SemesterSpring Semester, 2021
DepartmentSchedule of College of Commerce Elective Courses for Commerce Students
Course NameIntermediate Writing
InstructorKWONG WAI-KEI
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
PrerequisiteEnglish 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



課堂講授



In-class Hours



課程前後



Outside-of-class Hours



1



Warm-up Writing; Brainstorming; Developing Proper Writing Habits



Writing Approach



Steps to Writing



3



2



2


 Review of Paragraph Writing; “Riting Wrules”

Paragraph Writing; Rules of English Writing



Paragraph Writing



3



3



3



Onto Essay


Expanding a Paragraph into an Essay

Paragraph Writing and Essay Writing



3



3



4



Essay: supporting sentences; Writing Tone: pronouns



Writing Support



Writing Support



3



3



5


Personal & Business Email Communication

Email Etiquette



Email Writing



3



3



6



Cause & Effect Essay; Avoiding Shifts in Person Errors; Product Development



Causes and Effects



Essay Writing



3



3



7



Faulty Logic; Dress-Ups & Openers; Product Brochure Design



Elements of Product Brochures



Writing Skills; Product Brochure Design



3



3



8



 Coherence; Product Brochure Design



"Selling" Your Product via Words


Writing Skills; Product Brochure Design

3



3



9



Common Problems Students Face in College; Questionnaire Design; Product Brochure Design



Discussion of Common Problems Faced by Students; "Good" Questionnaires


Discussion of Common Problems Faced by Students; Designing Questionnaires

3



3



10



Pre-testing Questionnaire; Product Brochure Design



Designing and Testing Questionnaires



Testing Questionnaires



3



3



11



Mini-Research Paper; Research: Materials & Methods; Product Brochure Design



IMRAD; Brochure Design & Layout


IMRAD; Brochure Design & Layout

3



3



12



ETP Trade Show


ETP Trade Show ETP Trade Show

3



3



13



(Happy Birthday dear NCCU!)



NCCU Anniversary



NCCU Anniversary



3



3



14



Argumentative Essay; Debate; Avoiding Plagiarism: Summary, Paraphrase, Quotes: Research: Results



Essay Writing; Debate; Avoiding Plagiarism



Essay Writing; Avoiding Plagiarism



3



3



15



Logic & Reasoning; Use of Modifiers; Research: Discussion



Essay Writing; Writing Skills



Essay Writing



3



3



16



Counterargument & Refutation; Parallelism; Research: Conclusion



Counterargument & Refutation



Writing Skills



3



3



17



Revealing Research Findings



Discussion of Research Findings



Discussion of Research Findings



3



3


18 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



5%       Participation & In-class Activities



40%     Essays



8%       Personal & Business Email



22%     Questionnaire, Research Paper, Research Findings Sharing



20%     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.


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