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	Ability to use various rhetorical patterns, explore individual writing styles, and reach an understanding of using computers as a tool for both research and writing. Learning Objectives ・ Can write clear essays with thesis statements, details to support the main ideas, and clear conclusions ・ Can write clear paragraphs using proper grammar and sentence structure ・ Can edit and evaluate their own and other students’ writings ・ Can use writing styles for different purposes of writing ・ Can conduct research and analyze information found from a critical perspective ・ Can use writing skills covered in Research Methods ・ Can use Criterion to evaluate their writing and make improvements
授業の概要	Students will practice composition, editing, and evaluation of the 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	Write Away Right Away, Second Edition. Written by David Martin. Published by EFL Press.
参考文献	APA handbook
成績評価方法・基準	Class Work: 50%; Essays 30%; Final Paper 20%
関連リンク	http://www.eflpress.com/JP/books/write.html

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, Konrad	春学期	火曜日	５時限	a	2
Bayer, Konrad	秋学期	火曜日	５時限	c	2