This course is designed to offer students intensive practice in genre writing, textual analysis, academic vocabulary, and American rhetoric and aims at helping students develop the rhetorical knowledge and multimodal competence that are required for success in American academic contexts. In addition to assisting students in developing academic literacy skills, this course also aims to teach and encourage students to communicate effectively in academic, professional, and civic contexts, to use critical thinking skills when reading and preparing texts for a range of audiences, contexts, and purposes; how to analyze writing pieces, textually and visually; to be nimble writers, who can adapt their writing to current digital formats and changing conventions in their fields; to become writers who can collaborate effectively with peers; to become lifelong learners who will continue to read widely and practice and improve their writing. Pls visit isemoodle.buct.edu.cn/moodle for more information about the course. 本课程旨在为学生提供体裁写作、文本分析、学术词汇和美式修辞方面的强化练习，旨在帮助学生培养在美式学术环境中取得成功所需的修辞知识和多模态能力。培养学术素养技能，本课程还旨在教授和鼓励学生在学术、专业和公民环境中进行有效沟通，在阅读和准备针对各种受众、背景、目的和目的的文本时使用批判性思维技能；以文字和视觉方式写作；成为灵活的作家，他们可以根据当前的数字格式和他们领域不断变化的惯例调整他们的写作；成为能够与同行有效合作的作家；成为终身学习者，他们将继续广泛阅读、练习和提高他们的写作水平。