Department of Languages, Faculty of Applied Arts
King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok
Program in Translation for Education and Business
815406 Research and Report Writing
Semester: 1/2012
Class schedule: Thursday, 1-4 & 6-9 P.M.
Instructor: Karnchanoke Wattanasin, Ph.D.
Room 408, Bldg 46
Office Hours: By appointment
Course Description
This
course focuses primarily on the development of students’ skills in writing in
English. Students will be exposed to a
myriad of writing practices, ranging from expressive to academic writing, as
well as reading texts of their interests and those pertaining to translation
research (TR). Major course activities
include reading, class discussion, writing essays, peer review of students’
writing, and conferencing with the instructor.
Objectives
In this course, students will:
- Learn and practice writing skills that will help them to write;
- Read texts, and write to express their thoughts and to comment on the texts they have read; and
- Write multiple drafts of essays based on their reading and class discussions, and an essay summarizing and critiquing two translation research papers.
Evaluation
The
assessment of this course is principally based on students’ on-line
evaluation-free journals at http://815406.blogspot.com/,
reading materials from http://eflwriting4life.wordpress.com
and discussions based on them, essay writing and submission, and class
participation. Students will write at least
5 class essays for the entire semester, and are allowed to choose their own
topics. Overall, class writings include:
- Weekly on-line journal entries, at least half an A4 page in length. All journal entries must be submitted 3 days prior to each class.
- Weekly response to another blog author’s post.
- One to three expressive essays (Essays 1 to 3): 1-2 double-spaced pages per essay, with accompanying coversheets.
- Two to four academic essays (Essays 4 to 5): 2-3 double-spaced pages per essay, with accompanying coversheets. For Essay 4 and 5, students are required to read and discuss translation research (TR) papers of their choice (1 for E4 and 2 for E5) and write a summary and critique of the papers. The essays must be accompanied by an abstract of each research paper being discussed. Essay 5 is also scored separately as course paper.
- One reflection essay (Essay 6) submitted with the portfolio: 1-2 double-spaced pages. This essay is a reflection on the author’s experience with writing in this class, a list of his/her writing problems and solutions, and comments and suggestions for further class structure and activities. No multiple drafts or a coversheet required.
The in-class
writing activity allows each student to spend many weeks on one essay. It is suggested, however, that students
revise and write further drafts and submit them after they receive feedback
from the instructor and/or peers thereafter.
Drafts are submitted electronically.
Students are also required to make multiple hard copies for their
classmates for peer review. During the
last week of class, each student will submit his/her portfolio—a collection of
written works he/she has completed during the semester, which includes all
drafts of: their on-line journals and responses to classmates’ journal posts, in-class
essays, and the reflection paper. There
is no midterm or final examination.
Evaluation is divided into:
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Attendance and participation
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15%
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Submission of on-line journal
entries/responses and essays and revisions
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35%
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Essay and peer review quality
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20%
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Translation research summary
and critique
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10%
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Portfolio
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20%
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Total
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100%
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Suggested Readings and References
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writing: Approaches and expectations. Presentation at the Asia TEFL
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Writers
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