Ample opportunity for offline work. Advanced Learn the organizational patterns and language structures used in academic writing. Topics include sumamrizing, defining, comparing, commenting on data, describing causal relationships and processes, and proposing solutions. Concepts learned in this course are applicable to longer pieces of academic writing. Advanced Intensive practice in writing for ESL students at the high-intermediate to the advanced levels.
Students revise their work and develop skills used by successful writers.
Individual grammar and sentence structure problems are identified and worked on. This course is designed to help international students meet university requirements. In Part 1 they learn how to develop, focus, organize and support ideas in extended essays. In Part 2 they learn the research techniques practiced in the United States and the conventions for documentation, such as footnotes and bibliographies. The course includes in-class writing, homework and a short research paper.