GBPGBP (Global Business Program)

College writing B builds on the skills learned in College Writing A and develops them with a set of supplementary writing strategies. It guides students to apply the acquired skills to the organization and writing of an original research paper.

The course provides students with essential tools and procedures for writing essays and research papers. Students learn to analyze and write the types of essays that commonly occur in academic contexts. They gain an understanding of how to plan and organize a major research paper, how to choose, evaluate, and use academic sources, and how to thereby develop their own original contribution to their fields. Students will also become competent in proofreading, editing, and revising drafts of their research paper.

英語 / English

This course will be conducted partly as an on-demand class using Google Classroom and partly in the classroom. In the course, students complete a series of tasks that guide them to effective essay writing in a step-by-step manner. Students will first work on recognizing and identifying key writing structures from model essays. They then manipulate the structures in short tasks, and finally apply them to their own writing. Students will frequently work together, with a partner and with a group. They will share and edit each other’s writing and are expected to both give and receive constructive feedback on assignments. Feedback by the teacher will be given individually and to the whole class. Students need to submit one full-length research paper by the end of the term.

あり / Yes

なし / No

授業形態/methods of teaching：対面/face to face

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

1[対面/face to face]：Course introduction

Overview of the course/
Steps in Writing a Research Paper

2[対面/face to face]：What is a Research Paper?

Choosing research paper topics, Brainstorming questions/ Finding & Evaluating sources

3[対面/face to face]：Writing a Research Paper

Creating an Outline/ Writing a tentative thesis statement

4[オンライン/online]：Patterns of Organization

Comparison/ Cause-effect/ Argument

5[対面/face to face]：Writing a Research paper

Peer-reading/ Revision of Outline, Writing a first draft

6[対面/face to face]：First Draft of a Research Paper

Peer-reading first draft/ Developing research summaries/ writing a strong thesis statement

7[オンライン/online]：Using Original Sources 1

Paraphrasing

8[対面/face to face]：Using Original Sources 2

Direct quotation/
in-text citation vs. reference list/
reporting verbs

9[オンライン/online]：Using Original Sources 3

Summarizing

10[オンライン/online]：Using Original Sources 4

Synthesizing

11[対面/face to face]：Presentation: second draft

In class presentations/ Peer-reading the second draft

12[対面/face to face]：Presentation: second draft

In class presentations/ Peer-reading the second draft

13[対面/face to face]：Presentation: second draft

In class presentations/ Peer-reading the second draft

14[対面/face to face]：Course Review

Submission of final draft

University guidelines suggest preparation and review are around 4 hours a week for a two-credit course and around an hour a week for a one-credit course.

Folse, Keith S.and Pugh, Tison. (2020). Great Writing 5: From Great Essays to Research. Boston: National Geographic Learning. ISBN 978-0-357-02086-9

Lester, J. D., & Lester, J. D. (2015). Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide (15th ed.). New York: Pearson.
ISBN:1-292-07689-5

Grading will be based on class participation and assignments (50%), and on a final essay (50% including 1st&2nd drafts). More than three unexcused absences will result in a failing grade.

None in particular.

Students require a laptop or computer and access to the internet and to a printer (students are required to bring print-outs of their work to class) to take part in this class.

Please check Hoppii for the class code and join the class on Google Classroom.