This course is designed for the students who wish to apply for a university/college program or those who want to improve their writing in academic settings. Students will cover the following sections:
Academic Writing
Documentation formats (APA formats vs. MLA formats)
Grammar Guide for writing
- Sentence structure and types (Simple/Compound/ Compound – complex)
- Sentence errors ( Fragments/ Run-on (fused) sentences/ comma-splice)
- Major Tenses
- Conditionals
- Passive structure
- Clauses (Adjective, noun, adverb clauses)
- Sentence length and readability
- Parallelism and Subject-verb agreement
- Cohesion and Coherence ( use of transitional expressions and connectors)
Guidelines to edit papers
Punctuation and Spelling
Word choice
Academic Integrity
- Plagiarism and how to avoid?
Components of a research paper
- Title/cover page
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Literature Review
- Methods
- Results and Findings
- Discussion
- Conclusion and Implications
- References/works cited
- Appendices
Types of academic writing/essays
- Descriptive & Narrative
- Comparison & Contrast
- Persuasive
- Cause & Effect
- Argumentative
- Graph Description
- Summary Writing
- Synthesis Writing ( Literature Review Writing)
The course is offered in three sections: (a) writing for academic purpose, (b) grammar in use, and (c) documentation format & punctuation guides.
During the preparation course, learners will learn basics of English grammar and academic vocabulary and will be instructed the basics of research paper writing, essay writing and editing.