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思辨式英文写作

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Overview

   《思辨式英文写作》课程将思辨能力的培养与英语论说文写作教学有机结合,以思维训练为写作教学手段,以写作材料为思维训练素材,以思促写,以写促思,培养学生思辨能力的同时,提高学生英语写作水平。该课程定位为大学英语类课程,供旨在提高思辨能力和英语写作水平的学生选学。课程兼具工具性和人文性双重性质。就工具性而言,它旨在进一步提高学生的英语运用能力,特别是写作能力,使学生能够在国际交往中用准确的书面语言表达观点、进行沟通。就人文性而言,该课程通过培养学生的思辨能力,培养学生分析问题、解决问题、跨文化交际等21世纪核心素养。


课程学习目标


    完成此课程学习,学生将:

 知道思辨式写作的基本知识和要素;

 运用书面英语就一般话题表达清晰明确的观点;

 了解常见的5种论说方法;

 运用常见的5种论说方法,进行说理论证,支撑观点;

 掌握论说质量评价标准;

 权衡他人的论说,并用书面英语进行有力支持或反驳;

 综合运用写作和思辨知识,完成篇章写作;

 对实际问题进行思辨,形成自己的判断,并进行论说;

 以思辨精神审视自己的观点和写作,并进行修正;

 使用规范英语准确进行书面表达。


课程教学内容

    《思辨式英文写作》教学内容分为(1)思辨能力训练;(2)英语写作知识与技巧;(3)书面英语常见问题三部分。以针对文章思想内容的思辨教学为主,以英语写作知识和书面表达教学为辅,实现内容与形式的有机结合。

Syllabus

  • Lesson 1 Critical Thinking and Critical Writing
    • Section 1 What Is Critical Thinking (I)?
    • Section 2 What Is Critical Thinking (II)?
    • Section 3 What Is Critical Writing?
    • Section 4 What Is the Connection Between Critical Thinking and Critical Writing?
    • Section 5 Lesson Review
    • Language workshop: Word Choice
  • Lesson 2 Understanding Arguments and Essay Structure
    • Section 1 What Is an Argument? (I)
    • Section 2 What Is an Argument? (II)
    • Section 3 What Is the Structure of Critical Essays? (An Overview)
    • Section 4 What Is the Structure of Critical Essays? (The Introduction Section)
    • Section 5 What Is the Structure of Critical Essays? (The Body Section)
    • Section 6 What Is the Structure of Critical Essays? (The Conclusion)
    • Section 7 Lesson Review
    • Language workshop: Effective Use of Verbs
  • Lesson 3 Writing Theses and Introductions
    • Section 1 What Is a Thesis?
    • Section 2 Types of Theses
    • Section 3 What Makes a Thesis Statement? (I)
    • Section 4 What Makes a Thesis Statement? (II)
    • Section 5 What Makes a Thesis Statement? (III)
    • Section 6 Writing Introductions (I)
    • Section 7 Writing Introductions (II)
    • Section 8 Lesson Review
    • Language workshop: Periodic vs Loose Sentences
  • Lesson 4 Reasoning and Paragraph Writing
    • Section 1 What Is Reasoning?
    • Section 2 All about Reasons
    • Section 3 Oh! Evidence (I)
    • Section 4 Oh! Evidence (II)
    • Section 5 Reasoning vs Explaining
    • Section 6 Going into Explanations
    • Section 7 Patterns of Reasoning
    • Section 8 Paragraph Writing—Unity
    • Section 9 Paragraph Writing—Reasoning
    • Section 10 Paragraph Writing—Coherence
    • Section 11 Lesson Review
    • Language workshop: Use Concrete and Specific Language
    • Language workshop: Transitional Words
  • Lesson 5 Applying Deductive Arguments to Writing
    • Section 1 Deductive Arguments
    • Section 2 Inductive Arguments
    • Section 3 Deductive Arguments vs Inductive Arguments
    • Section 4 Deductive Arguments in Writing—Reason by Principle (I)
    • Section 5 Deductive Arguments in Writing—Reason by Principle (II)
    • Section 6 Deductive Arguments in Writing—Reason by Definition (I)
    • Section 7 Deductive Arguments in Writing—Reason by Definition (II)
    • Section 8 Lesson Review
    • Language workshop: Parallel Structure
  • Lesson 6 Applying Inductive Arguments to Writing
    • Section 1 Making Generalizations (I)
    • Section 2 Making Generalizations (II)
    • Section 3 Reasoning by Analogy (I)
    • Section 4 Reasoning by Analogy (II)
    • Section 5 Reasoning by Cause and Effect (I)
    • Section 6 Reasoning by Cause and Effect (II)
    • Section 7 Lesson Review—Employing Various Reasoning Techniques
    • Language workshop: Run-Ons and Commas
  • Lesson 7 Evaluating and Improving Arguments
    • Section 1 Evaluating and Improving Arguments by Principle
    • Section 2 Evaluating and Improving Arguments by Definition
    • Section 3 Evaluating and Improving Generalizations (I)
    • Section 4 Evaluating and Improving Generalizations (II)
    • Section 5 Evaluating and Improving Generalizations (III)
    • Section 6 Evaluating and Improving Arguments by Analogy
    • Section 7 Evaluating and Revising Causal Reasoning (I)
    • Section 8 Evaluating and Improving Causal Reasoning (II)
    • Section 9 Lesson Review
    • Language workshop: Redundancies in English Sentences
  • Lesson 8 Writing Counter-Arguments and Essay Conclusions
    • Section 1 What Is a Counter-Argument?
    • Section 2 Writing Counter-Arguments in Critical Essays (I)
    • Section 3 Writing Counter-Arguments in Critical Essays (II)
    • Section 4 How to Rebut Conflicting Arguments(I)
    • Section 5 How to Rebut Conflicting Arguments(II)
    • Section 6 Writing Essay Conclusions
    • Section 7 Lesson Review
    • Language workshop: Capitalization and Punctuation

Taught by

Lei TANG, Xia LI, Yu SHI, Haibo SHEN, and Michael Hooper

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