to conduct a research in a linguistic thesis

2. Know how to write the methodology part in a linguistic thesis

3. Know how to write a good findings and discussion

二、学时安排

2 hours

三、重点难点

Master how to conduct a research in a linguistic thesis.

四、教学内容

Definition of Methodology

Methodology in a thesis on linguistics

1. Components

2. Organization

3. How to carry out research

4. Findings and Discussion

Exercise: Analyze samples: What research tools are used? How?

五、作业

Learn SPSS after class: SPSS教程

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Lecture 10: Methodology (Unit 4)

一、 课程成果（Outcome）

1. Know how to design a good questionnaire;

2. Master the methods to interpret a work of literature.

二、学时安排

2 hours

三、重点难点

Master questionnaire design and how to interpret a work of literature.

四、教学内容

Questionnaire design

1. Criteria for a good questionnaire

2. Steps for questionnaire design

3. Exercise: Process the following data

Methodology in a Literary Thesis

1. Methods: explication(解读), analysis, comparison and contrast

2. Literature Criticism:

五、作业

Design a questionnaire to collect opinions of the second- year Non-English majors on their L2 learning strategies.

中国非英语专业大二学生英语学习策略

Lecture 11: Conclusion, Abstract & Acknowledgements (Unit 7)

一、 课程成果（Outcome）

1. Know how to write the Conclusion of a thesis

how to write the Abstract of a thesis

3 Know how to draft Acknowledgement.

二、学时安排

2 hours

三、重点难点

Master Conclusion writing and Abstract writing.

四、教学内容

Conclusion Writing

1. Restatement

2. Summary

3. Future research direction

Abstract Writing

1 Types of Abstract: descriptive and informative

2. Requirements

3 Key Words

Acknowledgements

1. Purposes

2. Requirements

Exercise: Read the following abstracts and then discuss the merits and defects of the abstracts.

五、作业

Choose key words for your thesis.

Lecture 12: Format-Listing Sources (Unit 8)

一、 课程成果（Outcome）

Know how to document sources at the end of the thesis.

二、学时安排

2 hours

三、重点难点

Master the use of punctuations and italicization.

四、教学内容

Basic rules for bibliographic citation

1. Authors

2. Books

3. Author with an editor

4. Author with an translator

5. Work in an anthology

6. Magazines

7. Encyclopedia or dictionary entry

8. Electronic sources

9. Notes: Chinese references

Exercise: Create the Reference entry with the given information

五、作业

Design your own references.

Lecture 13: Format and Mechanics (Unit 8)

一、 课程成果（Outcome）

Know some rules of format and mechanics.

二、学时安排

2 hours

三、重点难点

Master Contents format and Page number format.

四、教学内容

Format

1 Contents

2 Tables and figures

3 Page numbers

Mechanics

1 Capitalization

2 Abbreviations

3 Italicizing and underlining

4 Numbers

5 Tables and Figures

Exercise

Find out the problems of the following Contents

五、作业

根据以下论文内容，加页码并自动生成目录

Lecture 14: Language Style (Additional Material)

一、 课程成果（Outcome）

Know the characteristics of thesis language.

二、学时安排

2 hours

三、重点难点

Master diction and voice.

四、教学内容

Diction: formal

Tone: Judgment: careful and impartial

basic tone: rational, impersonal and unemotional

Voice: third-person pronouns (he, she, they or it)—subjects of sentences

Economy: write concisely and straightforwardly

Use of Tenses:

1. Literature

2. Theory or philosophy

3. Research results

4. Review of literature

Unbiased language

Constructing paragraphs

a paragraph—a single unit

declare a point—offer support for the point

A topic sentence—a tiny thesis statement

Exercise: Find out the problems of these sentences.

五、作业

Revise your introduction and literature review parts.

Lecture 15: Summary (Unit 9)

一、 课程成果（Outcome）

Get a systematic idea of thesis writing.

二、学时安排

2 hours

三、重点难点

Master the requirements of structure, language and format.

四、教学内容

Title: informative, revealing

Abstract: should contain the following elements

Research topic, research purpose, research methods, research results, implications, conclusion.

Key words: high frequency in the thesis, focus of the thesis, 3-5 words

Introduction:

a. Background of the study

b. The professional significance of the study

c. Overview (structure) of the thesis

Literature Review: Cover the basic categories

• Introduction: central theme or organizational pattern

• Body: Organize sources chronologically, thematically, or methodologically

• Conclusions/Recommendations: Discuss what you have drawn from reviewing literature so far. Where might the discussion proceed?

Methodology:

what (tool/instrument); Who(subjects); How(data collection, procedures)

Findings:

Data presentation & data description

Discussion:

Supplying meaning to statistics, tables, charts, etc.

Making comments that are relevant to the research intention/purpose

Conclusion:

Restate the research purpose, some background information, etc;

Summarize research design, results, interpretation and implication, etc;

Suggest future research direction by pointing out limitations of the study and tentative proposals for future research.

Acknowledgements:

a. confined to one page, immediately after the Conclusion

b. language: sincere, brief, proper

c. Order: More important-less important; Individual – collective

References:

英文参考文献基本格式：

期刊： 作者. 文章名.（需用引号，且引在“.”之外）期刊名（斜体）. 第几期（年代）：页码.

专著： 作者. 文献题名（斜体）. 出版地：出版社, 出版年.

中文参考文献基本格式：

专著：主要责任者.文献题名[文献类型标识].出版地：出版社,出版年

期刊：主要责任者.文献题名[J].刊名,出版年(期)：页码.

language:

formal, objective, concise, proper

Contents: 自动生成目录，注意页码及字号。

Tables and figures: 注意标题书写，Tables两边不封。

Page numbers: 正文前和正文的页码不同，前者小写罗马数字，后者小写阿拉伯数字，需用分隔符。

Exercise: Evaluate the two sample papers on page 154-215

五、作业

Review what we have learned.

Lecture 16: Oral Defense (Additional Material)

一、 课程成果（Outcome）

Know how to give a good oral defense.

二、学时安排

2 hours

三、重点难点

PPT design.

四、教学内容

Introduction to Oral Defense

Purpose: examine whether the researcher understand and master the research and the thesis.

Components: Presentation + defense

Requirements: design PPT; Presentation 10minutes; defense 10minutes.

Prepare for the oral defense

1. Circulate the thesis to the other committee members.

2. Be familiar with the structure, contents, research method, major findings and major arguments.

3. Explain the thesis briefly.

4. Prepare in ppt format. Your focus: topic, research method, findings. Support the argument with clear, brief examples.

5. Presuppose questions and prepare answers in advance.

6. Committee members make comments or suggestions; you need not have to defense. Respond politely with gratitude.

Tips during oral defense:

1. Properly dressed

2. Keep confident

3. Bring with you a pen and paper; thesis better

4. Be polite; show gratitude

5. Ask for the question again or make sure the question if you do not hear clearly about it.

6. Don’t argue with teachers but explain your idea with proofs.

7. Pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation and try to make you easily understood.

8. Make your answer concise and to the point.

Exercise: Analyze some samples.

五、作业

Review what has been learned in this class.

英语高级写作教案