The meaning of having writing class.docx

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Themeaningofhavingwritingclass

Themeaningofhavingwritingclass

CollegeEnglishteachingaimstocultivatestudents'comprehensiveabilityofusingEnglishinthefuture,makethemworkandsocialintercourseEnglisheffectivelycommunicateinwritteninformation,enhancetheirautonomouslearningability,improvethecomprehensiveculturalquality,inordertoadapttothesocialdevelopmentandinternationalexchanges.Languageinputandoutputqualityandquantityofdecisiononlearners'learningeffect.Therefore,whetheritistheessenceoflanguagelearningincollegeEnglishteachingpurposeofwritingincollegeEnglishteachingisanimportantlinkinthesystem.Englishwritingclassaimstocultivatethestudents'Englishwritingability,includingtheoutline,articles,essays,andsimplepractical.Writingclassteachingcontentarrangementfromhowwordsandsentencestructure,composition,accordingtoclewrequirestudentstowriteessaysorimitate,oraccordingtocertainsituation,andtowriteofparagraphwritingskillsandmasterlayoutandessaywriting.Belikeconditional,stillshouldfurthertrainingstudentstomastervariousstyleandtextualstructure,suchasdescription,narration,theexpositionandessays,etc.Englishwritingclassaimstocultivatethestudents'Englishwritingability,includingtheoutline,articles,essays,andsimplepractical.Writingclassteachingcontentarrangementfromhowwordsandsentencestructure,composition,accordingtoclewrequirestudentstowriteessaysorimitate,oraccordingtocertainsituation,andtowriteofparagraphwritingskillsandmasterlayoutandessaywriting.Belikeconditional,stillshouldfurthertrainingstudentstomastervariousstyleandtextualstructure,suchasdescription,narration,theexpositionandessays,etc.Thiscourseforbusinessgoodbusinesscommunicationwithtwoborninwritingandlayasolidfoundation.

Thiscoursecanstrengthenthestudents'futureEnglishwritingabilityofcommunication.Studyresults

Afterstudyingthecourse,studentsinknowledgeandresearch,thinking,expressinganddifferentaspectsofimprovingtheability.

CorrespondingtotheneedsofEnglishsyllabus,writingpartofthestudyresultstake1to4graduallyincreasethestepsrequiredfromthestructureandthelanguageisproposed.theoreticalassessment.

Writinghelpsyouexpressyourself

Writingpreparesyouforschoolandemployment（bothofwhichinmostcasesrequirealotofit）

Writingishowmuchoftheworldcommunicates.Ifyoudon'twrite,youcutyourselfofffromalargecommunity（includingthisone,incidentally）

Writingcanbeagreattooltohelpyouknowmoreaboutthewayyouthink...writingcansolidifyideasandthoughts,andallowyoutoreflectonthembetterthaniftheideasremainedevolvinginyourhead.

Writingisoneofthewaysthatwetranslateourthoughtsforotherpeople.Somepeoplearebetteratexpressingthemselvesinwritingthananyotherway,andyouthusgetabettertranslationwhenyoureadwhattheyhavetosayratherthanhearingthemspeak.

Writingassistsyouwithotherlanguagetasksaswell...writinghelpsyoulearnhowtoformlanguage,howtospell,howto...puttogetheraplot.Youlearnhowtomakealogicalargument,orhowtopersuade,mainlythroughwriting.Speakingcanhelpyoulearnthosethingsaswell,butitiseasiertoself-examineandevaluatehowtoimprovewhenyouhavesomethingconcreteinfrontofyou,andcanrevise.

GoodwritingandcriticalthinkingarethetwomostimportantskillswithwhichyoucanleavealiberalartseducationattheUniversityofNorthCarolinaWilmington（UNCW）.Theins-and-outsofChinesepoliticsordecision-makingtheorymaynotlastbeyondthefinalexaminthisclass（alas!

）,butsolidwritingandstronganalysiswillserveyouwellfortherestofyourlife.Thishandoutdealswiththeimportanceofwritingwell.

TheabilitytorepresentyourselfwellonpaperwillhelpyousecureajobafteryouleaveUNCW,asyouwillbemoreattentivetotheimportanceofthequalityofthepresentationofyourwrittenwork（likearesumeandcoverletter）.Howyouwritesaysalotaboutyouasaperson,andrecruitersknowthis.Itisnotjustwhatisonthepaperthatdistinguishesoneresumefromanotherinacompetitivejobmarket.Presentation,clarity,andprofessionalismcanhelpdistinguishyoufromthepack.Further,intheworkplace,goodwritersarehighlyprized（becausesofewpeoplecanwritewell）.Writingwell,thus,opensthedoortoadvancementinalmostanyfieldyoumightchooseinthefuture.

Forthesereasons,assignmentsinthiscoursearedesignedtohelpyouimproveyourwriting.Therefore,wewillspendtimeinclassonactivities,suchasproofreadingandansweringsampleessayquestions,tohelpyouwritebetter.IwillalsoinvestmytimeincommentingextensivelyonthewrittenassignmentsIreceive.Ilookatcommentingonpapersasachanceto"talk"toyouaboutyourassignment.Idonotseemycommentsascriticisminavacuum.Wecanall（Iincludemyself）improveourwriting.Ihopethatyouwillusemycommentstoimproveyoursubsequentassignments.Iwillnoteparticularproblemsinyourwritingandexpecttoseeproblemsinareasidentifiedinmycommentsimproved.

AHow-toGuide

Therearedifferencesbetweenaresearchpaper,amemo,andanansweronanessayexam;however,theyallsharecertaincommonfeatures.Theygosomewhere;theyarguesomething;theyhaveadirection.Additionally,outliningthemainpointsbeforebeginningtowritecandrasticallyimprovethefinalproduct.

TheTitle

Thetitleofyourpapershouldsuggestnotjustthetopicofthepaperbutalsothethrustoftheargument,ifpossible.Anessayoflongerthanthreepagesshouldprobablyhaveatitle,orcovering,page.Thisshouldinclude,ataminimum,thetitleofthepaper,yourname,thecoursenameandnumber,myname,anddateofsubmission.

TheOpening

Agoodpapershouldhaveanopeningthatisinterestingtothereader.Istheresomethingintriguingthatyoucanusetograbyourreader’sattentionandfocusitonthequestiontobeconsidered?

TheThesisandOutlineofArgument—StillintheIntroductorySection

Aftertheopening,thepapershouldhaveathesisstatementwhichsuccinctlyencapsulatesthemainargumentoftheessay（thismaybeahoworwhyanswer,apolicyrecommendation,oranopinion）.

Importantly,afterthethesisstatement,thepapershouldthentellthereaderhowtheauthorintendstodemonstratehisorherargumentorjustifytheopinionorrecommendationasserted.Thisisimportant,anditisastepthatmanybuddingauthorsforget.Thissteppreparesthereaderforthestructureoftheessaytofollow.

TheBody

Inthebodyofthepaper,theauthorshouldmakepointsinsupportofthethesis.Itisimportantaftereachpointtolinkbacktothethesisandtellthereaderwhyyouhavetoldhertheforegoing.Thishelpstodisciplineyou.Ifyoucannotfigureouthowapointrelatestoyourthesis,chancesareyourreaderwillnotbeabletoeither.Youmightneedtore-think.

Inadditiontolinkingbacktoyourthesis,trytoprovidethereaderwithtransitionsentencestoconnecttheflowofideasinthebodyoftheessay.Transitionsentencesdonothavetobeincludedinthefirstdraftyouwrite,buttheyshouldbethereinthefinalproduct.Gobackandwritetheminlater.

Lastly,inalongerpaper,considersectionheadingstokeepyourpointsanalyticallydistinct.Thisisagreatservicetothereader（thoughsomeprofessorsdonotcareforthem,socheck）.Again,sectionheadingshelptodisciplineyou,thewriter,asyouwillonlybeabletotalkaboutrelevantinformationthatfitsundertheheadingyouhavegiven.

TheConclusion

Generally,nonewinformation（inthesenseof“data”）shouldbepresentedintheconclusion.Rather,theconclusionshouldre-statethethesisandshowthereaderhowithasbeendemonstratedbywhatcameinthebodyofthepaper.Sometimes,authorsusetheconclusiontoconsider"bigissues"presentedbytheproblemunderconsideration.

Sources

PoliticalSciencepaperstypicallyusebothprimaryandsecondarysources.Primarysourcesincludegovernmentdocuments,politicalpartystatements,andpoliticalleaders'speeches.Usingprimarysourceinformation（datathathasnotbeenpre-digestedbyanotheranalyst）canreallyenrichyourpaperandhelpyouproducestrongerwork.Secondarysourcesincludejournalarticles,newspaperpieces,andbooks.BooksandjournalarticlesshouldformthebulkofsourcesforyourresearchforapaperinPoliticalScience.Forsomeverycurrenttopics,newspaperarticlesandgovernmentwebsitesmaybeyourstrongestsources.Besuretobeacriticalconsumerofallthesourcesonwhichyourely.Justbecausesomethingisontheweborinabookdoesnotmakeit"thetruth."PleasenotethatWikipediaisnotavalidsource.DonotciteWikipedia,Geocities,Aboutorsimilarsources.

Finally,donotletthesourcesyoufinddrivethecontentofyourpaper.Justbecauseyoufoundsomethingwhiledoingyourresearchdoesnotmeanitshouldbeincludedinthefinalpaper.Useonlywhatyouneedtomakeyourargument（todemonstrateyourthesis）.

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Audience

Knowingyouraudienceisacriticalissuebecausetheleveloftheaudiencehelpstodeterminethetypesofinformationyouneedtoincludeinyourpapertogetyourpointsacrosstothereader.Keepinmindthatyouarenotwritingpapersforanaudienceofone,theprofessor.Yourpapershouldbegearedtowardtheinterestedandintelligentlayperson（bylayperson,Imeans