Unit 1 In production Objective of the class A better understanding of “writing” what,why,and how Building up confidence of long writing by the first article Survey of computer skills Task Take notes about what teacher says in class 2) Write an article “On writing” in about 200 words 3)Fill in the computer skill survey form Procedure and activities 1)write an article “on writing” 2)free-writing and class discussion 3)Class discussion of the topic ,while students take notes 4)draft the article(go on after class) survey of computer skills On writing I What is “writing”? A: WRITING is a relatively difficult skill to learn and to teach Different from reading and listening (productive skill) Different from speaking (body language, not so accurate) B: Writing well includes many components word expressions/sentences format /rhetorical patterns narrative/descriptive/argumentation/exposition/letters/reports ideas thesis: original, interesting /dull plain(creative mind, keen perception of the world) arguments: thorough, persuasive/weak (rich knowledge) reasoning: logical, competent/confused, incomplete(logical thinking, synthetic and analytic ability) That is why “Great writers are not taught. It is the gift and experience and knowledge” II: Why do we have the course? A a requirement: to reach a certain level and a possible achievement B A beneficial skill: good for learning(vocabulary/reading/other courses) writing to learn good for future work(foreign enterprises, teachers, joint ventures)(reports/summary/paper)only advantage for English majors good for personal development(thinking ability, perception ability, accuracy) III: How to learn it well(words, pattern, ideas) write a lot(journals, summaries, letters, BBS exchanges) Read a lot(newspapers, magazines/adapted novels/beautiful articles…) Experience more and think a lot Part II: Questionnaire Computer skill survey type File treatment email Web-construction  poor moderate good poor moderate good poor moderate good poor Moderate good                             Part III: Assignment Complete the article Journal book preparation