GRAMMAR & WRITING PRACTICE               
(C-2011-01208-A) 
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
EVENING DIVISION
FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
SPRING 2000

TERRI LI-CHI YUEH

TIME: TUESDAY 6:40 - 8:20 PM
CLASSROOM: ES 509 / CL 301

OFFICE: LA 110 / SF 901
TEL: 29031111 EXT. 2269 / 3722 
MAIL BOX: LA 110
E-MAIL: yueh@mails.fju.edu.tw / terriyue@ms3.hinet.net

                                                             


REQUIRED TEXTS:

CORRECT WRITING, 6TH ED. (BUTLER, HICKMAN, McALEXANDER, OVERBY) (CW)
MODERN ENGLISH: A PRACTICAL REFERENCE GUIDE (FRANK) (ME)
FIRST STEPS IN ACADEMIC WRITING (HOGUE) (FSW)
OXFORD WORDPOWER DICTIONARY

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RECOMMENDATIONS:

PARAGRAPH PRACTICE: WRITING IN PARAGRAPH & COMPOSITION (SULLIVAN)
PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT, 2ND Ed. (ARNAUDET & BARRETT)
PRENTICEHAL HANDBOOK FOR WRITERS, 12th Ed. 
THE PROCESS OF PARAGRAPH WRITING (REID & LINDSTROM)
THE WORKING WRITER (FULWILER) PRENTICE HALL
ALLUSIONS OF WESTERN LITERARY WORKS
LONGMAN DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

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REQUIREMENTS & GRADING:

IN-CLASS ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION (CONFERENCE WITH THE INSTRUCTOR) 10%
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS & REVISIONS 30%
TEAM PROJECTS & QUIZZES 20%
MIDTERM & FINAL EXAM 30%
END-OF-THE-YEAR TEST 10%

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A TENTATIVE SYLLABUS

1 2/21 SEMESTER INTRODUCTION & ASSIGNMENT TEST
2 2/28 HOLIDAY (NO CLASS)
3 3/6 PUNCTUATION & MECHANICS (CW 19-20)
4 3/13 *OUTLINE MAKING (FSW PP 39-43& PP 116-117) / FAULTY AGREEMENT (CW 9-10)
5 3/20 *A SUMMARY WRITING / REFERENCE & CASE OF PRONOUNS (CW 11-12; ME 3)
6 4/3 SPRING RECESS (NO CLASS)
7 4/10 *ENUMERATIVE PARAGRAPHS –CHRONOLOGY &PROCESS (FSW UNIT 2)
MISPLACED / SQUINTING / DANGLING MODIFIERS (CW 14-15)
8 4/17 * SPACE ORDER / DESCRIPTION (FSW UNIT 3) / WEB CLASS
9 4/24 *COMPARISON & CONTRAST / ILLOGICAL COMPARISIONS &MIXED CONSTRUCTIONS (CW 18)
10 5/1 MIDTERM EXAM
11 5/8 *CAUSE & EFFECT (FSW UNIT 5) / GRAMMAR REVIEW
12 5/15 CLAUSES &EFFECTIVE SENTENCES / GRAMMAR REVIEW
  5/21 @@ (SUNDAY) THE END-OF-THE-YEAR TEST@@
13 5/22 EXAM DAY TRANSFER (NO CLASS)
14 5/29 CONFERENCE ON THE INTERNET
15 6/5 PROJECT PRESENTATION
16 6/12 FINAL EXAM

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EFERENCRES:

Oxford Advanced Learner¡¦s English-Chinese Dictionary, 4th ed. 1998. Oxford: Oxford UP.
Alexander, Louis. 1998.Longman Right Word Wrong Word. Hong Kong: Longman.
Alexander, Louis. 1993 Longman English Grammar Practice.. Hong Kong: Longman.
Arnaudet, M. L. & Barrett, M. E. 1990. Paragraph Development, 2nd ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall
Ascher, Allen. 1993. Think About Editing: A Grammar Editing Guide For ESL Writers. Boston: Heinle &
     Heinle.
Bailey, E. P. & Powell, P. A. 1999. The Practical Writer, 7th ed. Orlando: Harcourt Brace & Company.
Brieger, N. & Sweeney, S. 1994. The Language of Business English: Grammar & Function. New Jersey:
     Prentice Hall.
Devitiis, G. D., Mariani, l. & O¡¦Malley, K. 1997 English Grammar for Communication.
     Hong Kong: Longman.
Henrichsen, Lynn E & Pack, Alice C. 1992. Sentence Construction, 2nd ed. Boston: Heinle & Heinle.
Kramer, M. G., Leggett, G. & Mead, C. D. 1995. Prentice Hall Handbook for Writers. 12th ed. New
     Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Marius, R. & Wiener H. S. 1994. The McGraw-Hill College Handbook. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Redman, S. 1997. English Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Strong, William. 1981. Sentence Combining and Paragraph Building. London: Random House.
Swan, M. & Walter, C. 1997. How English Works: A Grammar Practice Book. Oxford: Oxford UP.

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