Module code: EAL4610
HEAR transcript: included as co-curricular activities
Module duration: 5 weeks / 2 hrs a week
Skills Points for doctoral students: 10
Non-credit bearing
Preparation and assessment: none
In this 5-week course you will learn and practise the steps necessary to write academic assignments to the best of your ability. We will explore how to approach an assignment with a critical thinking mindset, how to organise your time, plan effectively, write a clear argument, structure your paragraphs and ensure that your words are clear, precise and concise as well as relevant and informative. This module is useful for undergraduates and postgraduates from all disciplines who need to write essays, reports or projects and will help them become more focused, organised and critical in their thinking and writing.
Key skills: critical thinking, time management, academic writing
Students' feedback on this module:
"Our teacher is amazing. I understand now better how to approach writing at university."
"The module offered some useful guidance on academic style."
"In this class I learnt how to organise my writing, which will save me the time in the future!"