1.1 Lesson Preview 1.2 What is academic writing? 1.3 Why academic writing for Chinese students? 1.4 Course Introduction 2.1 Writing Process: Lesson Preview 2.2 What is the writing process? 2.3 The Five Steps 2.4 Prewriting Techniques 2.5 Drafting and Revising 2.6 Correct Paper Formatting 3.1 Prewriting & Brainstorming: Lesson Preview 3.2 Generating Ideas and Focusing in 3.3 How to do listing? 3.4 How to do clustering? 4.1 Planning & Outlines: Lesson Preview 4.2 Why make an outline? What does an outline look like? 4.3 How to make an outline? 5.1 Writing Admissions Essays (Personal Statements: Lesson Preview 5.2 Questions about Admissions Essays or Personal Statements 5.3 General Tactics 5.4 Writing an Admissions Essay 5.5 Writing Sample Analysis 5.6 Study / Research Proposals 6.1 The Traditional Five-Paragraph Essay Structure: Lesson Preview 6.2 The Traditional Essay Structure 6.3 The Keyhole Structure 6.4 Why study the traditional essay? 7.1 Questions about Applications 7.2 Functions and Formatting of Application Letters 7.3 Writing an Application Letter 7.4 Questions about Résumés 7.5 Preparing and Writing a Résumé 8.1 Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles: Lesson Preview 8.2 How to write an introduction? 8.3 How to write a conclusion? 8.4 How to write introductions and conclusions for other assignments? 8.5 How to write a title? 9.1 The Thesis Statement: Lesson Preview 9.2 Functions of the Thesis Statement in an Essay 9.3 Position of the Thesis Statement in an Essay 9.4 Components of the Thesis Statement in an Essay 9.5 How to write and revise thesis statements? 9.6 How the thesis statement works with different essay types? 10.1 Paragraph Unity & Paragraph Development: Lesson Preview 10.2 Essay and Paragraph Structure 10.3 Paragraph Unity 10.4 How to write topic sentences? 10.5 Paragraphs Developed in Deductive and Inductive Patterns 10.6 Developing Parapraphs with Details 11.1 Writing Research Article (RA Abstracts: Lesson Preview 11.2 Questions about Abstracts 11.3 General Analysis of Abstracts 11.4 Language Features 11.5 Writing the Traditional Abstract 11.6 Writing the Structured Abstract 12.1 Coherence in Paragraphs: Lesson Preview 12.2 External and Internal Logical Connections 12.3 Using Transitional Words and Expressions 12.4 Following Human Cognition and Keeping the Information Flow 12.5 Techniques to Create and Revise for Coherence