Computer-Assisted Composition — Osaka Jogakuin Web Syllabus

科目名	Computer-Assisted Composition
担当教員	BAYER, Konrad
授業の目的、または到達目標	Students will practice composition, editing, and evaluation of their own and other student's writing. Students will explore writing styles from set rhetorical patterns to free writing and research writing. One aspect of this will be the need to conduct research and analyze information found from a critical perspective. Computers will be used in the composition process; however, this is not a class in how to use a computer. Students must have basic computer skills before enrolling in the course.
授業の概要	Writing compositions and researching various topics


授業の形態	Lectures, explanations, and hands-on writing practice using multimedia software and hardware.
時間割		概要	宿題(予習・復習等)
	1	Course explanation, introduction. Name cards.	10 sentences
	2	Basics: sentence structure and linking sentences	Rewriting sentences
	3	Basics: paragraph structure and linking paragraphs	Exercises to practice linking sentences to make paragraphs
	4	Pre-writing: Brainstorming and Thesis statements	Thesis statement for 1st paper
	5	Outlines	1st paper outline
	6	Introductions	1st paper introduction
	7	Body paragraphs and Conclusions	1st draft of 1st paper
	8	Self-evaluation (starting research for 2nd paper)	2nd draft of 1st paper. Research idea for 2nd paper
	9	Peer-evaluation. Doing research and APA style	3rd draft of 1st paper. Thesis statement for 2nd paper
	10	Using Criterion to help improve writing	Outline for 2nd paper
	11	Improving sentences: making complex sentences out of simple sentences	2nd paper introduction
	12	Transistions and parenthetical citations	2nd paper body paragraphs
	13	Summaries and quotations	2nd paper conclusion
	14	Self-editing	2nd paper final draft
	15	Evaluations	none
準備学習	For every class period, students are expected to do an hour of preparation.
教科書	Handouts will be provided by the instructor.
参考文献	APA handbook
成績評価方法・基準	Class Work: 50%; Essays and Papers 50%

時間割

担当教員	開講学期	開講曜日	開講時限	履修クラス	単位数
Ｂａｙｅｒ　Ｋｏｎｒ	秋学期	火曜日	３時限	C	2
Ｂａｙｅｒ　Ｋｏｎｒ	秋学期	火曜日	７時限	D	2