Table 8 Overview of Professor Wang’s teaching contents in AW

Part One

Introduction

Explanation of basic terms

10

Content

Characteristics of academic writing: objectivity, clarity, coherence, accuracy, plainness and preciseness

16

Language system

Linguistic features of academic writing: lexical and syntactic

16

Language system

Language style of academic writing: tentative, formal, objective, concise, varied

40

Language system

Procedures of academic writing

4

Writing process

Part Two

Selecting a Topic & Developing Research Questions

Principles of topic selection

48

Content

Title writing: purposes, format, and standards

19

Context

Procedures of developing research questions

34

Writing process

Part Three

Writing a Research Proposal

Components of a research proposal

2

Writing process

MLA format of bibliography

26

Writing process

Boiling down key words

5

Writing process

Part Four

Writing an Outline

Functions of outline

2

Context

Process of writing an outline

2

Writing process

Four main components of an effective outline

4

Language system

Types of outline

6

Writing process

Part Five

Abstract Writing

Importance of abstract

7

Context

Structure of an abstract

8

Language system

Types of abstract

19

Writing process

Qualities of a good abstract

2

Language system

Steps of writing an effective abstract

3

Writing process