Ｐｒｏｆｅｓｓｉｏｎａｌ Ｗｒｉｔｉｎｇ[Professional Writing]
| Numbering Code | P-LAW2066740SE41 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ 前期 |
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| Number of Credits | Course Type | Lecture in-class exercises and discussion | |
| Target Year | 2･3 | Target Student | |
| Language | Day/Period | 火3 | |
| Instructor name | マーフィー マハン | ||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | Course goals: Nothing better reveals the clarity and quality of ideas than when it is put into writing. It is essential in most professional domains particularly academic to be able to express your findings and ideas in a clear succinct and effective fashion. This class aims to enable non-native English writers to comprehend the features of good writing and improve the quality of their reports and papers mainly for academic purposes. As the best way to improve your writing is to write often the class will spend considerable time on assessing and editing texts written by students. | ||
| Course Goals | The goal of this class is for students to improve the quality of their English writing particularly of an academic nature. | ||
| Schedule and Contents |
Part One: Understanding good English writing 1. Ice-breaking session. Types of English writing. What makes for successful writing? A few examples. 2. Your initial draft (400 word abstract with title): assessment and feedback Part Two: Writing Skills 3. Initial preparation: identifying your audience context key message 4. Word order and breaking up long sentences 5. Structuring paragraphs and sentences 6. Being concise and removing redundancy 7. Avoiding ambiguity and the passive/personal forms 8. Highlighting your findings hedging and plagiarism Part Three: Sections of a Paper 9. Title and abstract 10. Introduction literature review and methods 11. Results discussion and conclusion 12. Strategies for revising and checking drafts 13. Your second drafts: Assessment and Feedback 14. Submit your final draft of your 2000 word research paper (with 400 word abstract). |
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