- Code
- ELL 102
- Name
- Academic Writing
- Semester
- 2
- Lecture hours
- 3.00
- Seminar hours
- 0.00
- Laborator hours
- 0.00
- Credits
- 3.00
- ECTS
- 5.00
- Description
-
This course provides students with strategies and practice needed to be successful at writing essays in academic level.
- Objectives
-
- To equip students with knowledge on strategies essays of various types. - Enable the student to use the process of writing - To enable the correct use of written language
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- Introduction to Academic Writing: Issues at Word level: word-choice; word-order; word-formation and ambiguities
- 2
- Issues at Sentence and Clause level: types of sentence; clauses and transitions; structural and functional implications
- 3
- Issues at Paragraph level: Organization; types and structure of paragraphs; transitions and paragraph length
- 4
- The process of Academic Writing: Pre-writing: Brainstorming, choosing, extending and narrowing the topic
- 5
- The process of Academic Writing: The article (types): Describing; narrating; discussing an issue; responding to generalisations
- 6
- The process of Academic Writing: Letters (types): of complaint; of recommendation;
- 7
- The process of Academic Writing: Letters (types): of job application, of response to an editor / newspapers
- 8
- The process of Academic Writing: Essays (types) : of comparison: Expository & Argumentative (Persuasive);
- 9
- The process of Academic Writing: Essays (types) : of opinion: Descriptive & Narrative
- 10
- The process of Academic Writing: Proposals (types); applying for funds; assessing choices; giving reasons; evaluating a situation
- 11
- The process of Academic Writing: Reviews (types): a fest; a holiday; a magazine; a book; a film
- 12
- The process of Academic Writing: Reports (types): discussing findings in surveys; providing solutions; evaluating
- 13
- The process of Academic Writing: Scientific Research Articles for Journals
- 14
- The process of Academic Writing: Dissertations
- 15
- The process of Academic Writing: Citation, marking and bibliography: APA/MLA
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- Students should be able to write clear, well-structured academic texts of some length, with a high degree of grammatical accuracy and in an appropriate style (essays, articles, dissertations, etc.)
- 2
- Students should be able to use in an appropriate way a range of argument types and demonstrate a command of both general and specialised vocabulary
- 3
- Students should be able to edit one's own and colleagues' texts, improving them stylistically and grammatical
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 20% 20%
- Quizzes
- 1 20% 20%
- Projects
- 1 20% 20%
- Term projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 0 0% 0%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 60%
- Final exam percent
- 40%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 3 48
- Off class study hours
- 14 3 42
- Duties
- 1 15 15
- Midterms
- 1 0 0
- Final exam
- 1 20 20
- Other
- 0 0 0
- Total workLoad
- 125
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 5.00
- ECTS
- 5.00