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 |
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 | |
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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 |
Hilary Glasman-Deal. Science Research Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English. London: Imperial College Press (2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1-84816310-2
handouts
Class participation and homework exercises, 35%
5 sections of a research paper, 10% each = 50%
Presentation of written work, 15%
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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.