博士英语课件.ppt

Brief Introduction
Course Introduction
Requirements
Grading
Course Introduction
Letter Writing (Week 1-2)
Get familiar with each other and have one’s own group
Individual work
Paragraph Writing (Week 3-5)
Individual work + Group work
Essay Writing (Week 6-8)
Individual work + Group work
Academic Writing (Week 6-17)
Group work
Requirements
Follow the schedule.
Assignments:once in 1 – 2 weeks
A project: choose a universal topic that needs a small-scaled investigation.
Write an academic paper (an experimental report).
Edit and revise in groups.
Group presentation in Class
Absence above 6 weeks (1/3), not allowed to take the final exam.
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Grading
Participation 20%
Assignments 20%
Final Exam 60%
Unit 1
Writing a Letter of Thanks
Introduction to letters:
a. Heading:
eg. 310 Madison Avenue
Suite 201
New York, NY 10020
USA
June 25, 2001
3 Lincoln Court
Pitt Road,
London,
W18 6BN.
29 May 1999
Foreign Languages Department
China University of Geosciences
Beijing, 100083
. China
☆ There are several ways of writing the date:
21st March 2003; 21 March, 2003; 21 March 2003; March 21, 2003; March 21st 2003;
Mar. 21, 2003
b. Greeting:
c. Body:
d. Closing:
eg. Sincerely yours,
Truly yours,
With love,
Your friend,
Best,
With best wishes,
Love,
Yours, etc.
e. Signature:
☆ There are some differences between American writing and British writing:
[AmE] 310 Madison Avenue
Suite 201
New York, NY 10020
USA
[BrE]3 Lincoln Court,
Pitt Road,
London,
W18 6BN.
[AmE]21 March 2003
March 21, 2003
[BrE] 21 March, 2003
21 March 2003
March 21, 2003
[AmE] 7/14/99=July 14, 1999
Sincerely yours,
[BrE] 14/7/99=July 14, 1999
Yours sincerely,
Introduction to notes/letters of thanks:
1) Useful expressions:
neutral: Thank you (very much) for…
I must thank you for…
more formal: I am (extremely/most) grateful for your…
informal: Thanks (enormously) for…
It was very good/nice of you to…
2) A letter of thanks usually include