Writing Academic English

Purpose:

1. To make it easy for you to write your assignment or thesis.

2. Provide a ‘toolbox’ that you can use.

What is Academic Writing?

1. Most students have to write to write assignments or a thesis at the end of their study period.

2. This requires a certain style of writing. It is called academic writing.

3. Academic writing features:

   • Give Reference to other sources of information (books/ articles/journals … anything!).

   • Discussion and evaluation of information by the author (you!).

   • impersonal, objective tone.

   • logically organised.

Content:

1. 4 Units (based on features of Academic Writing)

   • The Writing Process   

   • Academic Style   

   • Using Sources   

   • Organising   

2. Individual Lessons based on each unit