ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC WRITING (2 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, student will be able to: Design the draft which includes introduction, body, and conclusion for writing in academic style; Integrate the strategies in avoiding plagiarism in writing an academic essay; Write an Academic essay either in MLA or APA style.

Topics:

1. Writing Foundation;
2. Academic Writing and Critical Thinking;
3. Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Combining Sources and Reference;
4. Planning and Organizing;
5. Stages of Writing;
6. Elements of Writing: Types of Ideas;
7. Elements of Writing: Styles and Other Variations;
8. Features of Writing: Abbreviations, Vocabulary, Adverb, Articles, Caution, Confusing Pairs, Conjunctions, Nationality Language;
9. Features of Writing: Nouns and Adjectives, Prefix and Suffix, Preposition, Punctuation, Pronoun;
10. Features of Writing: Synonym, Time Words, Verbs;
11. Writing Models: Formal Letter and CV;
12. Writing Models: Reports, Case Studies, Literature Reviews and Survey;
13. Writing Models: Writing Longer Texts.