Course Requirements:

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      1. Students are required to attend all classes. No more than three absences are permitted.
      
      
      2. 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.
      
      
      
      
   
   
   
   

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Assessment Methods:

1.  Assignments                                    40%

(summary paragraph 5% / introductory paragraph 10% / outline draft 5% / essay writing 10% / group essay writing 10%)

2.  Final Exam                                     30%

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

3.  Final Report                                   10%

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

4.  Attendance & Participation           20%

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

Textbook

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

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.