◎學生課本
本書為 Writers at Work 的基礎級數,提供學生穩固的寫作技巧基礎。學生完成本系列四本書修習後,面對論文寫作將遊刃有餘。本系列採「過程教學法」,預期學生能自行面對處理完全成熟的「寫作過程」到實際寫作。每個章節讓學生透過寫作五步驟(準備開始-草稿撰寫-修改完稿-編輯完稿-自我/同儕檢視)確實達到過程學習的效果。
本系列寫作教材讓學生學習:
(一)運用寫前策略收集組織想法
(二)組織寫作主軸及支援細節
(三)使用「過程教學法」修改草稿
(四)編輯校對常見文法錯誤
(五)寫出正確切題的句型(第一冊),漂亮的段落(第二冊),結構完整的短文(第三冊),及具說服力之學術論文。
The Writers at Work series prepares ESL students to tackle academic essay writing. Writers at Work: From Sentence to Paragraph is the lowest level in the Writers at Work series. It uses the same five-step process approach as the higher-level books. However, the approach has been modified to accommodate the lower level of the students. For example, a much greater emphasis is placed on vocabulary and grammar instruction. This enables lower-level students to write short accurate texts on simple topics. In the last three chapters, the book introduces the fundamentals of paragraph writing, and students progress to write basic paragraphs.