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This course is designed for English as a second language learners and English as a foreign language learners studying in English at higher education institutions around the world.
It will also be useful for learners of English who wish to improve their academic writing skills.
The focus is essay writing, but the content will be useful for all types of academic work, including dissertation writing. It includes writing exercises and will help you to:
- plan and structure essays
- use citations and references
- make your voice clear
- write effective sentences and paragraphs
- edit your work
The focus is improving your written fluency for academic writing. It includes writing exercises and will help you to:
- use active and passive voice appropriately
- make your writing more cohesive
- write complex sentences
- avoid punctuation mistakes and other common errors
- Explore the main components of writing and their conventions
- Identify the nature of writing argumentative essays and their conventions
- Demonstrate the ability to write critically and analytically
- Evaluate one's own work and the work of others
- Explore a diversity of students’ backgrounds and look at how they enhance the writing experience and encourage writing practice
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