Academic Writing for International Master's Degree Students (CEFR B2-C1) (3 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

This course is aimed at students of Master’s Degree programmes taught in English. Please take this course in the first year of your Master’s programme. This course will focus on the development of writing skills needed for academic studies.

The course will focus on: features of scientific/research writing and the structure of scientific articles, the writing process, organization of an academic essay, argumentation, academic language and vocabulary, paragraph structure. Grammatical structures will be introduced according to the students’ needs.

Students will practice process writing and receive continuous feedback from the teacher and other students.

After successful completion of the course, the student should be able to
1) reflect on and assess their own skills and recognize areas of development
2) understand the different stages of the writing process and use appropriate writing strategies for each phase
3) use tools and resources to produce relatively fluent, logically sound, argumentative text
4) collaborate in a group of writers who give feedback on each other’s work.

Execution methods

The course is a combination of lectures and practical exercises. Lectures and practical exercises. Exercises 36 h.

Accomplishment methods

Active participation in class work, regular attendance. Completion of the writing assignments.

Content

The course is a combination of lectures and practical exercises.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass/fail