University of Reading - An Intermediate Guide to Writing in English for University Study

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An Intermediate Guide to Writing in English for University Study
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Overview

Improve your academic English writing skills: analyse questions, structure essays, research effectively and avoid plagiarism

Duration	5 weeks
Total fee	₹4,450
Mode of learning	Online
Difficulty level	Beginner
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Credential	Certificate

An Intermediate Guide to Writing in English for University Study

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An Intermediate Guide to Writing in English for University Study
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Highlights

Earn a certificate from University of Reading

An Intermediate Guide to Writing in English for University Study
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Course details

Skills you will learn

English

Who should do this course?

This course is aimed at anyone interested in undertaking academic study in English, but it may be of particular interest to international students

What are the course deliverables?

Identify the features of good academic writing.

Interpret essay questions, generate ideas and structure your text.

Improve your research and reading skills to find relevant and reliable information.

Experiment with different note-taking methods.

Develop expertise in constructing paragraphs that support your argument.

Explore how to reference other people’s work properly, incorporate quotations and avoid plagiarism.

Compare tips on how to approach introductions and conclusions

Reflect on the importance of proof-reading and collaboration.

Practise grammatical sentence construction to improve your writing

More about this course

On this course you will expand your academic English skills and learn the necessary extended writing and research skills for producing a thorough and high standard extended essay.
You'll get an introduction to research tools, writing critically and referencing, as well as learning more about the fundamentals like essay structure, proofreading and avoiding plagiarism.
Whether you're a prospective undergraduate or postgraduate, or are currently undertaking university-level study - this course will build on your ability to research, write and reference essays and extended writing projects.
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An Intermediate Guide to Writing in English for University Study
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Curriculum

What is an academic essay?

Welcome to the course

What is academic writing

Different essay structures

Analysing the essay question

Language focus: Identifying a word class

Review and reflect

Reading and notetaking

Welcome to Week 2

Reasons for reading

Searching for information

Notetaking for an essay

Language focus: complex sentences

Review and reflect

Paragraphs

Welcome to Week 3

Elements of a paragraph

Paragraph leaders

Developing a paragraph

Language focus: summary nouns

Review and reflect

Referencing

Welcome to Week 4

Referencing

Summarising, paraphrasing and direct quotations

Avoiding plagiarism

Language focus

Review and reflect

Planning your academic essay

Welcome to Week 5

The essay introduction

The essay conclusion

Proof-reading

Language focus

Building on what you know

An Intermediate Guide to Writing in English for University Study
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Faculty details

Brian Turner

I’m an English for Academic Purposes lecturer & materials developer at the University of Reading. My research interest is different modes of thought & reasoning across different language & cultures.