Sunday, 7 July 2013

ACADEMIC ENGLISH 2

Academic English 2.

This is an advanced course which will consider how to achieve a 2.1 or First in a degree course, how to achieve a Masters. This course consists of 9 lectures, of 3 hours each. These will be conducted in 3 blocks. The course looks at Case Studies, reports, essays and assignments and the different demands of each discipline.

Writing: Case Studies
  • How to identify issues in a case study
  • To turn the issues identified into a structured assignment, essay or report.
  • To conduct research into issues.
  • Help to show how research was achieve
Academic Skills:
  • Understand nature of academic writing
  • The brick by brick understanding of essays and assignments
  • How to achieve synthesis
  • Working for a First/Masters
Study Skills:
  • Exploring an essay. Exploring a written piece of work.
  • Exploring research. Critique of research.
  • What a Master’s requires.
  • Creative thinking.

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