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Workshop on writing English good

Workshop on writing English good. By Jeff South | Fulbright Scholar | U.S.A. Teaching at Northeast Normal University, Changchun jcsouth@vcu.edu | WeChat : JeffS63. Workshop on writing English good well. By Jeff South | Fulbright Scholar | U.S.A.

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Workshop on writing English good

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  1. Workshop onwriting Englishgood By Jeff South | Fulbright Scholar | U.S.A. Teaching at Northeast Normal University, Changchun jcsouth@vcu.edu | WeChat: JeffS63

  2. Workshop onwriting Englishgoodwell By Jeff South | Fulbright Scholar | U.S.A. Teaching at Northeast Normal University, Changchun jcsouth@vcu.edu | WeChat: JeffS63

  3. Writing workshop • Your purpose (and audience) • Your focus (something to say) • Mechanics (grammar, rules) • Clarity (being understood) • Style (creativity, elegance) Important for journalists … and for everybody!

  4. http://wp.vcu.edu/datajournalism/2014/05/22/taiyuan/ Emailjcsouth@vcu.edufor the link

  5. Your purpose • ‘Medium is the message’ • Mass media theory • Also applies to individuals • What & why are you writing? • Research paper? Essay? Letter? • To whom are you writing? • Official? Acquaintance? Friend? McLuhan

  6. How do they differ? • Article for a journal • Text message to a friend • Application to study abroad • Your résumé • Story for a magazine • Letter to a professor • Posting on social media

  7. Implications • Formality • Style manual • How you address people • Strictly facts vs. opinion • Straightforward vs. creative • Whether to use first-person • Use of bullets, abbreviations

  8. Focus I am asking you for a letter of recom-mendation. • One-sentence summary • Your main point • Tell-a-friend technique • The Weibo / Twitter technique • Make an outline: your focus and supporting points • Omit unrelated information

  9. Journalism students’ notes: • We searched the database of the U.S. Patent Office. • We found that Chinese inventors got 9,042 U.S. patents in 2013. That’s the most they have ever received. • Here are the number of U.S. patents that Chinese inventors got in previous years: • 5,050 in 2010 • 5,499 in 2011 • 7,445 in 2012 • From 2010 to 2013, the number of U.S. patents received by Chinese inventors increased by 79 percent.

  10. Chinese inventors received a record number of U.S. patents last year – almost an 80 percent increase from 2010. China ranked fifth among all countries in the number of patents obtained from the U.S. in 2013. That was up from a No. 8 ranking in 2011 and 2012.

  11. Mechanics • Grammar • Punctuation • Spelling Without you’re notgoing anywhere

  12. Sentence • Words that express a complete thought • Must have a subject (noun)and predicate (verb) • Begins with capital letterand ends with a period

  13. Common errors • Incomplete sentences (fragments) • Run-on sentences • Subject-verb agreement

  14. Fragment or sentence? On the other side of the mountain. Theyliveon the other side of the mountain. Ping Yao is located on the other side of the mountain.

  15. Fragment or sentence? ShaoYifu, the famous Chinese movie producer, died in January. It is a sentence! ShaoYifu, the famous Chinese movie producer, died in January.

  16. On the other side of the mountain. Playing around with the new software. Murray designed the landscaping for the new building. Even though we had come to an agreement. Fragment or sentence? Unfortunately, instead of reporting their discovery. Unfortunately, instead of reporting their discovery, the farmersused many of the coffin planks as firewood andleft the site badly damaged.

  17. On the other side of the mountain. Playing around with the new software. Murray designed the landscaping for the new building. Even though we had come to an agreement. Fragment or sentence? Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister ZhengZeguang summoned U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus on Monday night, protesting the indictment against five Chinese military officers. It’s a sentence.

  18. On the other side of the mountain. Playing around with the new software. Murray designed the landscaping for the new building. Even though we had come to an agreement. Fragment or sentence? Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister ZhengZeguangsummoned U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus on Monday night, protesting the indictment against five Chinese military officers.

  19. On the other side of the mountain. Playing around with the new software. Murray designed the landscaping for the new building. Even though we had come to an agreement. Fragment or sentence? The group's event will generate an estimated $85 million for the Anaheim area, and the 7,000 attendees will fill 13,000 to 14,000 hotel room nights at more than 30 area hotels. It’s a sentence.

  20. On the other side of the mountain. Playing around with the new software. Murray designed the landscaping for the new building. Even though we had come to an agreement. Fragment or sentence? The group's eventwill generate an estimated $85 million for the Anaheim area, and the 7,000 attendeeswill fill 13,000 to 14,000 hotel room nights at more than 30 area hotels.

  21. Subject & verb • The subject agrees with its verb no matter how far apart the two are. • Do not be distracted by words between the subject and verb.

  22. Subject & verb • A list of readings [has / have] been sent to all students. • A list of readings has been sent to all students.

  23. Subject & verb • All of the students, including the boy who received the highest grade, [is / are] going to Beijing. • All of the students, including the boy who received the highest grade, are going to Beijing.

  24. Windows 8 replaced Windows XP after Microsoft stopped providing the general public with XP support and security updates on April 8. The company still offers extended XP support to enterprise customers with which they have lucrative support contracts, such as the Netherlands and UK governments.

  25. Windows 8 replaced Windows XP after Microsoft stopped providing the general public with XP support and security updates on April 8. The company still offers extended XP support to enterprise customers with which they have lucrative support contracts, such as the Netherlands and UK governments.

  26. Windows 8 replaced Windows XP after Microsoft stopped providing the general public with XP support and security updates on April 8. The company still offers extended XP support to enterprise customers with which they have lucrative support contracts, such as the Netherlands and UK governments. ? ?

  27. Windows 8 replaced Windows XP after Microsoft stopped providing the general public with XP support and security updates on April 8. The company still offers extended XP support to enterprise customers with which they have it has lucrative support contracts, such as the Netherlands and UK governments.

  28. Clarity • Short sentences • Short subject • Active voice • Start with subject (or use acomma before the subject) • ‘Branch to the right’

  29. Short sentences More than three decades after the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon opened relations with China, the reminiscences of five former US ambassadors to China underscore the boldness of the diplomacy of that era – especially compared with the more cautious dynamic that prevails today.

  30. Short sentences It has been more than three decades since U.S. President Richard Nixon opened relations with China. Yesterday, five former U.S. ambassadors to China reminisced about that breakthrough. Their comments underscore the boldness of the diplomacy of that era – especially compared with the more cautious dynamic today.

  31. Active voice • Subject > action verb > object • The Robot Challenge was won by a team of students from TYUT. • A team of students from TYUT won the Robot Challenge

  32. Active voice • A speech at the conference was given by Professor XieKechang. • Professor XieKechang gave a speech at the conference.

  33. Active voice • In the book, it is said that coal is key to China’s energy future. • The book said that coal is key to China’s energy future.

  34. Weak constructions • There are many students who are freaking out about taking the gaokao. • Many students are freaking out about taking the gaokao.

  35. Hard to understand In response to the disclosures by Edward Snowden, who stole files from government computers, gave them to reporters and has sought asylum in Russia, the U.S. House on Thursday passed legislation to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of American phone records.

  36. Hard to understand In response to the disclosures by Edward Snowden, who stole files from government computers, gave them to reporters and has sought asylum in Russia, the U.S. House on Thursday passed legislation to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of American phone records.

  37. Start with subject The U.S. House on Thursday passed legislation to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of American phone records in response to the disclosures by Edward Snowden, who stole files from government computers, gave them to reporters and has sought asylum in Russia.

  38. Introductory phrase • If you start a sentence with a short phrase, use a comma After graduating from TYUT, he moved to Beiing. Since about 70,000 people died in the Sicuan earthquake, China has sought to improve building standards.

  39. Style & grace • Parallel construction • Analogies • Transitions • Pacing

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