Writing for Academic Purposes
Course Description
The Writing for Academic Purposes course aims to foster the development of learners’ practical knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as confidence in writing for academic purposes through a variety of classroom discussions, activities, and application tasks. The course focuses on common skills required in academic writing at the MA level including (but not limited to): paraphrasing, synthesizing, summarizing, discussing, critiquing, and providing feedback. Each of these topics will be broken down as follows:
1: learners will be introduced to key concepts and considerations in relation to the academic writing topic being focused on.
2: learners will participate in practice activities focusing on applying they key concepts they have learned.
3: learners will construct a piece of academic writing (pertaining to the topic covered).
Note* Each piece of writing constructed by the learners will be put into their final portfolio.
The Writing for Academic Purposes course aims to foster the development of learners’ practical knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as confidence in writing for academic purposes through a variety of classroom discussions, activities, and application tasks. The course focuses on common skills required in academic writing at the MA level including (but not limited to): paraphrasing, synthesizing, summarizing, discussing, critiquing, and providing feedback. Each of these topics will be broken down as follows:
1: learners will be introduced to key concepts and considerations in relation to the academic writing topic being focused on.
2: learners will participate in practice activities focusing on applying they key concepts they have learned.
3: learners will construct a piece of academic writing (pertaining to the topic covered).
Note* Each piece of writing constructed by the learners will be put into their final portfolio.
1. Introduction to Writing for Academic Purposes
writing_for_academic_purposes_course_introduction.pptx | |
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introduction_to_academic_writing.pptx | |
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student_profile_academic_writing.docx | |
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2. The Basics: Getting started
the_basics.pptx | |
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academic_phrasebank.pdf | |
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academic_vocabulary_list.pdf | |
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academicwordlist.pdf | |
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awlsublists1.pdf | |
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3. Referencing
referencing.pptx | |
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referencing_detective_worksheet.docx | |
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referencing_detective_answer_key.docx | |
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extra_reference_practice_worksheet_1.docx | |
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extra_reference_practice_answer_key_final.docx | |
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4. Paraphrasing & Summarizing
summarizing___paraphrasing.pptx | |
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oasis_summary_whitehead_and_greenier-2019.pdf | |
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oasis_summary_lee_2018.docx | |
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oasis_graham_et_al_2017.pdf | |
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oasis_blank_template.docx | |
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Midterm Check-Up
writing_for_academic_purposes_midterm_check-up.docx | |
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5. Hedging
hedging.pptx | |
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language_used_in_hedging.docx | |
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6.Academic Presentations
academic_presentations_.pptx | |
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badpptpresentations.pptx | |
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the_poster_1.pptx | |
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poster_presentation_proposal_1.docx | |
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abstract_and_bio_template_1.docx | |
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emart_workshop_abstract_for_kotesol_1.docx | |
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motivated_learners_abstract.docx | |
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busan2018programbook.pdf | |
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sample_poster_double_iceberg.pptx | |
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poster_example.pptx | |
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sample_poster_2.pptx | |
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sample_materials_project_presentation.pptx | |
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sample_materials_presentation.pptx | |
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materials_presentation_sample.pptx | |
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Final portfolio
academic_writing_-_final_portfolio_files.pptx | |
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Additional Resources
CV/ Resume
job_hunting_1.pptx | |
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george_cover_letter_1.docx | |
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another_cover_letter_sample_1.docx | |
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resume_template_1.docx | |
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georges_resume__1_.pdf | |
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Reference Letters
reference_letters.pptx | |
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gs_tesol_추천서_letter_of_recommendation_.docx | |
File Size: | 41 kb |
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reference_letter_request_from_professor_sample.docx | |
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academic_reference_template_cambridge.pdf | |
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descriptive_words_for_letters_of_recommendation.pdf | |
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sohee_park_sample_job_reference_letter.docx | |
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useful_words_and_phrases_for_reference_letters.docx | |
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academic_reference_letter_template.docx | |
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3. Websites - Academic Profiles
creating_and_maintaining_an_academic_profile.pptx | |
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