Sophomores' Conversation & Composition,1999

 
 
Room: SF208; LA322 Instructor: Doris L. W. Chang
Time: Tue. 10:10-12:00 &  Office: SF123  (Ext. 3814)
         Thur. 13:40—15:30 Office Hours: Wed. 1:30-3:30; Thur. 3:40-5:30
Course Objectives:
 
     For conversation
This year course is designed to help you function orally in different situations of life and the international community. We shall cover a wide range of topics (personal, social, political, economical, environmental, etc.), explore issues local and international, and practice different modes of communication (e.g. panel discussions, role-playing, news casting, debating, briefing, etc.).  Beside the in-class conversation practices, you are encouraged to access to our class on the web and practice expressing yourselves about various issues.  The design of the conversation activities is done in hope that the topics, themes and activities shall lead to your writing practice and ultimately perfect your overall command of English. 
 

      For composition
      In terms of composition, this course is designed to achieve the following goals. 

  1. It is meant to reinforce your mastery of the writing modes learned in the freshman year (i.e. Narration, Description, Comparison and Contrast).
  2. It aims at introducing you the techniques of researching and report writing: note-taking (quoting, summarizing, paraphrasing), synthesizing (organizing, outlining, thesis writing), proper introduction, conclusion, transition, and documentation.  This shall prepare them to compose a formal, grammatical and well-organized report in the second semester. 
  3. Finally, a Class Magazine project will be conducted throughout the semester to give you a sense of readership and publication. As you write for composition 1 and 2, it shall be kept in mind that someone, not only the teacher, will be reading your compositions.  Therefore, it is strongly recommended that whatever you write for the composition assignment, it shall be integrated with the group’s Class Magazine design.  It is to be stressed, though, that in this project, we are looking for writing of the best quality.


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