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Cursus: TL1V18002
TL1V18002
Academic Writing
Cursus informatie
CursuscodeTL1V18002
Studiepunten (EC)7,5
Cursusdoelen
If you complete this course successfully, you will have the basic knowledge and skills to write an academic paper in your field of study. In addition, you will have conscious command of the most important grammatical structures of English required for this. You will also know how to expand your vocabulary for formal academic writing in English, and use stylistic features appropriately.
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Intended for students who have not taken any other courses in academic writing in English, this course will help you acquire the basic knowledge and skills required to produce written academic work in your field of study. Not only will you learn to use the most important grammatical structures of English appropriately, but you will also expand your knowledge of the kind of vocabulary and register required in formal academic writing in your subject.  Needless to say, some attention will also be paid to the mechanics of academic writing in English (structure, punctuation, referencing).
 
Although this course requires students to give brief oral presentations on their written work, their oral proficiency will not be assessed. Students interested in improving their proficiency in spoken English are referred to a separate course entitled Academic Speaking.
 
This course is not open to students who have passed Academic English (EN1V14001), The Writers’ Lab (EN1V13002), English Language & Linguistics for TCS/Minor (EN1V14002) or English Literature & Culture for TCS/Minor (EN1V14003).
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