JHHSU English: writing Conference Papers Ⅰ、Ⅱ 2011-2012
A General Introduction to the Course Structure
This course consists of two independent semester sub-courses. In other words, students may take the first semester without taking the second, but not vice versa.
However, it is suggested that students take both.
The topics and writings covered in the first semester are more basic, and the second semester will deal more directly with conference paper writing.
The first semester stresses mainly the writing skills. First, the basic structural differences between Chinese and English will be compared and examined so that students will not try to make direct translations when they write English sentences.
Second, the different types of writings will be introduced and practiced.
The second semester will focus on writing a term paper or a conference paper. It begins with the inception of an idea, and how this idea is to be developed and
logically organized. The writing process will be explained and practiced.
Course Description and Course Objectives （課程目標）
This English writing course is designed to assist graduate students in the College of Liberal Arts (1) to write English appropriately, and (2) to acquire the skills of writing academic papers, (3) to acquire a reasonable listening comprehension, and (4) to participate actively in discussion and ask salient questions in English
Class Procedures （授課方式 成績評量）
The class will normally be conducted in the English language in order to help students improve their listening ability. Students are encouraged to use English in class as much as possible. In the first semester, students are required to translate short articles from Chinese to English and to write short papers. In the second semester, they are to practice writing a conference paper. Course grade will be based on the degree of participation in class (30%) and the quality of the assigned papers (70%).
Course Topics（課程綱要）: First semester covers (A) and (B), and second semester (C) and (D).
A. East meets West in writing: different thought patterns and language structures 1. Translation: from Chinese to English – logical organizations
2. Differences between Chinese and English syntactic structures B. The fundamentals of writing an English paragraph and composition:
1. Elements of good writing and the writing process 2. Writing essays
3. Types of essays: narration, description, classification, comparison and contrast, and argumentation.
C. A conference paper in the humanities:
1. Common types of documents in the humanities
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2. Writing a term paper a. Purpose and method b. Types of treatment 3. Format of a research paper
D. How to write a conference paper on a given topic 1. General practice in writing
2. How to write a proposal for a paper 3. How to outline the proposed paper 4. How to write an introduction
5. How to develop the body of the paper 6. How to write a conclusion
7. How to prepare a list of references
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