Course Requirements:

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      1. Students are required to attend all classes. No more than three absences are permitted.
      
      
      2. Writing assignments are carefully scheduled as stages toward the fulfillment of the course’s objectives. Late assignments will be accepted with points deducted.
      
      
      3. Active participation, which accounts for 10% of the overall grade, in class discussions is required.
      
      
      4. No personal proofreading service will be offered.
      
      
      5. Plagiarism will result in a grade of zero for the assignment.
      
      
      6. Course PPTs will not be uploaded in advance.
      
      
      
      
   
   
   
   

Assessment Methods:

1.  Assignments                                  40%

(argumentation essay 10% / literature review 10% / data commentary 10% / Abstract 10%)

2.  Final Exam                                   30%

(essay writing in class, for a duration of one hour)

3.  Final Report                                  15%

(an individual survey of topics relevant to the core competencies, identification of logical fallacies in particular)

4.  Attendance & Participation         15%

(5% belongs to attendance, and the rest goes for the degree to which students engage themselves in class discussion)

Textbook

1.  Swales, J. M., & Feak, C. B. (2012). Academic Writing for Graduate Students (3^rd ed.). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

References

1. Bacon, Nora. (2018). The Well-Crafted Sentence: A Writer's Guide to Style (3^rd ed.). Bedford/St. Martin’s.


2. Brandon, L. (2010). At a Glance: Paragraphs (5th ed.). USA: Cengage Learning.


3. Gillett, A., Hammond, A., & Martala, M. (2009). Inside Track: Successful Academic Writing. Person Education Limited.


4. Graff, G., & Birkenstein, C. (2006). “They Say / I Say”: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (1st ed.). USA: Norton & Company.


5. Hale, C. (2013). Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose. New York, NY: Three Rivers Press.


6. Lynn, S. (2010). Rhetoric and Composition: An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.


7. McCarthy, M. & O’Dell, F. (2008). Academic Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge University Press.


8. Penfield, E. (2009). Short Takes (10th ed.). NY: Pearson Education Limited.


9. Smalley, R. L., Ruetten, M. K., & Kozyrev, J. R. (2012). Refining Composition Skills: Academic Writing and Grammar (6th ed.). USA: Cengage Learning.


10. Wyrick, J. (2014). Steps to Writing Well (12th ed.). USA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.


11. Oshima, A., & Hogue, A. (2020). Longman Academic Writing Series (4): Essays (5th ed.). New York: Pearson Education.