本书以认知理论为依据,以英语说明文、议论文和学术论文写作的讲授为重点,以结合范文讲解进行写作训练为主要方法,按照循序渐进的原则编排。全书由四部分组成,第一部分为说明文(Exposition)。该部分以段落写作为起点,由学习段落的基本结构开始,而后逐一介绍展开说明文段落的主要技巧,同时指导学生反复练习段落的写作,最后在段落写作的基础上进行各种技巧的短文写作训练。第二部分为议论文(Argumentation)。该部分首先介绍如何构思、准备议论文的写作,而后讲授如何运用描写、叙述和说明的技巧展开论证,然后讲解论说的技巧,并指导学生逐一运用这些技巧练习写作议论文,最后进行各种目的的议论文的写作训练。第三部分为英语专业四、八级作文和非英语专业四、六级作文应试指南(Practice Writing),主要包括英语专业四级和八级作文、非英语专业四、六级作文的应试技巧。第四部分为研究论文写作(The Research Paper)。该部分包括论文的准备阶段、论文的写作和论文写作中引用文献资料的两种常用体例(MLA和APA)的详尽介绍以及两篇研究论文范例。本书适用于英语专业和非英语专业的本科生和研究生作为专业教材使用或参考。
Unit One Exposition
Part I Paragraph Writing
Lecture One Transitions
Lecture Two Subordination
Lecture Three Parallelism
Lecture Four Topic Sentence
Lecture Five Controlling Idea
Lecture Six Unity
Lecture Seven Coherence
Part II Developing from Paragraph to Essay with Expository Techniques
Lecture One Paragraph Development by Listing
Lecture Two Paragraph Development by Examples
Lecture Three Essay Development by Examples
Lecture Four Paragraph Development by Comparison
Lecture Five Paragraph Development by Contrast
Lecture Six Essay Development by Comparison and Contrast
Lecture Seven Paragraph Development by Definition
Lecture Eight Paragraph Development by Classification
Lecture Nine Essay Development by Definition and Classification
Lecture Ten Paragraph Development by Space and Time
Lecture Eleven Paragraph Development by Process Description
Lecture Twelve Essay Development by Time, Space and Process
Lecture Thirteen Paragraph Development by Cause and Effect
Lecture Fourteen Paragraph Development by Generalization
Lecture Fifteen Essay Development by Various Means
Unit Two Argumentation
Part I Material Shaping
Lecture One Preliminary Steps in Writing
Lecture Two The Introduction
Lecture Three The Body and the Ending
Part II Strategies of Description, Narration, and Exposition
Lecture One Description and Narration
Lecture Two Developing by Examples
Lecture Three Developing by Comparison and Contrast
Lecture Four Developing by Division and Classification
Lecture Five Developing by Cause and Effect
Part III Argumentative Strategies
Lecture One Argumentation and General Claim
Lecture Two Specific Evidence (1)
Lecture Three Specific Evidence (2)
Lecture Four Induction and Deduction
Lecture Five The Combination of Induction and Deduction
Lecture Six Making Concessions and Appealing to Emotions
Part IV Argumentative Writing Activities
Lecture One Taking a Position
Lecture Two Proposing Solutions
Lecture Three Speculating about Causes
Lecture Four Making Evaluation
Lecture Five Interpretation
Unit Three Pract/ce Writing
Part I TEM-4 Composition
Lecture One TEM-4 Composition (样题)
Lecture Two TEM-4 Composition (2016)
Lecture Three TEM-4 Composition (2017)
Part II TEM-8 Composition
Lecture One TEM-8 Composition (样题)
Lecture Two TEM-8 Composition (2016)
Lecture Three TEM-8 Composition (2017)
Part III Guide to CET-4/6 Writing
Lecture One CET-4 Composition
Lecture Two CET-6 Composition
Unit Four The Research Paper
Part I Research Paper Writing
Lecture One Choosing the Topic and Doing Library Research
Lecture Two Doing Empirical Research
Lecture Three Literature Review, Outline and Research Proposal
Lecture Four Writing the First Draft
Lecture Five Documentation (1) -- Using Sources
Lecture Six Documentation (2) --Acknowledging Sources
Part II Sample Research Papers
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