This book introduces students to academic writing through a sequenced set of assignments that help them to move from personal, expressive writing to informative and persuasive writing. The use of source materials, including summary, paraphrase, quotation, and documentation, is emphasized in the informative and persuasive writing assignments. The book stresses writing as a process and encourages the use of collaborative learning strategies as well as individual activities.

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PREFACE

  ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK

 SPECIAL FEATURES

Chapter 1 English Composition and the Chinese Student

 THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

 YOUR WRITING STRENGTHS

 WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES?

 GAINING CONFIDENCE IN WRITING

 READING AND WRITING

 HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED

 READINGS

Chapter 2 Planning to Write

STEP ONE: PLANNING

STEP TWO. RESEARCH

STEP THREE: DRAFTING

STEP FOUR: REVIEWING AND REVISING

Chapter 3 Guiding the Reader

 THESIS STATEMENT

PARA GRAPHING

 TRANSITIONS

OUTLINING

INTRODUCTIONS AND CONCL USIONS

READINGS

Chapter 4 Writing Clearly

 READING ENGLISH

 A READABLE STYLE

 COMMON GRAMMATICAL PROBLEMS

    BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH

    MAJOR SENTENCE ERRORS

    PROBLEMS WITH VERBS

    PROBLEMS WITH PRONOUNS

Chapter 5 Developing a Portfolio of Your Writing

 RESEARCH TOPICS

 SAMPLE PORTFOLIOS

Chapter 6 Writing on Your Experiences

 PURPOSE AND AUDIENCE

 METHODS OF DEVELOPMENT

 ASSIGNMENT 1 ： EXPRESSING KNOWLEDGE AND OPINIONS

 READINGS

 PLANNING/SELF-EVALUATION OF DRAFT

 PEER REVIEW

 REVISION

Chapter 7 Using and Acknowledging Resources

 USING THE LIBRARY

    SEARCHING FOR BOOKS AND PERIODICAL ARTICLES

    THE INTERNET

SUMMARY, PARAPHRASE, AND QUOTATION

    SUMMARY VS. PARAPHRASE

    SUMMARY VS.  QUOTA.TION

ACKNOWLEDGING SOURCES

Chapter 8 Writing to Inform

PURPOSE AND A UDIENCE

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