Бакалавриат
2023/2024
Основы академического письма
Статус:
Курс обязательный (Программа двух дипломов НИУ ВШЭ и Университета Кёнхи «Экономика и политика в Азии»)
Направление:
41.03.01. Зарубежное регионоведение
Кто читает:
Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики
Где читается:
Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 1-4 модуль
Формат изучения:
с онлайн-курсом
Онлайн-часы:
20
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
110
Course Syllabus
Abstract
As an introduction to university writing, this course will take students through the necessary elements of writing for academic purposes: the process itself, its genres, features and conventions. This includes the writing process, factual and analytical writing, organizing various essay types, developing a thesis, evaluating information, providing supporting evidence, and citing and referencing outside sources. Starting from general culture-specific and stylistic features of academic writing in English, students will work their way through the writing process, including prewriting research, drafting and revising, editing and proofreading, towards larger academic essays. Alongside with the key theoretical concepts and major practical issues, the course will develop knowledge of linguistic structures, including grammar, punctuation, and spelling, through practice in composing and revising. Students will write something for or in every class. During the course, the students will be familiarized with theory of argumentation and develop basic research skills.
Learning Objectives
- Мastering the key theoretical concepts of the given subject;
- understanding the genre conventions;
- gaining experience reading critically;
- locating and evaluating primary and secondary research materials;
- writing different types of academic essays
- developing the effective use of language;
- preparing students for writing for other disciplines.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate proficiency in written academic English
- understand features of various written texts and be able to incorporate them in their own writing
- be aware of formal writing conventions
- use strategies of effective written communication
- enrich academic vocabulary and extend grammar range to write coherent paragraphs
- produce clear text using appropriate logical connectors
- be able to manage their own writing process through different strategies of prewriting (brainstorming, drafting…)
- be able to critically evaluate sources of information
- develop effective arguments using a variety of rhetorical techniques (examples, statistics, authoritative quotations…)
- master academic citation standards
Course Contents
- Sentence structure: independent and dependent clauses, simple, compound and complex sentences; punctuation rules
- Using outside sources, quotations: direct and indirect, reporting verbs and phrase, punctuation rules
- Paragraph: unity and coherence
- Supporting details: facts, quotations and statistics. Fact vs opinion
- Paragraph structure: topic sentence, supporting sentences and concluding sentence
- Paragraph writing: types of paragraphs and structure
- Writing process: main stages Brainstorming techniques
- Rhetorical situation and academic convention
- Overview of the course
- Review of the course material, exam preparation
- Peer review and self-editing strategies
- Argumentative essay: organisation, signal words Rules of writing a thesis statement
- Comparison/contrast essay: organisation (point-by-point, block), signal words
- Logical fallacies in argumentation
- Cause and effect essay: block and chain organisation, transitions
- Process essay
- Classification essay
- Concluding paragraph
- Body paragraph: logical division of ideas, structure, transitions
- Introductory paragraph: types, thesis statement
- From paragraph to essay: three parts of an essay
- Punctuation rules: commas, semicolons, colons…
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 3rd moduleStudents will write a mid-term test at the end of Semester 1. The test will include a writing assignment completed in class. Students will take an exam at the end of Module 3. The exam includes oral and written tasks. At the end of Module 3 the grade will be calculated based on the following: Exam - 40% (20% oral, 20%written) Class Participation (oral and written) - 20% Attendance - 20% Tests (Module 1, 2) - 20%
- 2023/2024 4th moduleThis exam at the end of Module 4 will be organized as an in-class 500-word argumentative essay. At the end of Module 4 the grade will be calculated based on the following: Exam - 50% Class Participation - 25% Attendance - 25%
