國立陽明交通大學 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
研究論文寫作 Research Paper Writing
Spring, 2025
Course name:
研究論文寫作
Research Paper Writing
Dept. of course offering:
推廣教育
科技英文寫作班
Course code:
Class Time/Room:
R18:30-20:50
A505
Lecturers:
張靜芬
credit:
2.00
type:
選修
grade:
*Graduate students
Prerequisite:
Course descriptions and objectives:
This course is offered for graduate students to write for academic purposes. In this course, you will
-identify the conventions and styles of academic research papers;
-recognize important lexico-grammatical components for writing for journal articles;
-use appropriate writing mechanisms to clearly express specific rhetorical moves;
-provide critical and constructive comments on others’writing and
-demonstrate self-revised abilities.
Textbooks: (Please indicate the book’s name, author, publisher and the publication date):
Class handouts will be distributed in class.
Course Contents
Hours
memo
Topics
Outlines
lectures
Demonstration
Practice
Others
Description of Course Details:
1.Homework and Assignments, Exams and Quizzes, Evaluation and Grading Policy:
1. Attendance and class participation 10%
2. Before-class preparation / sharing 15%
3. After-class practice 15%
3. writing assignments 45%
4. handbook of move analysis and useful expressions 15%
*The portion of the grading policy is tentative and subject to change.
2.Pedagogy and other supplementary information (websites, TAs, handouts and/or databases):
Office hours
Time slot
Location
Contact information
Thursdays, 18:30-20:50
綜合一館505教室
03-5712121 ext. 52715
(03-5131402)
cfchang@nycu.edu.tw
Syllabus
Week
Date
Course Progress, Contents, Topics
Teaching Hours
2
2025-02-27(四)
course introduction
Academic writing/practice
disciplinary genre and conventions
2 hours (120 minutes)*
3
2025-03-06(四)
The structure of academic papers (theses and journal articles)
AI workshop
2 hours (120 minutes)*
4
2025-03-13(四)
The concept of corpus and phrasebook: Essential Expressions for Journal Articles"
Introduction 1: background
2 hours (120 minutes)*
5
2025-03-20(四)
Introduction 2 -- literature review ＆ reporting verbs
Analysis of literature review
2 hours (120 minutes)*
6
2025-03-27(四)
Introduction 3--advancing to the current study
verb tense
2 hours (120 minutes)*
7
2025-04-03(四)
Spring break-- no class
8
2025-04-10(四)
Introduction 4--value and organization
coherence and cohesion
2 hours (120 minutes)*
9
2025-04-17(四)
method--move analysis
writing strategies
2 hours (120 minutes)*
10
2025-04-24(四)
writing for different moves
peer review and revision
2 hours (120 minutes)*
11
2025-05-01(四)
Results--move analysis
Writing strategies
2 hours (120 minutes)*
12
2025-05-08(四)
Reporting results: Table/figure description
Writing strategies
2 hours (120 minutes)*
13
2025-05-15(四)
Discussion—move analysis
Writing strategies: commenting
2 hours (120 minutes)*
14
2025-05-22(四)
Conclusion—move analysis
Abstract—move analysis
2 hours (120 minutes)*
15
2025-05-29(四)
Writing for conclusion and abstract
2 hours (120 minutes)*
16
2025-06-05(四)
Writing and presentation sharing workshop
Class wrap up
2 hours (120 minutes)*
Note:
*weekly class time: 18:30-19:20, 19:30-20:20, 20:30-20:50
