Course Overview

In this course students will develop skills for effective academic writing. Topics will include (1) writing in an appropriate academic style, (2) sentence and paragraph structure, (3) making a text ‘flow’ (cohesion), (4) writing definitions, and (5) describing processes. Students will learn how to produce a number of key text types including extended definitions and problem-solution texts. There will be a strong focus on vocabulary development using the Academic Word List. Outside class, each week, students will complete self-study vocabulary, grammar exercises and short writing tasks. Students will receive personalized feedback on assessed writing tasks.

Learning Achievement

Competence

Course prerequisites

Grading Philosophy

Course schedule

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Course type

Lectures

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Millar Neil

Other information

Site for Inquiry

Link to the syllabus provided by the university