Academic Writing, Group 3, ONLINE (3 cr)

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected

Objective

Upon successful completion of the course, the student:

1. is able to reflect on and assess their own writing skills and recognize areas of development
2. understands writing as a process and is able to use a variety of tools (including AI) to support the writing process
3. is able to take the target audience into consideration when producing academic texts
4. understands the role of feedback and is able to apply feedback from peers and the teacher to their own writing and give other students constructive feedback
5. is able to write clear, reasonably fluent texts relatively free from mechanical errors
6. has developed strategies for continuous learning of written communication in English.

Execution methods

Independent, pair and small-group tasks online and/or in class.

Accomplishment methods

Successful completion of course assignments and active participation.

Content

The course provides the student with an opportunity to improve their ability to communicate in written English in academic contexts. The objective of the course is to develop skills and strategies for the effective use of language resources, such as different online tools. Students will practice the different stages of the writing process through focused tasks on academic writing style, paraphrasing, paragraph development, argumentation and cohesion.

Teaching methods

Teaching profile:

100% online. No face-to-face meetings.

There are 11 weekly units, with work to be completed each week of the course. The first five units are held 6 Nov 2025-10 Dec 2025, and the rest of the units are held 8 Jan 2026-25 Feb 2026.

Note: this is not a fully self-paced course where the students may complete the work entirely at their own pace. There are weekly units with work due in each and every week of the course.

There is one hour when the students must be online at a specific time, during Week 3 of 2026, with students having some flexibility to decide what time suits them within a given range.

The workload for this course is the same as for the other TENG0013 groups, but it's just spaced out over a longer period of time. This allows the students to work at a less intensive pace.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Based on active participation, successful completion of the course assignments.

Qualifications

TENG0011V24 Academic Literacies
TENG0012V24 Academic Communication