Academic Writing - Upper-Intermediate
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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 are recommended to take Academic Writing 2 after this course.
ABOUT THIS COURSE
On this course you will
• learn the processes of writing three different kinds of essays: descriptive, chronological and comparison and contrast
• practise pre-writing tasks such as planning and writing an outline for essays.
• learn how to structure essays and link ideas together effectively.
COURSE OUTLINE
The following points will be covered on the course:
• Using techniques to generate ideas such as brainstorming and using mind- maps
• Writing an outline of an essay
• Developing and improving paragraph and essay structure
• Writing effective introductions and conclusions
• Writing appropriate thesis statements
• Common grammatical and vocabulary errors in essays
• Evaluating essays, offering and receiving feedback as a class
• Using dictionaries/reference books effectively
• Using effective discourse markers to link ideas
Students will write three essays over the course, much of which will be done as homework.
