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Academic unit or major
English language courses
Instructor(s)
De Ferranti Hugh Barry Ziani 
Class Format
Exercise     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Mon3-4(S518)  
Group
1
Course number
LAE.E461
Credits
1
Academic year
2017
Offered quarter
1Q
Syllabus updated
2017/3/17
Lecture notes updated
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Language used
English
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Course description and aims

All of the "Academic Writing in English" courses are designed to provide graduate students with strategies to improve their academic writings and write well-framed research articles. Objectives include learning from various journal articles, using appropriate vocabulary and expressions. The course will examine models presented in the textbook and scientific articles to help guide the writing process. Students will receive individual feedback from the instructor. In addition, students will participate in peer-critique to develop skills to become critical readers and to give constructive criticism to their colleagues.

As a graduate level course, Academic Writing in English 13 equips students with the necessary tools and analytical knowledge to write solid, well-informed journal articles.

Student learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be able to produce a short journal article on their research.

Keywords

Reading, writing skills, written expression, interactive, critical thinking skills

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills ✔ Intercultural skills ✔ Communication skills ✔ Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

In this course we will work toward improving your academic English-writing skills in the following areas:

• Structuring your papers so as to accord with international academic English norms
• Vocabulary and expression in each of the standard sections of a paper
• Abstracts for your papers and short descriptions of projects for scholarship and other applications
• Referencing and English CVs (if time allows)

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Introduction to course and textbook. Participants’ experiences: Write a paragraph about your academic experience to date and two paragraphs about your current or future research at Titech. Ch. 1, pp.1 – 11 overall structure - tense pairs - signalling
Class 2 Chapter 1 pp. 11 - 24 passive/active - paragraphs – writing task: build a model
Class 3 Chapter 1 pp. 25 - 43 Testing the model – vocabulary – writing an introduction
Class 4 Chapter 2 pp. 44 - 61 Structure – grammar and writing skills - writing task: build a model
Class 5 Chapter 2 pp. 61 - 75 writing task: build a model (cont’d) - testing the model –
Class 6 Chapter 2 pp. 75 - 90 vocabulary – writing a methodology section
Class 7 Chapter 3 pp. 91 - 111 Structure – grammar and writing skills
Class 8 review/final test individual writing

Textbook(s)

Glasman-Deal, H. 2010 Science Research Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English. London: Imperial College Press

Reference books, course materials, etc.

occasional handouts

Assessment criteria and methods

Class participation: 30%
homework (2 x 15%) 30%
in-class test: 40%

Related courses

  • LAE.E462 ： Academic Writing in English 14

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

none

Other

It is recommended that students take this course in sequence with LAE.E462.
Attendance at the first class is compulsory for students planning to take this course.

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