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Academic unit or major
English language courses
Instructor(s)
Kiyama Lorinda 
Class Format
Exercise     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Thr5-6(H119A)  
Group
4
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

Each class will involve gaining vocabulary and phrases most frequently used in scientific research articles. We will analyze, sentence by sentence, the functions of each element of a scientific paper. This will build a writing model that we will test on articles from the students' fields of research. Students will write a research article following the model and present it at the final class.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Unit 1, How to Write and Introduction vocabulary, phrases, writing model, assessment for writing the introduction section of a research paper
Class 2 Unit 1, How to Write and Introduction; Unit 2, Writing about Methodology vocabulary, phrases, writing model, assessment for writing the introduction and methodology sections of a research paper
Class 3 Unit 2, Writing about Methodology vocabulary, phrases, writing model, assessment for writing the methodology section of a research paper
Class 4 Unit 3, Writing about Results vocabulary, phrases, writing model, assessment for writing the results section of a research paper
Class 5 Unit 3, Writing about Results; Unit 4, Writing the Discussion/Conclusion vocabulary, phrases, writing model, assessment for writing the results and discussion/conclusion sections of a research paper
Class 6 Unit 4, Writing the Discussion/Conclusion vocabulary, phrases, writing model, assessment for writing the discussion/conclusion sections of a research paper
Class 7 Unit 5, Writing the Abstract vocabulary, phrases, writing model, assessment for writing the abstract of a research paper
Class 8 Presentations of written work oral presentations of written work; peer feedback

Textbook(s)

Hilary Glasman-Deal. Science Research Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English. London: Imperial College Press (2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1-84816310-2

Reference books, course materials, etc.

handouts

Assessment criteria and methods

Class participation and homework exercises, 35%
5 sections of a research paper, 10% each = 50%
Presentation of written work, 15%

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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