高中学术论文指导Lecture 1 课件

English Academic Writing Fall, 2022 Prof. FU，Li (Felicia) E-mail: fuli@hit.edu.cn Warm-up Activities Why do you write essays? Writing essays develops essential skills and functions in the education of a student. List two benefits that writing essays can bring to you: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ To develop students’ skills in delivering ideas clearly and logically to readers. To aid students to write good English and improve their overall English skills. When writing an essay, you need to understand the context that prompt your writing. 3 Your first step in writing is to look at the subject from your own point of view and ask, “What am I writing about?” However, before writing, you should begin by asking: Writing Context Who are my audience? What purpose do I hope to achieve? What will I need to say in order to accomplish this purpose? In what form or genre will I present my ideas? Every time you begin to see different and multiple answers to these questions, the writing context changes. Understanding the writing context requires considering multiple viewpoints, but it also requires understanding that these viewpoints intersect and interrelate. In thinking about the elements of the writing context, you must begin to make decisions about the content of your message, what you want to say, how you want to say it, and in what form it should be presented. (From KSDE Writing Homepage) Writing Context What is English Academic Writing? academic (adjective): relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education. pertaining to areas of study that are not primarily vocational or applied, as the humanities or pure mathematics. theoretical or hypothetical; not practical, realistic, or directly useful. What is English Academic Writing? academic (adjective): learned or scholarly but lacking in worldliness, common sense, or practicality. conforming to set ru