英語ライティング法 I
Advanced Scientific Writing I
講義内容
The purpose of this course is twofold: 1.) to teach you how to create a document or text that is not only clear, but also correct, coherent, concise and courteous, and 2.) to teach you how to edit your own work. In this course, we will approach writing as a process rather than as a product, and this means that you will produce increasingly refined drafts of your work during the semester as well as critique and analyze the work of other students in the class. This requirement assumes that you will attend every class, and that you will participate in the peer review process. Every other week you will hand in 1 to 2 pages of your scientific writing for me to correct and comment on. I will hand the writing back to you the following week, and you will rewrite it and add 1-2 more pages to the text to hand-in the following week. In class we will discuss the errors (stylistic and grammatical) found in your work. This course, however, is not an opportunity for me to become your personal editorial assistant. Likewise, do not give me technical papers that you need edited against a deadline, i.e. at the last minute. On the final day of class, I should have a 5-10 page paper from each of you, with more than half of it having been through the revision process.
Clear scientific writing is a rational process which requires a systematic logical approach that is much closer to common sense than to inspiration. Anyone can learn to be a clear scientific writer. The key to success in this endeavor is to learn how to become your own editor by producing increasingly refined versions (drafts) of your own work. Also, it is very important that you learn from your own mistakes. Don't be afraid to make mistakes in this class. Experiment with language and take chances in your early drafts. No one will laugh at your experiments. Work hard.
教科書
Jane E. Aaron: The Little,Brown Compact Handbook, third edition 1998.
ISBN0-321-01112-0.
参考書
１.(one of the dictionaries below):
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Usage
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
The Longman Dictionary of Scientific Usage
(Copies of these dictionaries are available in the Department Library)
２.Verb-based Comparison of Japanese/English Sentence Patterns in Computer
Documentation (ISBN 4-7693-7032-6 C2055 Copyright, l994 Fujitsu Computers,Ltd.)
３.Writing with Sources: A Guide for Harvard Students, revised ed., l996
Copyrighted by The President and Fellows of Harvard University
(This book is available from me by request)
前提とする知識(必ずしも先修条件ではない)