• to give you an understanding of the conventions of academic writing in English and to teach you the components and benefits of what is called process writing.
• to help you to put together your own “toolbox” of academic writing skills, as well as to give you a chance to test out these tools and to reflect on your own development as a writer.
• to encourage reflection on discipline specific conventions; although the course deals with generic skills, you will be able to apply these generic skills to meet the particular needs of your own discipline.

• Writing in English at university: An introduction.
• Structuring your text and conveying your argument.
• Using sources in academic writing.
• The writer’s toolbox: Editing and proofreading.

In each module you will find video lectures and reading assignments and assignments, such as quizzes, reflective self-assessment questions, as well as some peer review exercises in which you will have an opportunity to interact with other students taking the course.

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