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 14 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 |
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 | Chapter 3 pp. 111 – 135 | Writing task: build a model – testing the model |
Class 2 | Chapter 3 pp. 135 - 153 | Vocabulary – writing a Results section |
Class 3 | Chapter 4 pp. 154 - 167 | Structure – grammar and writing skills |
Class 4 | Chapter 4 pp. 167 - 180 | Writing task: build a model |
Class 5 | Chapter 4 pp. 180 - 196 | Testing the model - vocabulary – writing a Discussion/conclusions section |
Class 6 | Chapter 5 | writing abstracts |
Class 7 | References; CVs in English | diverse referencing styles; revising current English CVs |
Class 8 | review/final test | Individual Writing |
Glasman-Deal, H. 2010 Science Research Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English. London: Imperial College Press
Handouts
Class participation: 30%
Homework (2 assignments x 15%) 30%
In-class test 40%
Compulsory Final Paper (a compilation of your revised homework assignments, reflecting corrections and changes suggested by the instructor. If you do not submit this paper, you will fail the class.)
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It is recommended that students take this course in sequence with LAE.E461.
Attendance at the first class is compulsory for students planning to take this course.