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Bachelor 2020/2021

Academic Writing. Advanced English

Type: Elective course (HSE/NES Programme in Economics)
Area of studies: Economics
Delivered by: HSE/NES Undergraduate Programmes Curriculum Support
When: 2 year, 1, 2 module
Mode of studies: offline
Language: English
ECTS credits: 6
Contact hours: 64

Course Syllabus

Abstract

On television, in the newspaper, and on the internet, arguments are all around us. We make arguments when we speak to our instructors, our parents, our friends. We encounter them when we read signs on the highway or consult our favorite popular culture blog. Arguments—speech acts designed to persuade—are at the core of human communication, though many of us never think about understanding how to interpret and produce them as essential skills for developing literacy and fluency. Advanced College Writing is designed for students at an advanced level of English language study who wish to have a firmer grounding in writing before proceeding to content courses where more highly developed writing skills are required. Though continuing to build English language fluency is a goal for this course, at its heart, this is a course in argumentation grounded in both classical and modern rhetorical theory.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The aim of the course is to help you develop the skills necessary to understand, break down, and critique someone else’s argument while also helping you develop a process for constructing and presenting your own ideas in a persuasive form.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Upon completion of this course, students should have progressed in their ability to analyze the arguments of others with reference to basic rhetorical principles, such as logos, ethos, and pathos, argument types, and rhetorical fallacies.• Deliver an argument-driven presentation in English
  • Formulate an interesting research question Locate, evaluate, and cite sources in the scholarly, journalistic, and popular domains
  • Write in common academic genres such as the proposal and the literature review Write well-organized, argument-driven papers that demonstrate awareness of exigency and audience and deploy appropriate modes of persuasion Identify and correct common grammar and vocabulary mistakes in English Revise in response to feedback from peer readers as well as the instructor Participate in oral discussion and debate in English, though, it should be stressed, this is not predominantly a speaking course
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Finding and Understanding Arguments
    Introduction; What is an Argument? Argument and Communication Finding and Evaluating Sources Introductions and Conclusions
  • Analyzing Arguments
    Breaking Down an Argument Rhetorical Analysis: Arguments and Audience Short Analysis I Analyzing a Creative Work Common Grammatical Errors and How to Fix Them Punctuation Rules in English
  • Making Arguments
    Debate Wrap-Up Discussion Final Presentations
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • blocking Major Essay 1
    First draft, peer review, second draft, conference, revision - 200 points total. For Major Essays 1, 2, 3, 200 points are allocated this way: first draft (25 points), peer review (25 points), second draft (25 points), conference (25 points), final revision (100 points).
  • blocking Major Essay 2
    First draft, peer review, second draft, conference, revision - 200 points total. For Major Essays 1, 2, 3, 200 points are allocated this way: first draft (25 points), peer review (25 points), second draft (25 points), conference (25 points), final revision (100 points).
  • blocking Major Essay 3
    First draft, peer review, second draft, conference, revision - 200 points total. For Major Essays 1, 2, 3, 200 points are allocated this way: first draft (25 points), peer review (25 points), second draft (25 points), conference (25 points), final revision (100 points).
  • non-blocking Final Presentation
    50 points
  • non-blocking Writing Workshops, Discussion Boards, Acivities on Canvas
    250 points approximately
  • non-blocking Research summary 1
    25 points
  • non-blocking Research summary 2
    25 points
  • non-blocking Short analysis 1
    25 points
  • non-blocking Short analysis 2
    25 points
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • Interim assessment (1 module)
    0.2 * Major Essay 1 + 0.2 * Major Essay 2 + 0.2 * Research summary 1 + 0.2 * Short analysis 1 + 0.2 * Writing Workshops, Discussion Boards, Acivities on Canvas
  • Interim assessment (2 module)
    0.2 * Final Presentation + 0.5 * Interim assessment (1 module) + 0.1 * Major Essay 3 + 0.1 * Research summary 2 + 0.1 * Short analysis 2
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Bailey, S. (2015). Academic Writing : A Handbook for International Students (Vol. Fourth edition). Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=862062
  • Bailey, S. (2017). Academic Writing : A Handbook for International Students (Vol. Fifth edition). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1650435
  • Mathilde Janier, & Patrick Saint-Dizier. (2019). Argument Mining : Linguistic Foundations. [N.p.]: Wiley-ISTE. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2274843

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Richard Feldman. (2013). Reason and Argument: Pearson New International Edition. Harlow, United Kingdom: Pearson. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1418757
  • Witzlack-Makarevich, A., & Bickel, B. (2019). Argument Selectors : A New Perspective on Grammatical Relations. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2029881