本教材是按照高等學校英語專業(yè)英語教學大綱的要求，結(jié)合編者的教學經(jīng)驗以及國內(nèi)外對英語寫作教學的研究成果編寫而成。本教材的主旨是通過英語寫作課堂教學，幫助學生建立起用英語寫作的信心，熟悉英語寫作的過程，把握常見文本(如敘述、說明性的短文)的語篇結(jié)構(gòu)和語言特點，避免出現(xiàn)常見錯誤。本書共有三章，三十六個單元，包括寫作過程的主要環(huán)節(jié)，即：構(gòu)思，寫出初稿，修改、編輯和校對。所選范文生動有趣、語言地道，便于學生模仿和掌握各種問題的基本特征，形成用英語思考和寫作的習慣。在每個步驟給學生提供有針對性的幫助和指點，每一個環(huán)節(jié)所給出的核對清單便于學生自查、互查。帶著批判性的眼光來修改自己和同學的習作，有重點地掌握和落實每個環(huán)節(jié)的要點。此外，每一單元后面都配有一定數(shù)量的練習，并附有答案，以供學習者鞏固所學知識。
本教材適用對象為大學本科一年級或二年級英語專業(yè)的學生或具有同等水平的自學者。
Chapter One Prewriting Strategies
Section I Writing and Prewriting
1. The importance of writing
2. The differences between writing and speaking
3. The process of writing
Section II Prewriting Techniques
Introduction
Unit 1 Brainstorming
Unit 2 Freewriting
Unit 3 Questioning
Unit 4 Mapping
Unit 5 Preparing an outline
Unit 6 Cubing
Unit 7 Journal Writing
Chapter Two Writing the First Draft
Section I Paragraph and Essay Structure
Unit 8 The Structure of a Paragraph
Unit 9 The Structure of an Essay
Section II Types of Development Patterns
Unit 10 List
Unit 11 Process
Unit 12 Definition
Unit 13 Classification
Unit 14 Cause and Effect
Unit 15 Comparison and Contrast
Unit 16 Argumentation
Unit 17 Narration
Unit 18 Description
Chapter Three Revising and Editing
Introduction
Section I Revising
Section II Editing
Unit 19 Countable Nouns and Uncountable Nouns
Unit 20 Collective Nouns
Unit 21 Proper Nouns
Unit 22 Vocatives
Unit 23 Pronouns
Unit 24 Prepositional Phrases
Unit 25 Word Order
Unit 26 Parallelism
Unit 27 Subject, Object and Predicative
Unit 28 Grammatical Subject and Logical Subject
Unit 29 Appositive and Attributive
Unit 30 Punctuation
Unit 31 Frequently Used Wrong Words or Phrases
Unit 32 Brevity
Unit 33 Complete Sentences
Unit 34 Variety of Diction
Unit 35 Classification
Unit 36 Comparison and Contrast
Keys to Exercises
References
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