Writing Skills for Visiting Scholars
January 31 – April 10
Course Overview
In this 10-week class, scholars will learn how to improve their English language writing. The instructor will focus on various types of academic writing and advanced grammatical structures.
Course goals
Student will:
- focus on various types of academic writing including, but not limited to email, reports, summaries and problem-solution texts.
- review and practice advanced grammatical structures and tones common to each type of writing.
- learn to recognise appropriate styles for specific audiences
- learn to interpret, assess, and respond to information in professional and academic publications
- acquire the ability to properly utilise and cite document sources.
Course delivery and structure
The syllabus is organized around a weekly schedule that will begin each Thursday and end the following Wednesday. A typical week will cover a writing genre and relevant grammar points, but this will vary depending on the writing genres being covered. Any assignments for a given unit will normally be due at the end of this weekly period unless otherwise indicated during the course.
By the end of the course, students will have prepared a writing portfolio on individual shared Google Drive Folder, which includes:
1 Reflection
1 Analysis
1 Extended Definition
1 Problem Solution
1 CV and Cover Letter
For each writing project:
The student will evaluate and reflect on their writing through peer review. These reviews will be included in the portfolio.
Expectations
Please bring in laptops and notebooks for every class.
In case of any absences, please inform Elaine promptly before the beginning of the class.