1. English Writing Basic

ImproveyourcommunicativeskillsinEnglishTeachEnglishinacommunicativeway1PracticalEnglishWritingImproveyourcommunicativeskillsinEnglishTeachEnglishinacommunicativewayImproveyourcommunicativeskillsinEnglishTeachEnglishinacommunicativeway2ThemoreI’minvolved,themoreI’lllearn.TellmeandIforget;showmeandIremember;involvemeandIunderstand.ImproveyourcommunicativeskillsinEnglishTeachEnglishinacommunicativeway3Suggestion•JustWriteandRewrite.Don’tbeafraidofmakingmistakes.•Readandreread.•(WhoMovedMyCheese?)•Memorize.(wisesayings,proverbs,andbeautifulparagraphs)ImproveyourcommunicativeskillsinEnglishTeachEnglishinacommunicativeway4Warnings•DonotletourmothertongueaffectourEnglishwriting.•不要让汉语影响我们的英语写作。•Becarefulandclear-sighted.ImproveyourcommunicativeskillsinEnglishTeachEnglishinacommunicativeway5Warnings•Donotbeeagerforquicksuccessandinstantbenefit.•不要急功近利。•Bepatientandhard-working.ImproveyourcommunicativeskillsinEnglishTeachEnglishinacommunicativeway6ImproveyourcommunicativeskillsinEnglishTeachEnglishinacommunicativeway7Whatelementsdoyouthinkareimportantforwritinginaforeignlanguage?•Vocabulary?•Grammar?•Ideas?•Attitude?•Practice?•Form?ImproveyourcommunicativeskillsinEnglishTeachEnglishinacommunicativeway8ManuscriptForm•MyViewonGoodMannersinPublicPlaces•Peopleallovertheworldhighlyvaluegoodmanners.Inschool,itispartofstudents’moralinstructiontodevelopgoodmanners.Apersonwithgoodmannersalwayswinspraiseandadmiration.Ontheotherhand,peoplewillkeepawayfromapersonifheorshebehavesrudelyandimpolitely.•Goodmannersofmanytypesshouldbepracticedinpublicplaces.Firstly,itisgoodmannerstoofferhelptotheyoung,theoldandthehandicappedwhentheyareinneedofit.Secondly,weshouldtalkpolitelyandavoidusingrudeexpressions.Thirdly,weshouldbeonguardagainstsuchminoroffencesasmakingloudnoises,litteringwithfruitpeelsandnutshellsandsmokingeverywhere.•Ifeveryonedevelopsgoodmanners,wecanformamoreharmoniousrelationshipamongus.Ifeveryonebehavesconsideratelytowardsothers,theworldwillbeabetterplace.ImproveyourcommunicativeskillsinEnglishTeachEnglishinacommunicativeway9ManuscriptForm•1.Thetitle•Inthemiddleofthefirstline.•Capitalizethefirstandlastwordsofthetitleandallotherwords(includingwordsfollowinghyphensincompoundwords)exceptarticles,coordinatingconjunctions,shortprepositions,andthetoininfinitives.•Noperiodisusedattheendofatitle.•Useaquestionmarkifthetitleisadirectquestion,butdonotuseoneifitisanindirectquestion.•Usequotationmarkswithquotesortitlesofarticles.•Underlinenamesofbook.ImproveyourcommunicativeskillsinEnglishTeachEnglishinacommunicativeway10Pleasecorrectthefollowingtitlesiftheyarewrong.•MyFirstVisitToThePalaceMuseum•ThePeoplewithoutaCountry.•RulestoAbideby•DickensandDavidCopperfield•WhatCantheArtistDointheWorldofToday•WhatReformMeanstoChina?•TheMythofaNegroLiterature•TheEnglish-speakingPeopleinQuebecImproveyourcommunicativeskillsinEnglishTeachEnglishinacommunicativeway11Pleasecorrectthefollowingtitlesiftheyarewrong.•MyFirstVisittothePalaceMuseum•ThePeopleWithoutaCountry•RulestoAbideBy•DickensandDavidCopperfield•WhatCantheArtistDointheWorldofToday?•WhatReformMeanstoChina•TheMythofa“NegroLiterature”•TheEnglish-SpeakingPeopleinQuebecImproveyourcommunicativeskillsinEnglishTeachEnglishinacommunicativeway12ManuscriptForm•2.Leavingmarginsandindenting•Leaveamarginoneachsideofthepaper.•Indentthefirstlineofeveryparagraph,leavingaspaceofabout4or5letters.•3.Donotbeginalinewithacomma,aperiod,asemicolon,colon,aquestionmarkoranexclamationmark.•4.Donotendalinewiththefirsthalfofapairofbrackets,quotationmarks,orparentheses.•5.Thehyphenthatindicatesadividedwordisputattheend,notatthebeginning,ofaline.ImproveyourcommunicativeskillsinEnglishTeachEnglishinacommunicativeway13ManuscriptForm•6.Capitalization•Threeplaces:thefirstwordsofsentences,keywordsintitles,andpropernames.•Thefirstwordofquotedspeech(wordsputbetweenquotationmarks)iscapitalized.•Hesaid,“MytriptoMountTaiwasinterestingbuttiring.”•Sheanswered,“Atweekends”•“MytriptoMountTai,”hesaid,“wasinterestingbuttiring.”•[Ifaquotedsentenceisbrokenintotwoparts,thesecondpartdoesnotbeginwithacapitalletterunlessthefirstwordisapropernoun]ImproveyourcommunicativeskillsinEnglishTeachEnglishinacommunicativeway14ManuscriptForm•7.Punctuation•Useaperiod(fullstop)attheendofacompletesentence,howevershortitis.•Donotuseacommatojointwocoordinateclauses;useacommaandaconjunction,orasemicolon.•Makeyourcommasdifferentfromyourperiods.•Itwasraininghard,theycouldnotworkinthefields.ImproveyourcommunicativeskillsinEnglishTeachEnglishinacommunicativeway15ManuscriptForm•Itwasraininghard,theycouldnotworkinthefields.•Itwasraininghard;theycouldnotworkinthefields.•Itwasraininghard.Theycouldnotworkinthefields.•Itwasrainingsohardthattheycouldnotworkinthefields.•Theycouldnotworkinthefieldsbecauseitwasraininghard.•Itwasraininghard,sotheycouldnotworkinthefields.•Asitwasraininghard,theycouldnotworkinthefields.•Iwasborninasmalltown,inthetowntherewasonlyoneschool,Istudiedtherefor6years.ImproveyourcommunicativeskillsinEnglishTeachEnglishinacommunicativeway16Manuscrip