Handouts and links
Below are the assigned readings and extra handouts related to our class activities. Most handouts are now part of the course packet (the blandly titled Academic English Writing Manual), which are referred to by page numbers, e.g., [AEWM: 4] = p. 4 and following, in the course packet.
Course intro
- Course syllabus
- Editing symbols (my own system, which I use in grading your papers)
- First-day notes
- Course packet: The Academic English Writing Manual [AEWM]
Writing process
- ESL writing issues of Korean writers [AEWM: 4]
- The writing process [AEWM: 7] & Pre-writing techniques [AEWM: 8]
Genre analysis & paradigms
- Genre analysis guide [AEWM: 32]
- Genre analysis assignment [AEWM: 35-36]
- Academic cf. non-academic writing [AEWM: 37]
Optional / extra handouts on genre, paradigms, contrastive rhetoric
- Sample paper on paradigms: psycholinguistics (a bit of a technical example; the first part is more of a paragidm description, which you needn't do in such detail)
- Title & intro page: sample format (for major assignments)
- The Kaplan (1966) article on contrastive rhetoric
- Contrastive rhetoric (source on Google Books)
Argumentation
- Argumentation [AEWM: 51]
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Counter-argumentation [AEWM: 55] Logical fallacies: Logical errors to avoid [AEWM: 64]
Source use
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Citing references in APA style [AEWM: 104] - MLA format [AEWM: 109]
Paraphrasing techniques [AEWM: 80] Searching for sources in Google Scholar [AEWM: 111]
Discourse / writing grammar & word choice
Other items - some are in the course packet:
- Definite & indefinite articles
- Colons and semi-colons
- Punctuation symbols
- Dashes & hyphens (OWL site)
- General tips for sentence clarity
- Gerunds & infinitives
- Relative clauses
- Clause types
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Non-canonical sentences - Article errors handout
- Articles: Summary
- Articles: Longer handout
Transitionals
Most of these are also in the course packet.
- Transitionals chart
- Transitionals chart (landscape version)
- Transitionals guide
- Transitionals: common problems
- Transitional devices
- Inverted sentences (intro)
- Inversion (grammar handout)
Professional writing
- CV guide and CV sample
- Résumé guide and personal résumé sample
- Résumé samples (Univ. Illinois) and résumé sample on Google
- General guides for CVs and résumés (Purdue OWL website)
- Simple checklist for a proper résumés
- Transferrable skills
- SOP guide and sample
- Rubric / criteria for proper résumés, CV, cover letter, SOP
- Cover letter samples | Cover letter samples (annotated) (also in the course packet)
- Entry level résumé [an American-style functional résumé for those with little work experience - not recommended for Korea]
- Before & after résumé example
- IT management résumé example
Optional / extra handouts: Professional writing
- Typical job interview questions
- Interview questions for teaching or academic jobs
- Job interview mistakes to avoid
- Résumé Design (OWL site)
- Writing a CV (OWL)
- Introduction to and Expectations for Résumés (OWL)
- Management Résumés (OWL)
- What Is a Cover Letter? (OWL)
- Academic job cover letter #1 (linguistics / psychology)
- Academic job cover letter #2 (research position)
- Academic Cover Letters - guide & samples
Final paper project
- Paper proposal: proposal samples
- Title & intro page: sample format (for major assignments)
Final topics
- Writing strategies inventory and scoring key
- Pedagogical issues in writing
Pedagogy
- Excerpts from White (1995): New Ways in Teaching Writing (for primary / secondary school levels)
- Excerpts from Day (1993): New Ways in Teaching Reading (for primary / secondary school levels)
- Sites for vocabulary & vocabulary size: lextutor.ca; and Paul Nation's website for vocabulary resources
- A politically correct classification paragraph exercise: Znarf exercise, & simplified Znarf exercise
Links
Purdue OWL (Online Writers Lab) website: owl.english.purdue.edu - a site where you can search for guides for all kinds of writing issues, including the basics of APA and MLA citation, sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and others.