Description

Learn how to write using academic English in preparation for university study.

Academic writing can be very different from other types of written English. This course has been developed to help you learn the basics of academic writing and develop your English language skills.

You’ll develop some proficiency in key areas of ‘academic’ grammar, learn about the stages in essay writing, and produce an essay of your own. You’ll also explore how to organise an essay, write in an academic style, and use tools to evaluate your own writing and other learners’ writing, so that by the end of the course you’re able to write a good, basic academic essay.

This course is designed for non-English speakers interested in improving their academic writing skills. It is recommended that you have a minimum level of IELTS 4.5 or equivalent to get the most out of this course.

Tags

Syllabus

• What is academic writing?
• Welcome to the course
• What is academic writing?
• Developing an essay
• Summary of the week
• Essay structure and organisation
• Welcome to Week 2
• How to structure an essay
• Starting work on your own essay
• Using academic language
• Welcome to Week 3
• Language focus - Part 1A
• Language Focus - Part 1B
• Language focus - Part 2A
• Language Focus - Part2B
• Preparing your essay
• Welcome to Week 4
• Preparing your essay
• Writing a first draft
• Writing your essay
• Welcome to Week 5
• Submit the first draft of your essay
• The final essay
• Course summary