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浙江广播电视大学英语专业（开放本科）《高级英语写作》教学辅导1 How to study this course Welcome to English for studying.This course is named after the previous courses such as English in daily life,English at leisure,English at work and Erglish in current affairs.They are all headed by the word Erglish.You can paraphrase them by using this formula English used.Thus,English in daily life can be re-phrased as English used in daily life.Similarly English for studying means English used for studying.This gives you a srapshot of what this course is all about! In your present study of distance taught by courses,writirg plays an exceptionally impartant role.It is through writing that you give your tutor and uriversity authorities hard and solid evidence of your continuous progress and ochievement.that is why you had to do a lot of writing tasks in your first year study.a piece a week,to say the least! However.those tasks were designed in such a way that they were subordirate to the other non-writing tasks.In other words,they are not systematic in view of developing writing skill.This course---English for studying--will not only reinforce your previous writing practice by recycling some of the writing tasks,but also attempt to create more systematic and coherent opportunities for you to practize writirg Resources checklist First things first.Let's make sure that you have everything you need. The materials you should have Have you got them? There is An audio cassette accompanying the book.It is for listering tasks.And all the listening tasks are integrated with the writirg tasks of the book It is therefore absolutely essential that you have it. For eoch unit there are Extra sample writings.They are included at the erd of the unit. There are also Some video programmes accomparyirg the book.They show some authentic clips of writing activities or writers taking about their writirg experierces you are not expected to buy them,of course,but you should watch them in the tutorial centre

浙江广播电视大学英语专业(开放本科) 《高级英语写作》教学辅导 1 How to study this course Welcome to English for studying. This course is named after the previous courses such as English in daily life, English at leisure, English at work and English in current affairs. They are all headed by the word English. You can paraphrase them by using this formula English used. Thus, English in daily life can be re-phrased as English used in daily life. Similarly English for studying means English used for studying. This gives you a snapshot of what this course is all about! In your present study of distance taught by courses, writing plays an exceptionally important role. It is through writing that you give your tutor and university authorities hard and solid evidence of your continuous progress and achievement. that is why you had to do a lot of writing tasks in your first year study, a piece a week, to say the least! However, those tasks were designed in such a way that they were subordinate to the other non-writing tasks. In other words, they are not systematic in view of developing writing skill. This course --- English for studying --- will not only reinforce your previous writing practice by recycling some of the writing tasks, but also attempt to create more systematic and coherent opportunities for you to practize writing. Resources checklist First things first. Let’s make sure that you have everything you need. The materials you should have Have you got them? ·There is An audio cassette accompanying the book. It is for listening tasks. And all the listening tasks are integrated with the writing tasks of the book. It is therefore absolutely essential that you have it. ·For each unit there are Extra sample writings. They are included at the end of the unit. ·There are also Some video programmes accompanying the book. They show some authentic clips of writing activities or writers talking about their writing experiences. You are not expected to buy them, of course, but you should watch them in the tutorial centre

You should have at least One notebook. You have the resources now.They will remain wasted if you fail to use them wisely. The structure of the book: Here are 8 units,Unit 1 invites you to reflect upon your own writing.As you may recall. our arcestor warns us:学而不思则网.in the modern theory of writirg.there isa Reflective approach to composition.This approach actually follows the same principle of learning as that laid down by our ancestor.It is adopted in the course.We believe it is informative and effective.The essence of the approach is that you have to do constant critical reviews of your own writing practice agairst the sample texts to assess your own strengths as well as weaknesses.Through self-assessment,you achieve a high degree of self-awareness of your own composition.In writing.because we have to think hard on so mamy thirgs all at the same time,we tend to make mistakes,sometimes very silly ones, totally below our awareress.We then feel ashamed when they are pointed out to us:we canrot believe that they are there in black and whitel Experienced writers.due to sharp self-awareness,know where the errors are most likely to occur,thus steering their thinking and writing more smoothly than otherwise. The remaining 7 units deal with 7 particular types of writing activities.Unit 2. correspordence,is concerned with letter writing.including such sub-types as formal/informal,personal/official,business/non-business,and CV.It may seem simple and straightforward to write a letter.In actual fact.it is one of the writing areas that is mostly culturally sensitive.Errors often occur due to the unawareness of the cultural values involved.Unit 3.getting ideas sorted out,deals with sorting out ideas at the parogruph level.There are three types of octivities designed to develop learners three capabilities:(1)be able to write good paragraphs in gereral:(2)be able to take notes from lectures or from reading---the notes that read like good parographs:and (3)be able to write a summary or abstruct of a text,an article,etc. From unit 4 onwards.each unit is aimed at a particular type of compesition Unit 4. describing what you see,is descriptive:unit 5.telling what happened,is rarrative:unit 6. presenting your ideas,is expository:unit 7.making arguments,is argumentative:and unit 8.writing a report,prepares you for your last course,viz.Practical project design. Writing as a painstaking process As you may recall,in a guide to success 1:orientation,professor guide draws your attention to the differences between Knowing something and Knowing how to do it.and between Knowing how to do it and Being able to actually do it.He uses paragraph writing to illustrate his point.To quote:

·You should have at least One notebook. You have the resources now. They will remain wasted if you fail to use them wisely. The structure of the book: Here are 8 units. Unit 1 invites you to reflect upon your own writing. As you may recall, our ancestor warns us: 学而不思则罔。in the modern theory of writing, there is a Reflective approach to composition. This approach actually follows the same principle of learning as that laid down by our ancestor. It is adopted in the course. We believe it is informative and effective. The essence of the approach is that you have to do constant critical reviews of your own writing practice against the sample texts to assess your own strengths as well as weaknesses. Through self-assessment, you achieve a high degree of self-awareness of your own composition. In writing, because we have to think hard on so many things all at the same time, we tend to make mistakes, sometimes very silly ones, totally below our awareness. We then feel ashamed when they are pointed out to us: we cannot believe that they are there in black and white! Experienced writers, due to sharp self-awareness, know where the errors are most likely to occur, thus steering their thinking and writing more smoothly than otherwise. The remaining 7 units deal with 7 particular types of writing activities. Unit 2, correspondence, is concerned with letter writing, including such sub-types as formal/informal, personal/official, business/non-business, and CV. It may seem simple and straightforward to write a letter. In actual fact, it is one of the writing areas that is mostly culturally sensitive. Errors often occur due to the unawareness of the cultural values involved. Unit 3, getting ideas sorted out, deals with sorting out ideas at the paragraph level. There are three types of activities designed to develop learners’ three capabilities: (1) be able to write good paragraphs in general; (2) be able to take notes from lectures or from reading --- the notes that read like good paragraphs; and (3) be able to write a summary or abstract of a text, an article, etc. From unit 4 onwards, each unit is aimed at a particular type of composition. Unit 4, describing what you see, is descriptive; unit 5, telling what happened, is narrative; unit 6, presenting your ideas, is expository; unit 7, making arguments, is argumentative; and unit 8, writing a report, prepares you for your last course, viz. Practical project design. Writing as a painstaking process As you may recall, in a guide to success 1: orientation, professor guide draws your attention to the differences between Knowing something and Knowing how to do it, and between Knowing how to do it and Being able to actually do it. He uses paragraph writing to illustrate his point. To quote:

Take parogroph writing for example.You can read something about parogroph writing. You now know something about poragraph writing.You can even proceed to tell others how to do it:first.write a topic sentence,then give examples to support it.etc.When time comes for you to write a parograph yourself.your knowledge about parograph writing.and your knowledge of how to do it are put to the real test,you soon realize that it is far from being enough to know about paragraph writing,and to know how to do it.B you need a lot of practice in actual writing.that is,you reed to write one paragraph after another until you can do it confidently and with ease.There is a very odept expression in Chinese that captures the differences i try to drive home here.The expression is only four characters lorg.that is,w高手低，but the implication for English language learring is far beyond its lergth.Emphasis added,gu,1999:61) The point made here by professor guide cannot be overemphasized.There are altogether 201 tasks throughout the course.They fall into three gereral types: 1."To know"tasks---tasks that are designed to develop your knowledge about a particular type of writing.ar features of writing.etc.: 2."To know how"tasks---tasks thet are designed to develop your understanding of the octual process of writing: 3.Practice"tasks---tasks that require you to do the actual writing. Note that the first two types of tasks can be done through reading.filling in the blanks/tables.listering to a cassette,analyzing.critical thinking.etc.The last type. however.must be carried out by practicing actual writing.Unfortunately.there is a general terdency amorg learners that they do the three types of tasks all by reading them through.This is the easiest way.but The least effective way.At the end of the day you only achieve the knowledge about writing.without any actual skill.If you seriously want to improve your writing skill.the only way to achieve this goal is by following the irstructiors,and doing the tasks as required.There is ro short-cut way,and no one can learn to write for you! An 8 week planner I know you are very busy,like everybody else.It is essential that you prioritize your time very well.B it takes 8 weeks to finish this course.The first step,therefore,is to draw an 8 week plarner.Your planner may look like this: Course St九u小y weeks Calendar week Tasks Tutorial Hours U1 Erglish for studying U2 12

Take paragraph writing for example. You can read something about paragraph writing. You now know something about paragraph writing. You can even proceed to tell others how to do it: first, write a topic sentence, then give examples to support it, etc. When time comes for you to write a paragraph yourself, your knowledge about paragraph writing, and your knowledge of how to do it are put to the real test. You soon realize that it is far from being enough to know about paragraph writing, and to know how to do it. B you need a lot of practice in actual writing, that is, you need to write one paragraph after another until you can do it confidently and with ease. There is a very adept expression in Chinese that captures the differences i try to drive home here. The expression is only four characters long, that is, 眼高手低, but the implication for English language learning is far beyond its length. Emphasis added, gu, 1999:61) The point made here by professor guide cannot be overemphasized. There are altogether 201 tasks throughout the course. They fall into three general types: 1. “To know” tasks --- tasks that are designed to develop your knowledge about a particular type of writing, or features of writing, etc.; 2. “To know how” tasks --- tasks that are designed to develop your understanding of the actual process of writing; 3. “Practice” tasks --- tasks that require you to do the actual writing. Note that the first two types of tasks can be done through reading, filling in the blanks/tables, listening to a cassette, analyzing, critical thinking, etc. The last type, however, must be carried out by practicing actual writing. Unfortunately, there is a general tendency among learners that they do the three types of tasks all by reading them through. This is the easiest way, but The least effective way. At the end of the day you only achieve the knowledge about writing, without any actual skill. If you seriously want to improve your writing skill, the only way to achieve this goal is by following the instructions, and doing the tasks as required. There is no short-cut way, and no one can learn to write for you! An 8 week planner I know you are very busy, like everybody else. It is essential that you prioritize your time very well. B it takes 8 weeks to finish this course. The first step, therefore, is to draw an 8 week planner. Your planner may look like this: Course Study weeks Calendar week Tasks Tutorial Hours English for studying 3 4 ______________ ______________ U1 U2 12

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浙江广播电视大学文本教学辅导1_高级英语写作