Purpose:

  1. To make it easy for you to write your assignment or thesis.
  2. Provide a ‘toolbox’ that you can use.

What is Academic Writing?

  1. Most students have to write to write assignments or a thesis at the end of their study period.
  2. This requires a certain style of writing. It is called academic writing.
  3. Academic writing features:
    • Give Reference to other sources of information (books/ articles/journals … anything!).
    • Discussion and evaluation of information by the author (you!).
    • impersonal, objective tone.
    • logically organised.

Content:

  1. 4 Units (based on features of Academic Writing)
    • The Writing Process
    • Academic Style
    • Using Sources
    • Organising
  2. Individual Lessons based on each unit