Semester	Spring Semester, 2020
Department	Schedule of College of Commerce Elective Courses for Commerce Students
Course Name	Intermediate Writing
Instructor	KWONG WAI-KEI
Credit	3.0
Course Type	Elective
Prerequisite	English Writing、Writing and Oral Training、Writing and Oral Training I,Writing and Oral Training II

Course Objective

Course Description

Course Schedule

Tentative Schedule: (subject to change according to students' progress)

週次 Week	課程主題 Topic	課程內容與指定閱讀 Content and Reading Assignment	教學活動與作業 Teaching Activities and Homework	學習投入時間 Student workload expectation
週次 Week	課程主題 Topic	課程內容與指定閱讀 Content and Reading Assignment	教學活動與作業 Teaching Activities and Homework	課堂講授 In-class Hours	課程前後 Outside-of-class Hours
1	Warm-up Writing; Brainstorming; Developing Proper Writing Habits; “Riting Wrules”	Writing Approach	Steps to Writing	3	2
2	Campus Problems; Questionnaire Design	Campus Problems?; A “Good” Questionnaire	Identifying Problems; Questionnaire Design	3	3
3	Personal & Business Email Communication; Review of Paragraph Writing	Email Etiquette	Email Writing; Paragraph Writing	3	3
4	Onto Essay; Pre-testing Questionnaire	Expanding a Paragraph into an Essay	Paragraph and Essay Writing	3	3
5	Research Paper; Essay: supporting sentences; Writing Tone: pronouns	Writing Summaries	Writing Exercise	3	3
6	(Happy Children’s Day)	Be a Child Again	Be a Child Again	0	3
7	Cause & Effect Essay	Essay Writing	Essay Writing	3	3
8	Research Paper; Faulty Logic; Dress-Ups & Openers	Peer Editing	Essay Writing	3	3
9	Avoiding Plagiarism: Summary, Paraphrase, Quotes; Coherence	Product Development	Product Development	3	3
10	Argumentative Essay; Debate; Product Development	Essay Writing; Debate	Essay Writing	3	3
11	Argumentative Essay; Product Brochure Design	Essay Writing; Elements of Product Brochures	Writing Skills; Product Brochure Design	3	3
12	Counterargument & Refutation; Product Brochure Design	Essay Writing; Elements of Product Brochures	Writing Skills; Product Brochure Design	3	3
13	Avoiding Shifts in Person Errors	I? We? You? He? They?	Writing Skills	3	3
14	Use of Modifiers; Product Brochure Design	Product Brochure Design	Writing Skills	3	3
15	Parallelism; Brochure Design	Brochure Design	Brochure Design	3	3
16	ETP Trade Show	ETP Trade Show	ETP Trade Show	3	3
17	Writing Coaching	Meeting with the Instructor	Meeting with the Instructor	3	3

Teaching Methods

Teaching Assistant

Requirement/Grading

100% of English is used for all instructor's lectures and in-class activities. Students are expected to take an active role in all class activities to maximize their learning opportunities. A student-centered approach will be adopted to allow students to make full use of class time to achieve their English-learning goals and the course learning objectives.

Students should attend all classes and come to class on time and prepared. Attendance is taken seriously. No make-up assignments or exams are allowed. Late homework will NOT be accepted. Students who need to be absent or late for class should notify the instructor via email with a legitimate excuse at least 2 days in advance.

5% Attendance

15% Participation & In-class Activities

32% Essays

8% Personal & Business Email

18% Questionnaire & Research Paper

22% Product Brochure & ETP Trade Show

Students missing 3 or more classes will receive a failing grade for the course. Students who do not complete the final versions of essay are not allowed to pass the course.

Cell phones and other electronic devices are not allowed to be used in class unless given permission by the instructor to do so. Failure to abide by this class rule will result in automatic failure for the course.

Textbook & Reference

Supplementary materials will be provided.

Urls about Course

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