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.
By the end of the course, students will be able to produce a short journal article on their research.
Reading, writing skills, written expression, interactive, critical thinking skills
Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
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 | |
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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 |
Glasman-Deal, H. 2010 Science Research Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English. London: Imperial College Press
occasional handouts
Class participation: 30%
homework (2 x 15%) 30%
in-class test: 40%
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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.