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Preface前 言 I
A General Syllabus for OurWriting Class课程介绍 ill
UNIT 1 Let Me Tell You a Science Story 1
科幻世界
UNIT 2 Free Writing Again 9
果真如此
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书摘
Writing
Syllabus Fall，2000 YANG YONGLIN A General Syllabus for 0ur Writing Class 课程介绍 1．Coupe Description and
Subject Explanation
This is basically a task-oriented course(任务型为主的课程)．To put it another way， the course is designed to develop your ability in writing by encouraging you to work on different composition assignments as you move through this course．The approach we are going to adopt is a process-oriented type(过程写作方式)．This means that we will pay more attention to the establishment of good writing habits than anything else．To meet this end，collective activities such as classroom discussion(课堂讨论)，peer- exchange reading and evaluation(同学互评)will be emphasized．On the other hand，individual needs will be taken into account as well．One point we would like to stress is that a successful writing class means more than just writing．In some cases，the development of cognitive things(认知发展)like reasoning and thinking could be more important than the internalization of some mechanical things(技巧的掌握)in writing．Hence，critical thinking will strongly be encouraged in this course(鼓励批判性思维方式)，because,more often than not?our problem is not that we do not know how to write,but that we do not know how to think critically and creatively．
Another point we should not ignore is that we are going to introduce a diversity of"genres"(体裁写作)into our class．As you will soon see，a range of writing skills will be developed by your active participation in some practical training in the course．The reason for doing this is that we believe people do things with language．In our situation，we may say that we do things with writing(以文成事).Following this reasoning，we may argue that knowing different ways of doing things with writing will provide you with more opportunities to become a successful writer．
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