國立中興大學教學大綱
課程名稱 (中) 研究論文寫作(8001)
(Eng.) Academic Writing
開課單位 跨文化學程
課程類別 必修 學分 2 授課教師 廖卓豪
選課單位 跨文化學程 / 博士班 授課使用語言 英文 英文/EMI Y 開課學期 1122
課程簡述 This course aims to help new PhD students familiarize themselves with English academic writing and research. It gives them practical engagement with different genres of academic writing, including abstracts, article/book reviews, research proposals, and close reading exercises. It is divided into four main modules: i) orienting yourself to academic writing and research; ii) engaging with graduate level texts; iii) developing a research proposal; iv) workshopping research proposals.
先修課程名稱
課程含自主學習 Y
課程與核心能力關聯配比(%) 課程目標之教學方法與評量方法
課程目標 核心能力 配比(%) 教學方法 評量方法
To help PhD students familarize themselves with academic writing and research in English.
授課內容(單元名稱與內容、習作/每週授課、考試進度-共18週)
週次 授課內容
第1週 Week 1-4: Orienting yourself to academic writing and research

Introduction

第2週 Chapter 1 and 3, Elements of Academic Style
Chapter 1, The Stolen Bicycle, Wu Ming-yi

第3週 Chapter 4 and 5, Elements of Academic Style
Short video clip: Close reading of A Land Imagined, Yeo Siew Hua

第4週 Chapter 6 and 7, Elements of Academic Style
Short abstract of past paper due.

第5週 Weeks 5-9: Engaging with graduate level texts

Chapter 8-10, Elements of Academic Style
Circulate a paper that you’ve written.
Article discussion: Anna Tsing, Friction
第6週 Chapter 11-13, Elements of Academic Style
Present a paper you’ve written in 10 minutes (According to Hayot’s Structure and Uneven U).

第7週 Midterm break

第8週 Chapter 17-18, Elements of Academic Style
Article discussion: Coole and Frost, New Materialisms
第9週 Article review from Friction or New Materialisms due.

第10週 Weeks 10-14: Developing a research proposal

Chapter 19, Elements of Academic Style
Research topic brainstorming

Article discussion: Joanne Leow, “The Intimacies and Ruins of Transnational Sand in Singapore”
第11週 Expanding previous papers
Annotated bibliography draft

第12週 Citational practice
Presentations on annotated bibliography

第13週 Presentations on annotated bibliography
Image analysis: Close reading of visual texts.

第14週 Research proposal draft due

第15週 Weeks 15-18: Research proposal

Presenting your research at a conference
Journal article-writing

第16週 Mock conference / final research proposal workshop

第17週 Final research proposal due
第18週 Final research proposal due
學習評量方式
Attendance and participation (20%)

Close reading exercises (15%)

Module assignments (40%):
Abstract (10%); Article review (15%); Research proposal draft (15%)

Final research proposal (25%)
教科書&參考書目(書名、作者、書局、代理商、說明)
The Elements of Academic Style: Writing for the Humanities, Eric Hayot (2014, Columbia University Press)

Assorted close reading texts (PDFs) and video clips (DVDs or YouTube)

課程教材(教師個人網址請列在本校內之網址)
iLearning
課程輔導時間
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