國立政治大學英國語文學系

Title: Teaching and Learning Core Abilities in Academic Writing: Critical Thinking or Wishful Thinking?  淺談英語學術寫作教學：批判性思考與教學實踐

Presenter: Allen Minchun Hsiao, PhD student, Department of Linguistics and Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado Boulder (蕭閔駿 科羅拉多大學波德分校 語言學博士生)

演講網址：https://meet.google.com/mig-gqin-jpv （當天點選連結直接加入）

Abstract: While most undergraduate students in the US have been trained to structure a paragraph and organize paragraphs in a five-paragraph essay, they tend to lack three core abilities to be successful in academic writing: the ability to pose a question that guides their inquiry, the ability to critically evaluate arguments that surround a controversy or issue, and the ability to advance the conversation by making a “meaningful academic argument.” In this talk, I will share my course design that aims to develop these abilities. I will also provide principles and tips that help implement the pedagogical strategies. Then, I will zoom out from the context of my US classroom to critically examine the universality of these designs and principles with regard to the context of teaching and learning writing in Taiwan.