College English Composition - Davis - 1997

Book Review

Title:       College English Composition (4 book series): * Book 1: Expressing an Idea * Book 2: Organizing an Essay * Book 3: Developing an Argument * Book 4: Researching a Topic Author:      Various authors including Linell Davis Date of publication: 1997 Place of publication: Nanjing Publisher:   Nanjing University Press, Nanjing 210093 ISBN:        7-305-02997-1/H 189 (all four books use the same number) Price:       RMB10.00 each book sold separately Get it from: Available from PR China booksellers

''This book review originally by Linell Davis, 1999. Copied here with her permission''

This series of four English writing textbooks together constitute a full four year writing curriculum for English majors. The philosophy behind the curriculum is that writing is a process, so there is stress on the stages of writing: prewriting, drafting and revising. The books include professional essays and essays written by Chinese students. Organizing An Essay (book 2) could be used alone for a one or two semester writing course. Writing, compiling materials and editing the books was a joint effort by foreign experts and Chinese English department faculty of Nanjing University. --Linell Davis (co-author of the series) -

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