Academic Writing: Core Concepts and Essential Skills
Master the Key Skills of Essay Writing
Description
This course takes you on a meaningful and practical journey through the most important aspects of academic writing, focusing on both the why and the how of the field. In fourteen sessions, you will learn about the unique characteristics of this genre and take a close look at how to compose a text that meets the criteria of good writing. As a bonus, you will have access to five short lectures that give you tips about how to make the most of your years in higher education in general.
The content and form of the material has been polished over years of teaching academic writing in higher education to native as well as non-native English-speaking students, and addresses a wide variety of real questions that researchers/writers can face in both undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
What You Will Learn!
- What the key characteristics of academic writing are
- What the process of academic writing is like
- Why correct formatting is essential in academic writing
- Which questions can help you choose and narrow down the topic for an academic paper
- How to make your reading habits help you become a better writer
- What the difference is between primary and secondary sources and why they both matter
- How to identify reliable academic sources
- How to integrate other writers' ideas in your writing without losing "your voice"
- Why citing is crucial
- How to structure an academic paper
- How to create cohesion and coherence in your text
- How to avoid making mistakes in register (and sound sophisticated)
- How to master the essential art of being precisely vague
- BONUS: How to prepare your expectations for higher education
- BONUS: How to maintain the mindset of critical thinking throughout your studies
- BONUS: How to welcome and handle intellectual/emotional crises in the process of learning
- BONUS: How to make your opinion matter on your educational journey
- BONUS: How to write solid emails in the academia (i.e. how not to grieve your lecturers)
Who Should Attend!
- University students who need a solid base for their academic writing and study skills
- Students continuing their studies in higher education who feel like they need to revisit the core principles of academic writing
- Anyone interested in understanding the convention/genre of academic writing better