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Tentative Schedule (Spring, 2018)


Last Updated 2018/2/24*
Except for journals and some special cases, assignments are usually due on Fridays.


 

Date

Mode and Activity

Deadline*
& Reference

1

2/27

General introduction &
I. Conversation & App: (1) Work, Career and building your personal profile [Q]
 App: (2) Resume and cover letter

Resume ppt, Skill Resume Sample, Chinese resume (ref)
application ppt, Cover Letter Sample
II. Final Exam: responses

RP writing starts
Job form
Job description due 3/1 noon
(see Links)

 

3/2

II. Variable (Kumar) & textual pattern
III. Conversation: Our StoryBrainstorming

2 RP Convention helpers (meeting on 5/10 15:30-17:30)
App. 1-1. cover letter, resume

2

3/6

I. App: (3) Statement of Purpose and Autobiography
III. Conversation & App (4): My Strengths and Weaknesses [Q]

Autobiography ppt

(see Links)

 

3/9

I. Application Letter & Resume Revision
III. Our Story: Goal-Setting and Job Division

App. 1-2.  SOP/autobio.
RP outline & progress report

3

3/13

I. SOP/Autobio. Revision
II. Variable and textual pattern: Discussion

 

 

3/16

I. App: Interview Practice (1): F2F

RP Notes & Quotes

4

3/20

II. RP: Quotation, Literature Review and Outlining
RP: Outline & Peer Response

(Graff and Birkenstein; Hubbuch)

 

3/23

Individual Conferences (1)

Our Story (OS) plan due

5

3/27

III. Conversation: Panel Discussion

Job sign-up (26-30)

 

3/30

Good Friday

RP 1 (Part 1 & 2: intro, literature review, argument & methodology)

6

4/3

Spring Break

 

 

4/6

Spring Break

--App. 2; J 1: interview worksheet; 2: my career prep; 3. free

7

4/10

I. App: Interview Practice (2): Online
III. Our Language Problems (1) –two groups

Bring earphones

 

4/13

Cross-section mock job interview I

 

8

4/17

Cross-section mock job interview II

interview responses due 

 

4/20

I. App: General Response & Conclusion
III. Our Language Problems (2) –1 group (4 samples)

RP 2

9

4/24

III. Our Language Problems (2) –three groups
II. RP: Refining Thesis Statement and usages of Quotations  (2 hours; makeup class for 5/25)

(Lester pp. 166-69; 241)

 

4/27

Mid-Term Exam (2 hours)

J2: 3 interview responses + OS report; RP2

10

5/1

III. Our Story (OS): Presentation (1-1)
II. RP: Abstract Writing

 

 

5/4

III. Our Story (OS): Presentation (1-2)

RP Abstract (due)

11

5/8

    • Formal Presentation (1) - Rex and Renn

III. My Life as a ~ [Q]

 

 

5/11

    •  Formal Presentation (2) - Mandy and Jess

OS Report (1); e-project contest due date

12

5/15

III. Hot News [Q]

  • Peer Response: RP 2

5/10 RP Convention meeting

 

5/18

    • Formal Presentation (3) - Chris and Thomas

 

13

5/22

    • Formal Presentation (4) - Stella, Cindy and Jacqueline

RP sign-up & ppt’s due for Teachers

 

5/25

    • No class (made up on 4/20)

RP 3

14

5/29

    • Formal Presentation (5) - Judy, Alexandra, Linda
    • RP: Reminders

  Sign up week for RP Convention 5/28-6/1

 

6/1

    • Formal Presentation (6) - Daniel, Erica

 

15

6/5

    • individual conferences (2) on CCIII Benchmarks

Peer Response (3) [due two days after the papers are submitted]

 

6/8

III. RP 3: General Response

 

16

6/12

Research Paper Convention I

 

 

6/15

Research Paper Convention II

 

17

6/19

Research Paper Convention III

 

 

6/22

Research Paper Convention IV

J3; OS Report (2) + RP Response & Self-Evaluation
RP 4

18

6/26

II. RP Conclusion

 

 

6/29

III. Our Story Presentation (2)

Party time!!! 12:30


 

References:
Graff, Gerald and Cathy Birkenstein. They Say / I Say : The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing. 2nd edition, W.W. Norton & Co., 2010.
Hubbuch, Susan M. Writing Research Papers across the Curriculum. 4th edition, Harcourt, 1996.
Kumar, Ranjit. Research Methodology: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners. 3rd edition, SAGE, 2010.
Lester, James and James Lester, Jr. Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide,  Global Edition. 15th edition, Pearson, 2015.