66320011 Academic Essay and Research Paper Writing in English

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School Liberal Arts Education Program

Lecture Code 66320011 Subject Classification Social Cooperation Courses

Subject Name 英語によるレポート・論文の書き方

Subject Name
（Katakana）

Subject Name in
English Academic Essay and Research Paper Writing in English

Instructor UMEKI RIKO

Instructor
(Katakana) ウメキ　リコ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year, First Semester, Intensive

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (Int) Inte：See Momiji Website for the detail.(Higashi-Hiroshima Campus)

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

・In addition to lectures, some practical activities will be included.
・This course will mainly be held online (on-demand) except for the first online lesson on live (simultaneous interactive).

Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 1 : Undergraduate Introductory

Course Area（Area） 21 : Fundamental Competencies for Working Persons

Course Area（Discipline） 03 : Career Education

Eligible Students Undergraduate students，High school students

Keywords English，Academic writing，Academic essay，Research paper，Writing style

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status within
Liberal Arts Education This course is positioned as a basic course for academic writing in English at university. Students learn how to write academic essays and research papers based on what they have learned in high school and academic writing skills.
Expected Outcome The goal of this course is to enable students “to use the knowledge they have acquired in order to write an academic essay and research paper in English, to work on a writing of argumentative essays, and to improve their writing more effectively through learning with other students.”

Class Objectives
/Class Outline The aim of this course is to develop appropriate writing skills for academic essays and research papers in English according to the style of writing known as academic writing. In the first half of the course (Lessons 1 -5), the skills to write academic essays and research papers in English (the structure and style of academic writing in English) will be first introduced. In the second half of the course (Lessons 6-8), students are asked to write an argumentative essay as a practical activity to utilize the skills acquired in the first half of the course. In this activity, the students will first write an English composition and then work on improving it through peer feedback and, if necessary, feedback from the teacher.

Class Schedule lesson1　Introduction/ Preparation for Academic Writing in English - Planning
The contents of the lecture and lesson style will be explained in detail. Brainstorming using a graphic organizer will be introduced as an approach to developing ideas before writing academic writing in English.

lesson2　Components of Academic Writing in English, Paragraph Writing
【Topics】Hook/ Thesis statement/ Topic sentence/ Supporting sentence/ Concluding sentence

lesson3　English academic writing style (1)
【Topics】Sentence types/ Transitions / Commas

lesson4　English academic writing style (2)
【Topics】 Formal language/ Hedging

lesson5　English academic writing style (3)
【Topics】 How to avoid ambiguous language, repetition, and plagiarism

lesson6　Practical tasks (1): English composition
Students will write an argumentative essay based on the contents presented in Lessons 1-5.

lesson7　Practical tasks (2): Online peer feedback
Reviewers who provide feedback will give feedback to the assigned writers who receive feedback on an argumentative essay in the following order.
1) Question and answer session between a writer and a reviewer (Moodle)
2) Review using a provided checklist based on the contents introduced in Lesson 1-5/ Providing comments (Microsoft Word on Microsoft Teams)

lesson8　Working on the Practice Assignment (3): Revising (Final Assignment)
Based on the feedback received from reviewers and instructors, students will revise their argumentative essays and submit the revised essay. They will also work on a revision sheet to show how they responded to the provided feedback.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. None

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) The contents of each lesson (Table of Contents) will be uploaded to "Teams" or "Moodle". Students will have to use electronic media (PCs and tablets) in order to write English compositions in class.

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Please reflect on your learning carefully considering your own writing on and in-class assignments.

Requirements Please note the following points.

(1) Lesson style for Lesson 1:
Please make sure to attend a synchronous class (live-online class) in lesson 1 for an introduction to this course.

(2) Lesson style for Lessons 2-8:
Lessons 2-8 will be conducted mainly on demand. You will work on assignments based on lecture videos or handouts and submit in-class assignments. Unless there is any instruction to work in English, this course will be mainly implemented in Japanese.
Any questions and answers are welcome to be posted on Moodle.
In the end, you will work on and submit a final assignment, an argumentative essay in English.

(3) Peer feedback:
Please review others' writing fairly for the sake of learning opportunities for yourself and others, and work as hard as possible to improve others' writing.

(4) Reflection sheet:
At the end of each lesson, you will fill out and submit an online reflection sheet to reflect on your learning in class.

(5) Online vocabulary learning:
At the beginning of each class, a vocabulary test about academic writing in English will be given. This course will use the learning application "Quizlet" in order for you to learn vocabulary and take tests. Since a word study set containing vocabulary for each test will always be distributed on Quizlet at the beginning of each class, so please make sure to work on vocabulary learning to prepare for a vocabulary test.

(6) Since this lecture will partially include practical activities, please make sure that the course will take you lots of time and effort.

Grading Method Final assignment (50%), Final assignment（25％），Reflection sheet（25％）
The grade will be "Absent" if the number of submitted reflection sheets goes under 2/3 of the total number of times.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message Please note that this class will target enhancing the basic knowledge of how to write academic essays and research papers in English at the university level.

Other This course is provided for high school students. Students at the university are not eligible for this course.

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	Liberal Arts Education Program
Lecture Code	66320011	Subject Classification	Social Cooperation Courses
Subject Name	英語によるレポート・論文の書き方
Subject Name （Katakana）
Subject Name in English	Academic Essay and Research Paper Writing in English
Instructor	UMEKI RIKO
Instructor (Katakana)	ウメキ　リコ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year, First Semester, Intensive
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(Int) Inte：See Momiji Website for the detail.(Higashi-Hiroshima Campus)
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
・In addition to lectures, some practical activities will be included. ・This course will mainly be held online (on-demand) except for the first online lesson on live (simultaneous interactive).
Credits	1.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	1 : Undergraduate Introductory
Course Area（Area）	21 : Fundamental Competencies for Working Persons
Course Area（Discipline）	03 : Career Education
Eligible Students	Undergraduate students，High school students
Keywords	English，Academic writing，Academic essay，Research paper，Writing style
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Liberal Arts Education	This course is positioned as a basic course for academic writing in English at university. Students learn how to write academic essays and research papers based on what they have learned in high school and academic writing skills.
Expected Outcome	The goal of this course is to enable students “to use the knowledge they have acquired in order to write an academic essay and research paper in English, to work on a writing of argumentative essays, and to improve their writing more effectively through learning with other students.”
Class Objectives /Class Outline	The aim of this course is to develop appropriate writing skills for academic essays and research papers in English according to the style of writing known as academic writing. In the first half of the course (Lessons 1 -5), the skills to write academic essays and research papers in English (the structure and style of academic writing in English) will be first introduced. In the second half of the course (Lessons 6-8), students are asked to write an argumentative essay as a practical activity to utilize the skills acquired in the first half of the course. In this activity, the students will first write an English composition and then work on improving it through peer feedback and, if necessary, feedback from the teacher.
Class Schedule	lesson1　Introduction/ Preparation for Academic Writing in English - Planning The contents of the lecture and lesson style will be explained in detail. Brainstorming using a graphic organizer will be introduced as an approach to developing ideas before writing academic writing in English. lesson2　Components of Academic Writing in English, Paragraph Writing 【Topics】Hook/ Thesis statement/ Topic sentence/ Supporting sentence/ Concluding sentence lesson3　English academic writing style (1) 【Topics】Sentence types/ Transitions / Commas lesson4　English academic writing style (2) 【Topics】 Formal language/ Hedging lesson5　English academic writing style (3) 【Topics】 How to avoid ambiguous language, repetition, and plagiarism lesson6　Practical tasks (1): English composition Students will write an argumentative essay based on the contents presented in Lessons 1-5. lesson7　Practical tasks (2): Online peer feedback Reviewers who provide feedback will give feedback to the assigned writers who receive feedback on an argumentative essay in the following order. 1) Question and answer session between a writer and a reviewer (Moodle) 2) Review using a provided checklist based on the contents introduced in Lesson 1-5/ Providing comments (Microsoft Word on Microsoft Teams) lesson8　Working on the Practice Assignment (3): Revising (Final Assignment) Based on the feedback received from reviewers and instructors, students will revise their argumentative essays and submit the revised essay. They will also work on a revision sheet to show how they responded to the provided feedback.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	None
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	The contents of each lesson (Table of Contents) will be uploaded to "Teams" or "Moodle". Students will have to use electronic media (PCs and tablets) in order to write English compositions in class.
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Please reflect on your learning carefully considering your own writing on and in-class assignments.
Requirements	Please note the following points. (1) Lesson style for Lesson 1: Please make sure to attend a synchronous class (live-online class) in lesson 1 for an introduction to this course. (2) Lesson style for Lessons 2-8: Lessons 2-8 will be conducted mainly on demand. You will work on assignments based on lecture videos or handouts and submit in-class assignments. Unless there is any instruction to work in English, this course will be mainly implemented in Japanese. Any questions and answers are welcome to be posted on Moodle. In the end, you will work on and submit a final assignment, an argumentative essay in English. (3) Peer feedback: Please review others' writing fairly for the sake of learning opportunities for yourself and others, and work as hard as possible to improve others' writing. (4) Reflection sheet: At the end of each lesson, you will fill out and submit an online reflection sheet to reflect on your learning in class. (5) Online vocabulary learning: At the beginning of each class, a vocabulary test about academic writing in English will be given. This course will use the learning application "Quizlet" in order for you to learn vocabulary and take tests. Since a word study set containing vocabulary for each test will always be distributed on Quizlet at the beginning of each class, so please make sure to work on vocabulary learning to prepare for a vocabulary test. (6) Since this lecture will partially include practical activities, please make sure that the course will take you lots of time and effort.
Grading Method	Final assignment (50%), Final assignment（25％），Reflection sheet（25％） The grade will be "Absent" if the number of submitted reflection sheets goes under 2/3 of the total number of times.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	Please note that this class will target enhancing the basic knowledge of how to write academic essays and research papers in English at the university level.
Other	This course is provided for high school students. Students at the university are not eligible for this course.
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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