英语写作教程:从创新思维到批判思维

SyllabusPart 1 Creative ThinkingCreative Thinking and Prewriting： An IntroductionUnit 1 What Is Creative Thinking？Unit 2 Creative Strategies （I）I BrainstormingII Means-Ends AnalysisIII Left-Brain and Right-BrainIV Utilizing Different SensesUnit 3 Characteristics of Creative ThinkingI Lateral Thinking vs． Vertical ThinkingII A Questioning AttitudeIII Associative PowersIV Fluency， Flexibility， and OriginalityUnit 4 Creative Strategies （II）I Changing the Entry PointII The Reversal MethodIII Track SwitchingUnit 5 Perceptual Blocks to CreativityI StereotypingII Self-Imposed LimitsIII SaturationUnit 6 Creative Strategies （III）I Checklist for New IdeasII Attribute ListingIII Exposure and Random Word Stimulation

Part 2 PrewritingI What Prewriting Is NotII What Prewriting IsIII Prewriting Techniques1．Track Switching2．Listing3．Subject Chart4．Columns5．Cubing6．Looping7．The Reporter's Formula8．Classical Invention9．Attribute ListingAppendix IAppendix IIKey to Exercises and HomeworkReferences

《英语写作教程·从创新思维到批判思维》这套教材根据北京外国语大学英语学院多年来写作教学的经验和研究成果编写而成。教材遵循通过思维训练来学习写作的全新理念，打破了英语写作教学中纯粹学习语言和结构的传统模式，具有如下突出特点：1.将创新思维策略与写前构思技巧结合，同时也将批判思维训练渗透到写作阶段，并重点在议论文中运用，为学习者挖掘写作题材、培养和开发创新能力、提高批判思维水平提供一个全新的体验空间；2.采用在实践中学习的教学理念，教学内容的编排遵循由浅入深、精讲多练的原则；课堂练习、课外作业围绕教学的目的和技能而设计；3.编者博客提供适量影视片段、电视公益和商业广告等多媒体材料作为练习的补充，学习者能从日常生活的可视侧面感受创新思维和批判思维在写作学习中的重要性及实践意义。