English Writing: Sentences, Paragraphs, Chapters

Author: Shi Jian, Shuai Peitian (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: A series of college English writing textbooks. The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 provides an overview of English writing knowledge and techniques, citing new findings in linguistics, analyzing and comparing the thinking, expression, and habits of different Eastern and Western ethnic groups, and proposing principles for writing authentic English. Parts 2 and 3 introduce writing knowledge and techniques from sentences to paragraphs, and then to full texts, enabling students to achieve the goal of writing short essays in English, conveying information, and expressing ideas through the application of knowledge and techniques. Part 4 covers two special forms of English writing—writing summaries and book reports—meeting the general requirements of college English education. The book has the following features: It is easy to understand and written in the first-person perspective, fully embodying the humanistic spirit and allowing users to participate in discussions on an equal footing, thereby enhancing their confidence in writing authentic English essays. Each chapter is accompanied by a large number of exercises, with varying difficulty levels, allowing teachers and students to freely select and flexibly use them. The exercise layout adopts a scientific three-stage cycle method: "prediction—practice—effect evaluation." Prediction stimulates readers' curiosity; practice familiarizes them with writing techniques and grants true knowledge; effect evaluation not only serves to review and reinforce the writing knowledge and techniques learned but also boosts readers' confidence in improving their writing skills. Creatively integrates the use of punctuation into the discussion of the overall coherence and unity of the text, breaking away from the traditional approach of treating punctuation in isolation in writing books. Examples are predominantly drawn from contemporary English and American original works but are not rigidly applied, which allows the book to both free itself from the constraints of Chinglish and meet the actual needs of Chinese students' learning.