本课程是面向本科学生开放的一门通识课程，旨在让学生全面系统了解英语学术写作的思路与方法。课程分析了学生在写作中经常出现的问题并提出相应的解决方法、逐步引导学生从段落的组织到篇章的结构，针对不同写作内容和目标选择相应的写作方法。其中，对记叙、描述、定义、过程、分类、对比、因果分析、议论等不同文体的写作提出了具体的方案。对学生在本专业学术写作中从信息的收集到选择、应用做出了指导。
Unit 1 Academic Writing
1.1 The Writing Process
1.2 The Writing Scoring System
1.3 Academic Writing
Unit 1 Quiz
Unit 1 Reading-Why Academic Writing is Good for You
Unit 2 Topic Sentence
2.1 Topic Sentence
2.2 Linguistic Clinic: Run-ons & Comma Splices
2.3 Linguistic Clinic: Word Choice
Unit 2 Quiz
Unit 2 Provide a topic sentence for the paragraph
Unit 3 Supporting Sentences
3.1 Supporting Sentences
3.2 Facts vs. Opinions
3.3 Writing tool-grammarly
Unit 3 Quiz--Are the following statements opinions?
Unit 3 Provide supporting sentences for the given topic sentence.
Unit 4 Concluding Sentence
4.1 Concluding Sentence
4.2 How to Paraphrase
4.3 Writing tool--Linggle
Unit 4 Quiz- Reorder the scrambled sentences into a paragraph.
Unit 4 Provide the concluding sentence for the given paragraph
Unit 5 Narrative Paragraph
5.1 Narrative Paragraph
5.2 Linguistic Clinic: Capitalization
5.3 Writing tool--Thesaurus
Unit 5 Quiz--1. Arrange the sentences in correct time order.
Unit 6 Descriptive Paragraph
6.1 Descriptive Paragraph
6.2 Strategies of Description
6.3 How to Describe a Chart
6.4 Writing tool--academic phrasebank
Unit 6 Quiz--Preposition
Unit 7 Process Paragraph
7.1 Process Paragraph
7.2 How to Describe Diagrams and Flow Charts
7.3 How to Describe Maps
Unit 7 Quiz--Process
Unit 8 Definition Paragraph
8.1 Definition Paragraph
8.2 Linguistic Clinic: Omit Needless Words
8.3 Linguistic Clinic: Royal Order of Adjectives
Unit 8 Quiz-Definition and Conciseness
Unit 8 The Order of Adjectives
Unit 9 Exemplification Paragraph
9.1 Exemplification Paragraph
9.2 Logical Division of Ideas
9.3 From Paragraph to Essay
Unit 9 Quiz
Unit 10 Introduction and Conclusion
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Unity & Coherence
10.3 Conclusion
Unit 10 Quiz-Introduction
Unit 10 Quiz-Conclusion
Unit 11 Exposition and Argumentation
11.1 Exposition
11.2 Argumentation
Quiz 11--Are the following sentences good thesis statements for argument?
Unit 12 Cause and Effect Essays
12.1 Cause/Effect Essays
12.2 How to Write a Summary
Unit 12 Quiz--Fill in the blanks with appropriate words indicating cause/effect relations. The first letter of each word is given. Please type the complete word in correct form.
Unit 12 Cause/Effect essay--Fresh Water Shortage
Unit 13 Classification Essays
13.1 Classification Essays
13.2 Linguistic Clinic: Active Voice vs. Passive Voice
Unit 13 Quiz-Fill in the blanks with appropriate words indicating classification. The first letter of each word is given. Please type the complete word in correct form.
Unit 14 Comparison vs. Contrast
14.1 Comparison vs. Contrast
14.2 Information Online
Quiz 14 Multiple choice--Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
Unit 15 Academic Integrity
15.1 Plagiarism
15.2 In-text Citation & Quotation
15.3 Paraphrase and Summary
15.4 Writing tool--citation generator
Quiz 15 Paraphrase
Unit 16 Review & Exam
16.1 Review: Paragraph
16.2 Review: Essay
16.3 Linguistic Clinic: Common Mistakes
16.4 Writing tool--Abstract generator
