Map of the Book Unit Writing Skills Language Study Critical Thinking Intercultural Competence Unit 1 Introduction to Expository Writing • Use modifiers to avoid making • Explore the relationship between language and • Evaluate Spanglish in the context of Language and • Understand the elements and absolute statements identity American multiculturalism Identity structure of an expository essay • Take alternative perspectives on World Englishes • Understand the concept of “melting P.1 • Identify different patterns of pot” and “salad bowl” in American development within exposition cultural studies • Understand writing as a process Unit 2 Process Analysis • Use tense and voice correctly • Understand the recursive nature of writing process • Explore writers’ self-discovery across Writing for • Write a process analysis • Evaluate the effect of self-deprecating humor in cultures Self-Discovery • Write a clear, concise, and well- English writing and speech • Identify differences between writings P.29 defined thesis statement in first language and second language Unit 3 Exemplification • Use specific language • Examine old age by making interdisciplinary • Identify the challenges faced by old Old Age and • Understand the importance of connections people in different cultures Wisdom exemplification in expository • Interpret the wisdom of the older generation • Understand the meaning of old age P.67 writing across cultures • Practice writing short examples and extended examples • Write effective topic sentences Unit 4 Classification and Division • Use the nominal that-clause • Make inferences about the relationship between • Explore ways of expressing love from Relationship • Practice writing an expository natural or social conditions and human behavior people in different cultures P.93 essay by using classification and • Explore different types of human relationships • Identify and articulate cultural division similarities and differences in social • Write an effective introduction distances by a comparative study of character proxemics in American and Chinese romantic movies Map of the Book XIII Unit Writing Skills Language Study Critical Thinking Intercultural Competence Unit 1 Introduction to Expository Writing • Use modifiers to avoid making • Explore the relationship between language and • Evaluate Spanglish in the context of Language and • Understand the elements and absolute statements identity American multiculturalism Identity structure of an expository essay • Take alternative perspectives on World Englishes • Understand the concept of “melting P.1 • Identify different patterns of pot” and “salad bowl” in American development within exposition cultural studies • Understand writing as a process Unit 2 Process Analysis • Use tense and voice correctly • Understand the recursive nature of writing process • Explore writers’ self-discovery across Writing for • Write a process analysis • Evaluate the effect of self-deprecating humor in cultures Self-Discovery • Write a clear, concise, and well- English writing and speech • Identify differences between writings P.29 defined thesis statement in first language and second language Unit 3 Exemplification • Use specific language • Examine old age by making interdisciplinary • Identify the challenges faced by old Old Age and • Understand the importance of connections people in different cultures Wisdom exemplification in expository • Interpret the wisdom of the older generation • Understand the meaning of old age P.67 writing across cultures • Practice writing short examples and extended examples • Write effective topic sentences Unit 4 Classification and Division • Use the nominal that-clause • Make inferences about the relationship between • Explore ways of expressing love from Relationship • Practice writing an expository natural or social conditions and human behavior people in different cultures P.93 essay by using classification and • Explore different types of human relationships • Identify and articulate cultural division similarities and differences in social • Write an effective introduction distances by a comparative study of character proxemics in American and Chinese romantic movies XIV Writing Critically 2 Unit Writing Skills Language Study Critical Thinking Intercultural Competence Unit 5 Cause and Effect • Use -ing clauses of result • Evaluate the effect of modern technologies on the • Identify the differences between Environment • Write an exposition by using cause integrity of the natural world Western and Eastern views of nature and and effect • Explore the relationship between man and nature • Interpret women’s affinity with nature Development • Define causation in expository from a cross-cultural perspective P.117 writing • Develop support for a topic sentence Unit 6 Comparison and Contrast • Use comparison and contrast signal • Question blanket statements about biologically- • Test hypotheses about gender Men and • Write an exposition by using words based differences between men and women differences in problem-solving by Women comparison and contrast • Explore the causes and implications of gender conducting a small survey in a Chinese P.145 • Write effective conclusions differences classroom • Evaluate stereotypes of men or women who tend to do more talking from a cross-cultural perspective Unit 7 Definition • Use appositives and attributive • Construct the meaning of ambition from a • Understand the different opinions on Ambition and • Write sentence definitions and clauses in definition sentences sociocultural approach success and ambition by people in Success extended definitions • Explore the connotations of ambition to men and different cultures P.175 • Write with unity and coherence women • Understand the effects of cultural • Define a concept from diverse differences on achieving success perspectives Unit 8 Mixed Patterns of Development • Achieve sentence variety • Examine the causal relationship between • Explore people’s attitudes toward Globalization • Develop an essay by using mixed modernization and globalization globalization across cultures and Cultural patterns of development • Understand the relationship between an individual • Interpret the concept of Asian society Identity and his or her cultural identity from the theoretical perspective of an P.217 imagined community Map of the Book XV Unit Writing Skills Language Study Critical Thinking Intercultural Competence Unit 5 Cause and Effect • Use -ing clauses of result • Evaluate the effect of modern technologies on the • Identify the differences between Environment • Write an exposition by using cause integrity of the natural world Western and Eastern views of nature and and effect • Explore the relationship between man and nature • Interpret women’s affinity with nature Development • Define causation in expository from a cross-cultural perspective P.117 writing • Develop support for a topic sentence Unit 6 Comparison and Contrast • Use comparison and contrast signal • Question blanket statements about biologically- • Test hypotheses about gender Men and • Write an exposition by using words based differences between men and women differences in problem-solving by Women comparison and contrast • Explore the causes and implications of gender conducting a small survey in a Chinese P.145 • Write effective conclusions differences classroom • Evaluate stereotypes of men or women who tend to do more talking from a cross-cultural perspective Unit 7 Definition • Use appositives and attributive • Construct the meaning of ambition from a • Understand the different opinions on Ambition and • Write sentence definitions and clauses in definition sentences sociocultural approach success and ambition by people in Success extended definitions • Explore the connotations of ambition to men and different cultures P.175 • Write with unity and coherence women • Understand the effects of cultural • Define a concept from diverse differences on achieving success perspectives Unit 8 Mixed Patterns of Development • Achieve sentence variety • Examine the causal relationship between • Explore people’s attitudes toward Globalization • Develop an essay by using mixed modernization and globalization globalization across cultures and Cultural patterns of development • Understand the relationship between an individual • Interpret the concept of Asian society Identity and his or her cultural identity from the theoretical perspective of an P.217 imagined community Unit 2 Writing for Self-Discovery 29 2 Unit Writing for Self-Discovery Process Analysis It is only when we silence the blaring sounds of our daily existence that we can “ finally hear the whispers of truth that life reveals to us, as it stands knocking on the doorsteps of our hearts. ” —K. T. Jong 30 Writing Critically 2 Objectives Writing Skills ▶ write a process analysis ▶ write a clear, concise, and well-defined thesis statement Language Study ▶ use tense and voice correctly Critical Thinking ▶ understand the recursive nature of writing process ▶ evaluate the effect of self-deprecating humor in English writing and speech Intercultural Competence ▶ explore writers’ self-discovery across cultures ▶ identify differences between writings in first language and second language Pre-Class Exploration Do some research on one of the following questions. Then prepare to share your findings in groups in class. 1. What kind of process do Chinese students usually go through when they write English essays? 2. Do professional writers usually spend more time producing their first drafts