本教程是顺应学校模块化课程改革的成果，遵循了模块化课程建设的理念，立足地方院校英语专业学生实际，历经多年探索和多次修改，最终呈现为当前的编排体系。
本课程在设计过程中，以“理论知识适用、专业知识管用、技能知识实用”为原则，精心挑选必备的写作理论知识、专业知识和技能，构建了合乎实际教学的写作教学内容模块框架。根据模块化教学理论，课程内容的组织不再过分强调学科知识的系统性和学科内在的逻辑性，而要注重学科的交叉、知识的综合应用，更加注重从实际问题出发，解决实际问题，在此过程中引出所要学习的概念、原理等理论知识。
本书遵循上述原则，重新构建了英语专业写作课程大纲。本书从写作实际出发，首先讲授篇章写作层面的知识和技巧，力求训练学生按照科学的写作过程，写出符合英语篇章基本规范的习作；辅以句法训练和功能性表达知识，提高表达能力；同时兼顾应用写作训练，力求使得学生能够掌握基本的体裁，写出合乎英语文体要求的作品。根据上述设计理念，在长达八年的写作教学改革中，逐渐将以上内容优化为六个模块：写作过程、体裁写作、应用写作、句法训练、句法错误、功能表达。

Module One Essay Writing Process
Section One Brainstorming
Section Two Outlining
Section Three Essay Structure
Section Four Introduction Writing
Section Five Body Paragraph Writing
Section Six Conclusion Writing
Section Seven Unity
Section Eight Coherence
Module Two Syntactic Practice
Section One Typical Chinese Sentence Structure
Section Two Emphasis
Section Three Inversion
Section Four Comparison
Section Five Coordination
Section Six Subordination
Section Seven Sentence Combining
Section Eight Transformation
Module Three Practical Writing
Section One Punctuation
Section Two Editing
Section Three Notes and Notices
Section Four Letters
Section Five Resume
Module Four Genre Writing
Section One Narration
Section Two Description
Section Three Exemplification
Section Four Cause and Effect
Section Five Definition
Section Six Comparison and Contrast
Section Seven Classification
Section Eight Argumentation
Module Five Functional Expression
Section One Purpose and Determination
Section Two Structure
Section Three Exemplification, Means and Condition
Section Four Cause and Effect
Section Five Definition and Certainty
Section Six Comparison
Section Seven Classification
Section Eight Preference and Persuasion
Module Six Sentence Errors
Section One Misplaced Modifiers
Section Two Misused Words
Section Three Dangling Phrases
Section Four Parallel Structure
Section Five Logic Errors
Section Six Sentence Combination
Section Seven Redundant Expressions
Section Eight Clarity Errors
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