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Number 202
Subject ACADEMIC WRITING II
Title Academic writing II
Offered
this year		 Yes
Instructor Frank BENNETT
Format Lecture
Term offered 2nd
Open to years M1
Schedule Mon 4
Credit 2
Course
outline		 This course builds upon the skills acquired in Academic Writing I, focusing on critical reading skills and the detailed and sometimes painful work of writing and revising argumentative text. Regular writing assignments will be made, and members of the class will take an active role in appraising one anothers' work. There will also be supplementary training sessions on the use of information technology to manage text and the writing process. A short final examination will test basic knowledge acquired during the course, but our most important work will be done in class discussions and writing assignments.
Course
objective

Students will acquire the following skills:

  1. To judge their own writing's suitability for an implied audience.

  2. To be professionally open about the weaknesses of their own writing and argumentation.

  3. To offer constructive criticism of the writing of others.

  4. To have the patience and persistence to attend to detail in preparing final manuscripts.

  5. To be competent in the use of software such as word processing suites, spreadsheets and online databases.

Textbooks There is no assigned textbook for this class. Handouts and reading materials will be distributed via the online syllabus system.
Additional
references

The following websites (linked at the bottom of this page) are closely related to our work in the course:

http://gsl-nagoya-u.net/

http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/social.html

http://www.lexis.com/research/

http://www.lawandsociety.org/review/StyleSheet.htm

http://www.plagiarism.org/learning_center/what_is_plagiarism.html

Evaluation

Evaluation of written work: %60

Class contributions: 30%

Final examination: 10%

Prerequisites Academic Writing I is a prerequisite for enrolment in this course for credit.
Remarks Plagiarism in submitted assignments may result in expulsion from the class.