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About the Course
This MOOC takes you through the basics of academic writing step by step. From structuring and organising an academic text to avoiding common pitfalls that can negatively affect your credibility, this 6-week course offers a guide for those who want to improve their writing.
It looks at various components that will make your academic writing stand out for all the right reasons, including paragraphing, style, tone, paraphrasing and punctuation. Using samples of student writing it also gives you tips on what to avoid and explains why. Each week is comprised of video lessons, followed by exercises and peer-review tasks, taking you through various aspects of academic writing.
What you’ll learn?
You’ll learn:
- to understand the basic tenets of academic writing
- to identify the different genres and the expectations of each one
- to overcome writer’s block
- to stucture your ideas cohesively
- to write reader-friendly sentences
- to use appropriate tone to gain credibility
- to avoid plagiarism and
- to ensure your text respects the rules of general punctuation in English.
Syllabus
The MOOC “Academic Writing Made Easy” covers the following topics to help you improve your writing:
- Week 1 Rhetorical Preferences: Meeting the expectations of your target group
- Week 2 Genre: Differentiating between types of scholarly texts
- The Writing Process: Overcoming writer’s block
- Week 3 Cohesion: Making your ideas flow logically
- Week 4 Sentences: Writing reader-friendly sentences
- Week 5 Credibility: Convincing your peers to accept and believe what you write
- Week 6 Punctuation: Polishing your text
- Putting it all together: Overcoming the last hurdles
To enroll in this course, click the link below.
Course on Academic Writing Made Easy
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