《英語寫作基礎》教學大綱

Basic English Writing

課程編碼：08A11170 學分：2 課程類別：專業基礎課

計劃學時：32 其中講課：32 實驗或實踐：0 上機：0

適用專業：英語

推薦教材：丁往道，吳冰著，《英語寫作手冊》(英文版第三版),外語教學與研究出版社，2009年。

參考書目：

1. J. Langan. College Writing Skills (Sixth Edition) [M].北京：外語教學與研究出版社, 2007.

2. J. M. Lannon. The Writing Process: a Concise Rhetoric (Fifth edition) [M]. New York: Harper Collins Publishers Inc., 1995.

3. V. R. Narayanaswam. Strengthen Your Writing (Third Edition) [M].北京：外語教學與研究出版社, 2007.

4.王崇義.英語寫作教程[M].長沙:湖南師范大學出版社, 2010.

5.鄒申.寫作教程1-2冊（第二版）[M].上海:上海外語教育出版社, 2011.

課程的教學目的與任務

《英語寫作基礎》是英語專業基礎階段一門重要的實踐課程和必修課程，開設本課程的目的是為了幫助學生確立英語寫作規范，培養學生初步的英語書面表達能力和英語寫作的基本技能，掌握句子、段落以及應用文寫作的基本理論和技巧，寫出主題較為突出、內容較為完善、語言較為通順、格式符合要求的短文。

課程的基本要求

1.掌握英語的書寫格式，掌握英語語句、語段和語篇的結構特點；掌握英語記敘文、描寫文、說明文和議論文的文體特點和寫作技巧；了解英語應用文的格式和特點并能進行一些常用應用文的寫作。

2.通過學習和實踐，掌握寫作技巧，提高書面表達能力和綜合運用英語能力；提高觀察分析、邏輯思維和批判思維能力。

3.學習和養成嚴謹的學習態度和誠實的文風。寫作內容力求符合要求、健康積極；寫作態度要嚴謹科學，要養成對寫作內容斟詞酌句、反復修改的好習慣；同時，學會合作學習，與同學在互幫互學中共同進步。

4．本課程采用課堂講授和寫作實踐相結合的教學方式。課堂講授使用多媒體教學，由教師講解寫作技巧并引導學生發現使用規律，結合小組活動和個人訓練等各種形式提高學生的寫作學習熱情。強調寫作過程的教學，積極鼓勵學生參與課堂教學，培養學生獲取和運用知識的能力、分析問題的能力、獨立提出見解的能力和創新的能力。在課外布置適量的寫作任務，及時操練和鞏固所學的語言知識和寫作技巧，加強對語言的實際運用能力。

各章節授課內容、教學方法及學時分配建議

第一章：Manuscript Form 建議學時：6

[教學目的與要求]Grasp Manuscript Form in English writing. Learn something about Arrangement, Capitalization,and Word Division & Punctuation.

[教學重點與難點] Manuscript Form in English writing;Word Division & Punctuation

[授 課 方 法] Take the approach of lecture combined with personal writing practice and group work; Traditional teaching approach combined with modern teaching facility—Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)

[授 課 內 容]

第一節Arrangement & Capitalization

一、Arrangement

二、Capitalization

第二節Word Division &Punctuation

一、Word Division

二、Punctuation

第三節Handwriting

第二章：Diction 建議學時：6

[教學目的與要求]Grasp levels and the Meaning Of words; Understand general and specific words, idioms and figures of Speech.

[教學重點與難點]figures of Speech; General and specific words

[授 課 方 法] Take the approach of lecture combined with personal writing practice and group work;Traditional teaching approach combined with modern teaching facility—Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)

[授 課 內 容]

第一節Levels of Words & The Meaning Of Words

一、Levels of Words

二、The Meaning Of Words

第二節General and Specific Words & Idioms

一、General and Specific Words

二、Idioms

第三節Figures of Speech &．Dictionaries

一、Figures of Speech：Simile，Metaphor,Personification,Metonymy,etc.

二、Dictionaries: Using Dictionaries

第三章：The Sentence 建議學時：4

[教學目的與要求]Grasp the Complete Sentences and Sentence fragments, types of Sentences. Learn to write the Effective Sentences

[教學重點與難點] Complete Sentences and Sentence fragments;types of Sentences

[授 課 方 法] Take the approach of lecture combined with personal writing practice and group work; Traditional teaching approach combined with modern teaching facility—Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)

[授 課 內 容]

第一節Complete Sentences and Sentence Fragments & Types of Sentences

一、Complete Sentences and Sentence Fragments

二、Types of Sentences

1．Declarative，Interrogative，Imperative，and Exclamatory Sentences

2．Simple，Compound，Complex，and Compound-Complex Sentences

3．Loose, Periodic, and Balanced Sentences

4．Short and Long Sentences

第二節Effective Sentences

一、Unity

二、Coherence

三、Conciseness

第四章：The Paragraph 建議學時：6

[教學目的與要求] Have a good command of the Criteria of an effective paragraph. Use skillfully Steps in writing a paragraph andways of Developing Paragraphs.

[教學重點與難點] ways of Developing Paragraphs

[授 課 方 法] Take the approach of lecture combined with personal writing practice and group work; Traditional teaching approach combined with modern teaching facility—Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)

[授 課 內 容]

第一節Criteria of an Effective Paragraph

一、Unity

二、Coherence

三、Transition

第二節Steps in Writing a Paragraph

一、think of the topic, theme or main idea

二、express it in topic sentence

三、think of the details, examples or facts to support the main idea

四、work out an outline

第三節Ways of Developing Paragraphs

一、Development by Time

二、Development by Process

三、Development by Space

四、Development by Example or Generalization

五、Development by Comparison and Contrast

六、Development by Cause and Effect

七、Development by Classification

八、Development by Definition

第五章：The Whole Composition 建議學時：6

[教學目的與要求]Understand the Criteria of a Good Composition Grammar. Grasp the Steps in Writing a Composition.

[教學重點與難點] Three Main Parts of a Composition

[授 課 方 法] Take the approach of lecture combined with personal writing practice and group work; Traditional teaching approach combined with modern teaching facility—Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)

[授 課 內 容]

第一節Criteria of a Good Composition

一、unity

二、proportion

三、something interesting or important

第二節Steps in Writing a Composition

一、Planning a Composition

二、Writing the First Draft

三、Revising the First Draft

四、Making the Final Copy

第三節Three Main Parts of a Composition

一、The Beginning

二、The Middle

三、The End

第六章：The Summary and Book Report 建議學時：4

[教學目的與要求]Understand the skills in writing a summary;Make a good command of the skills in writing a book report.

[教學重點與難點] practicing writing a summaryandbook report

[授 課 方 法]Take the approach of lecture combined with personal writing practice and group work; Traditional teaching approach combined with modern teaching facility—Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)

[授 課 內 容]

第一節The Summary

一、topic sentences

二、outlines

三、conclusions

第二節Book Report

一、reading the book

二、grasping the main idea

三、giving your comments

撰稿人：賈春霞 審核人： 宋慶偉