Academic Writing - Advanced
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Course Fees |
TOKYO ¥99,750 | OSAKA ¥94,500 (including tax)
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Levels |
Advanced and Advanced Plus
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Available at |
Tokyo Centre
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Next course starts |
January, April, July, and October
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This course runs for 10 weeks, 3 hours per week.
Students cannot join Academic Writing 2 without having completed Academic Writing 1.
ABOUT THIS COURSE
On this course you will
• learn the processes of writing cause and effect and discursive essays.
• do further work on descriptive essays on one’s own academic subject of interest.
• do further work on pre-writing tasks.
• practise how to use reference materials and summarise, paraphrase and quote.
• learn how to write a bibliography and make quotations.
COURSE OUTLINE
According to students needs, the following points will be covered on the course:
• Organising ideas and generating ideas through brainstorming and outlining
• Developing clear outlines, introductions and thesis statements
• Organising a cause and effect essay
• Evaluating the structure and language of learners’ essays
• Organising a discursive essay
• Using quotations in an essay
• Writing different types of bibliographies
• Paraphrasing and summarising and avoiding plagiarism
Students will write five essays over the course, much of which will be done as homework. One of the essays will be timed-writing in class.
