《简明大学英语写作教程(第2版)》的编写者邹惠玲长期从事英语写作教学，具有丰富的教学实践经验。该书以高校英语专业教学大纲为依据，针对普通高校英语专业学生的实际情况编写，从基本写作技巧入手，重点讲授说明文、议论文和研究论文的写作，不仅具有科学性和系统性，而且重点突出、编排合理、内容新颖且浅显易懂，对增强学生的英语写作能力，使他们掌握英语写作的基本技巧以及学术论文的写作要领，都很有帮助，既可供英语专业学生使用，也可作为非英语专业学生和自学者学习英语写作的教材，应用范围广，实用价值高。

Unit One Exposition

Part Ⅰ Paragraph Writing

 Lecture One Transitions

 Lecture Two Subordination

 Lecture Three Parallelism

 Lecture Four Topic Sentence

 Lecture Five Controlling Idea

 Lecture Six Unity

 Lecture Seven Coherence

Part Ⅱ Developing from Paragraph to Essay with Expository Techniques

 Lecture One Paragraph Development by Listing

 Lecture Two Paragraph Development by Examples

 Lecture Three Essay Development by Examples

 Lecture Four Paragraph Development by Comparison

 Lecture Five Paragraph Development by Contrast

 Lecture Six Essay Development by Comparison and Contrast

 Lecture Seven Paragraph Development by Definition

 Lecture Eight Paragraph Development by Classification

 Lecture Nine Essay Development by Definition and Classification

 Lecture Ten Paragraph Development by Space and Time

 Lecture Eleven Paragraph Development by Process Description

 Lecture Twelve Essay Development by Time, Space, and Process

 Lecture Thirteen Paragraph Development by Cause and Effect

 Lecture Fourteen Paragraph Development by Generalization

 Lecture Fifteen Essay Development by Various Means

Unit Two Argumentation

Part Ⅰ Material Shaping 

 Lecture One Preliminary Steps in Writing

 Lecture Two The Introduction

 Lecture Three The Body and the Ending

Part Ⅱ Strategies of Description, Narration, and Exposition

 Lecture One Description and Narration

 Lecture Two Developing by Examples

 Lecture Three Developing by Comparison and Contrast

 Lecture Four Developing by Division and Classification

 Lecture Five Developing by Cause and Effect

Part Ⅲ Argumentative Strategies

 Lecture One Argumentation and General Claim

 Lecture Two Specific Evidence (1)

 Lecture Three Specific Evidence (2)

 Lecture Four Induction and Deduction

 Lecture Five The Combination of Induction and Deduction

 Lecture Six Making Concessions and Appealing to Emotions

Part Ⅳ Argumentative Writing Activities

 Lecture One Taking a Position

 Lecture Two Proposing Solutions

 Lecture Three Speculating about Causes

 Lecture Four Making Evaluation

 Lecture Five Interpretation

Unit Three Practice Writing

Part Ⅰ TEM-4 Composition 

 Lecture One TEM-4 Composition (2002)

 Lecture Two TEM-4 Composition (2003)

 Lecture Three TEM-4 Composition (2004)

 Lecture Four TEM-4 Composition (2005)

Part Ⅱ TEM-4 Note-Writing

 Lecture One Basic Format of the English Letter.

 Lecture Two Basic Format of the English Note

 Lecture Three TEM-4 Note-Writing

Part Ⅲ TEM-8 Composition

 Lecture One TEM-8 Composition (2002)

 Lecture Two TEM-8 Composition (2003)

 Lecture Three TEM-8 Composition (2004)

 Lecture Four TEM-8 Composition (2005)

 Lecture Five TEM-8 Composition (2006)

Part Ⅳ Guide to CET-4/6 Writing

Unit Four The Research Paper

Part Ⅰ Research Paper Writing

 Lecture One Choosing the Topic and Doing Library Research

 Lecture Two Doing Empirical Research

 Lecture Three Literature Review, Outline and Research Proposal

 Lecture Four Writing the First Draft

 Lecture Five Documentation (1) -- Using Sources

 Lecture Six Documentation (2) -- Acknowledging Sources

Part Ⅱ Sample Research Papers

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