通用学术英语写作教程

Chapter 1 Writing a Research Essay

Section 1 Reading the research essays

Section 2 Understanding the structure of a research essay

Section 3 Writing topic sentences

Section 4 Avoiding plagiarism

Chapter 2 Writing a Synthesis Essay

Section 1 Reading the synthesis essays

Section 2 Understanding the structure of a synthesis essay

Section 3 Writing supporting sentences

Section 4 Summarizing and synthesizing

Chapter 3 Writing an Argumentative Essay

Section 1 Reading the argumentative essays

Section 2 Understanding the structure of an argumentative essay

Section 3 Writing a good introduction with a proper thesis statement

Section 4 Formality

Chapter 4 Writing a Definitian Essay

Section 1 Reading the definition essays

Section 2 Understanding the structure of a definition essay

Section 3 Writing body paragraphs

Section 4 Subordination

Chapter 5 Writing a Cause and Effect Essay

Section 1 Reading the cause and effect essays

Section 2 Understanding the structure of a cause and effect essay

Section 3 Writing a conclusion

Section 4 Effective use of words

Chapter 6 Writing a Comparison and Contrast Essay

Section 1 Reading the comparison and contrast essays

Section 2 Understanding the structure of a comparison and contrast essay

Section 3 Creating coherent writing

Section 4 Variety in sentence structure and sentence length

2013—2014学期第二学期期考试试卷

《通用学术英语写作教程》共六个单元，分别介绍因果分析，比较对比，定义分类，阐述观点等六大类常见的学术英语作文类型，每个单元提供至少2篇范文。这些范文都是一般话题，如能源问题、跨文化交际、高等教育、环境污染等。每篇范文的长度在600词左右，都遵循引用文献，提供出处的学术文章的写法。教材除了介绍这些类型的作文写作特点和技巧外，着重介绍如何防止剽窃的写作规范，如如何引用文献，如何改写原句，如何写文内出处，如何写文后参考文献等。教材还对书面文体，遣词造句方面设计较多的练习。