to be appointed.

1. 寫作小作業４次  50%（選分數較高的 ３次納入期末總分計算。 若缺交一次，則期末只採計高分者 ２ 次，只能得到 40%的成績，缺交兩次，期末 只採計高分者 ２次，只能得到 30%的成績，以此類推。）

2. 期中與期末共 30%

3. 討論課表現     20%

4. 出席情況另外於學期總分增減

Textbook:

Vargo Mari and Laurie Blass. Pathways: Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking 4.   National Geographic Learning & Hi Language Learning, 2014.

References:

1. Mary K. Ruetten. Developing Composition Skills: Academic Writing and Grammar. 3rd. Heinle, 2012.

2. J. A. W. Heffernan and John E. Lincoln. Writing: A College Handbook.  4th edition. Norton, 1994.

3. William Strunk, Jr.  The Elements of Style. Workbook. The Top Education: Texas, 2017. 

Handouts: Selections from the follows:

1. Christopher Woodward, "In Ruins: A Journey Through History, Art, and Literature."

New York: Vintage Books, 2003 (orig. 2001).

2. Alain de Botton "Essays in Love," Revised Edition (London: Picador 2006)

3. Wolf Naomi. The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women. Harper

Perennial 2002 (orig. 1992).

http://www.alaalsayid.com/ebooks/The-Beauty-Myth-Naomi-Wolf.pdf

4. Edward W. Said. The Text, the World, the Critic. Harvard University Press, 1983.

http://www.rlwclarke.net/Theory/SourcesPrimary/SaidText,theWorld,theCritic.pdf

5. S.D.Levitt & S.J.Dubner. "What Do School Teachers and Sumo Wrestlers Have in Common."Freakonomics. New York: First Harper Perennial Edition, 2009.