EL1204

開課單位

英美語文學系

課　號

EL1204

授課教師

英文系教師

學分數

3

課程名稱(中文)

文獻蒐集與論證寫作

課程名稱(英文)

Documentation and Argumentation

上課時間

課程基本資料

□必修　　■選修

□全學年　　■半學年

特殊條件

英語授課

■是(□全英語 ■部份英語)    

□否

接受社會人士修課

□是   

■否

接受校際學生修課

□是   

■否

分發條件

(授課對象限制條件說明、先修及擋修課程、人數限制…等)

英文系一年級優先，其他年級次之。

人數限制20人。

密 碼 卡

□不使用    ■部份使用(條件外加選用)    □全部使用(加、退選皆須使用)

辦公時間

課程目標：

The course, “Documentation and Argumentation,” is designed to familiarize students with essential skills for crafting effective argumentative essays. With a focus on providing our students with transferable skills of exposition, argumentation, and persuasion, the course teaches students to present their opinions in a logical form that actively engages with existing debates, discussions, and scholarship. Throughout the course, students will develop the ability to identify reliable sources, summarize and paraphrase others’ ideas, and use citations effectively to support their arguments and establish credibility in their writing. Students will also learn how to effectively integrate existing scholarship and ideas into their own arguments, using supporting evidence to demonstrate their understanding of a specific social or cultural issue. Served as the second course in the series of our writing classes, “Documentation and Argumentation” offers our students fundamental training in research, reasoning, and critical thinking that helps them present their ideas and thoughts with clarity, conciseness, and credibility.

This theory and practice-based course seeks to provide students with critical thinking skills and strategies to write, assess and reconstruct argumentative essays by focusing on the notions of argument, clarifying meaning, and fallacies. All skills will be reviewed in terms of its virtues and limitations. For the writing content, we will pay attention to cultural and social current controversies (course references will include text, visual and audio material).

授課內容：

Weekly Syllabus

Introduction: What do we do when we provide an argument?

Week 1—Syllabus Reading / Motivating a Critical Thinking Approach: Virtues and Limitations.

Week 2—What is an Argument? Kinds of Reasoning.

Week 3—Writing Argumentative Essays.

                 Library Visit (Learn how to find reliable sources and different databases)

Week 4— Assessing Argumentative Essays: Logical Strength and Soundness.

                 Documentation.

Week 5— Reconstruction of an Argument.

                 Citation.

Section 1: Clarifying meaning: Virtues and Limitations

Week 6—Theories of Meaning.

                 Summary Workshop.

Week 7—Ambiguity & Vagueness, Kinds of Statements.

                 Outline Workshop.

Week 8—Midterm Assignment Drafting & Review (=Reassessing main course skills and content).

Week 9— Midterm Written Assignment.

Section 2: Assessing arguments: Virtues and Limitations

Week 10—What is a Fallacy?

                   Logical fallacies Presentation.

Week 11—Common Weaknesses of Relevance, Adequacy, and Acceptability.

                   First Draft Workshop.

Week 12—Final Assignment Drafting & Review (=Reassessing main course skills and content).

Week 13—Final Written Assignment.

                   Individual Conferences.

Week 14—Comments on Final Assignment and Final Grades.

Week 15—Arranged Individual Meetings

Week 16—Arranged Individual Meetings

教科書/參考書：

Ariely, Dan, 2010, Predictably Irrational, Harper Perennial.

Barnet, Sylvan, 2016, A Short Guide to Writing about Literature, 12th ed., Pearson.

Bortolotti, Lisa, 2020, The Epistemic Innocence of Irrational Beliefs, Oxford University Press. 

Bortolotti, Lisa, (ed.) 2018, “Delusions and Three Myths of Irrational Belief,” Delusions in Context, Palgrave Macmillan, 97-116.

Groarke, Leo, 2017, “Informal Logic” in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (online).

Groarke, Leo & Christopher Tindale, 2012, Good Reasoning Matters, Oxford University Press.

Hitchcock, David, 2018, “Critical Thinking” in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (online).

Hughes, William, et al., 2010, Critical Thinking: An Introduction to the Basic Skills, Broadview Press.

Kelly, David & Debby Hutchins, 2013, The Art of Reasoning, W.W. Norton & Company.

Sennet, Adam, 2016, “Ambiguity” in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (online).

Sorensen, Roy, 2018, “Vagueness” in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (online).

Speaks, Jeff, 2019, “Theories of Meaning” in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (online).

* Required/optional material could be modified in order to comply with course discussions.

授課方式：　■講授　■研討（分組討論）　□實習/實驗　□個別指導　□其他                 

評量配分比重：

Work for the course:

1. Course attendance & weekly written exercises: 35%

Students are expected (i) to attend class weekly. And, (ii) to engage and participate actively in each weekly written exercise which will involve an exemplification of a collection of critical thinking skills and a close reading of a reference.

2.  Midterm argumentative essay: 30%

Students are expected to hand in a midterm written assignment which will involve an exemplification of writing strategies and a close analysis of references. The instructor will provide a list of points and writing strategies to consider for the midterm essay.

3. Final argumentative essay: 35%

Students are expected to hand in a final written assignment based on skills and themes addressed in the second half of the semester. The instructor will provide a list of points and writing strategies from which the student can select to prepare the final assignment.

Weekly attendance, engagement in written exercises, and careful analysis of references are all necessary to get ready for the midterm and final assignment.

課程所屬學制：　■學士班　　□碩士班　　□博士班　　□碩博同修

課程領域：■語言訓練  □語言學與英語教學  □文學  □文化研究

跨系課程領域：(不需填寫)

強度指數

系所核心能力

1

非常低

2

低

3

普通

4

高

5

非常高

評量方式

英文閱讀解析與寫作論述
English critical reading and analytical writing

V

□紙筆測驗/會考(Test/Exam)

■作業練習(Assignments)

□口頭報告/口試(Presentation/Oral Exam)

□專題研究報告(書面)(Research Report(printed on paper))

■實作/實驗(Practices/Experiments)

■出席/課堂表現(Attendance/Performance)

■學習檔案評量(Portfolios Assessment)

□自我評量/同儕互評(Self Assessment/ Peer Assessment)

□作品/創作展演(Products/Creative Performance)
□其他(Others)
□無(No assessment)

英語溝通與文化跨越
English oral communication and cultural crossing

V

□紙筆測驗/會考(Test/Exam)

■作業練習(Assignments)

□口頭報告/口試(Presentation/Oral Exam)

□專題研究報告(書面)(Research Report(printed on paper))

■實作/實驗(Practices/Experiments)

■出席/課堂表現(Attendance/Performance)

■學習檔案評量(Portfolios Assessment)

□自我評量/同儕互評(Self Assessment/ Peer Assessment)

□作品/創作展演(Products/Creative Performance)
□其他(Others)
□無(No assessment)

審美欣賞與多元創意
aesthetic appreciation and creative diversity

V

□紙筆測驗/會考(Test/Exam)

■作業練習(Assignments)

□口頭報告/口試(Presentation/Oral Exam)

□專題研究報告(書面)(Research Report(printed on paper))

■實作/實驗(Practices/Experiments)

■出席/課堂表現(Attendance/Performance)

■學習檔案評量(Portfolios Assessment)

□自我評量/同儕互評(Self Assessment/ Peer Assessment)

□作品/創作展演(Products/Creative Performance)
□其他(Others)
□無(No assessment)

人文思維與社會關懷
humanities visions and social intervention

V

□紙筆測驗/會考(Test/Exam)

■作業練習(Assignments)

□口頭報告/口試(Presentation/Oral Exam)

□專題研究報告(書面)(Research Report(printed on paper))

■實作/實驗(Practices/Experiments)

■出席/課堂表現(Attendance/Performance)

■學習檔案評量(Portfolios Assessment)

□自我評量/同儕互評(Self Assessment/ Peer Assessment)

□作品/創作展演(Products/Creative Performance)

□其他(Others)
□無(No assessment)

組織能力與人際合作
organizational ability and team work

V

□紙筆測驗/會考(Test/Exam)

■作業練習(Assignments)

□口頭報告/口試(Presentation/Oral Exam)

□專題研究報告(書面)(Research Report(printed on paper))

■實作/實驗(Practices/Experiments)

■出席/課堂表現(Attendance/Performance)

■學習檔案評量(Portfolios Assessment)

■自我評量/同儕互評(Self Assessment/ Peer Assessment)

□作品/創作展演(Products/Creative Performance)

□其他(Others)
□無(No assessment)