Academic Writing Skills (ENW492c)
Vietnamese title: Kỹ năng viết học thuật
Credits: 3

Description:
The skills taught in this Specialization will empower you to succeed in any college-level course or professional field. You’ll learn to conduct rigorous academic research and to express your ideas clearly in an academic format. In the final Capstone Project, all the knowledge that you’ve gained over the span of these courses will culminate into an academic research paper on an issue of your choice.

Learning outcomes:
After completing this course, students will be able to: - identify the correct verb tenses to use - use commas effectively - utilize several different sentence types - write more effectively in English
After completing this course, students will be able to: - create effective thesis statements for essays - plan and write compare/contrast, cause/effect, and argument essays - write well-developed body paragraphs
After completing this course, students will be able to: - plan and write a more sophisticated argument essay - identify plagiarism and explain how to prevent it - read and analyze several articles to form students' own opinion on a topic - make connections between several articles - form thesis statements from students' readings - use sources effectively when writing an essay
After completing this course, students will be able to: - choose appropriate research topics for college classes - write detailed outlines for research papers - find and evaluate reliable sources for research papers - take notes for research - use academic style and tone - document sources by creating a Works Cited list in MLA format - avoid plagiarism
In this capstone project, students will: - conduct research on an academic topic of their own choice - create an outline for the research paper - write a short annotated bibliography - write a 7-8 page research paper - use MLA In-text Citations and MLA Works Cited Page correctly

Student tasks:
1. Join the online course (spec.) when being invited by the admin.
2. Enroll in each MOOC of spec., regularly study MOOCs at least 5hrs/week by watching videos, reading materials, taking quizzes, doing assgnments... as required
3. Respect the Coursera Code of Conduct, at https://learner.coursera.help/hc/en-us/articles/208280036-Coursera-Code-of-Conduct
3. Keep online learning progress promptly (bonus will be awarded)
4. Communicate and discuss in forum
5. Attend off-line sessions in the Campus (Optional)
6. Must complete all MOOCs of spec. with certification in order to take the Final Exam at Campus

Tools:
- Internet

Materials:
description: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/academic-english
publisher: Coursera
note: SPEC: Academic English: Writing Specialization
description: https://www.coursera.org/learn/grammar-punctuation
publisher: Coursera
note: MOOC 01: Grammar and Punctuation
description: https://www.coursera.org/learn/getting-started-with-essay-writing
publisher: Coursera
note: MOOC 02: Getting Started with Essay Writing
description: https://www.coursera.org/learn/advanced-writing
publisher: Coursera
note: MOOC 03: Advanced Writing
description: https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-to-research-for-essay-writing
publisher: Coursera
note: MOOC 04: Introduction to Research for Essay Writing
description: https://www.coursera.org/learn/academic-writing-capstone
publisher: Coursera
note: MOOC 05: Project: Writing a Research Paper

Assessments:
category: Final exam PE
type: Final exam
weight: 100.0
duration: ~100'
question_type: All LOs
no_question: MCQ, short answers, Writing
knowledge_and_skill: 5-10 MCQ Reading; 1 Writing
grading_guide: All spec. content
note: Part 1: Reading ~20-40' (30%)
*Analyse an argumentative or a comparative or a cause and effect essay
*'Review a search paper and answer questions (about thesis statement, ideas, paraphrase, reference, etc.)
Part 2: Writing - 60' (70%)
Write 350-400 words on a given topic

Schedule:
session: Introduction to the online course ENW492c

MOOC 1:
- Week 1: Course Introduction
- Week 2: Verb Tenses and Conjunctions
- Week 3: Compound and Complex Sentences
session: MOOC 1:
- Week 4: More Commas, Parallel Structure, and Sentence Variety

MOOC 2:
- Week 1: Course Introduction
- Week 2: Essay Writing
session: MOOC 2:
- Week 3: Writing Compare/Contrast Essays
session: MOOC 2:
- Week 4: Writing Cause/Effect Essays
session: MOOC 2:
- Week 5: Writing Argument Essays
session: MOOC 3:
- Week 1: Course Introduction
- Week 2: Advanced Argument Essays
session: MOOC3:
- Week 3: Avoiding Plagiarism
- Week 4: Synthesis Essay
- Week 5: Documented Essay
session: MOOC 4
- Week 1: Course introduction and Introduction to Research
- Week 2: Doing research and Planning the paper
session: MOOC 4
- Week 3: Language for research writing
- Week 4: More on citing sources and formatting
session: MOOC 5:
- Week 1:Getting Started
- Week 2: Research and Annotated Bibliography
session: MOOC 5:
- Week 3: First Draft and Introduction Paragraph
session: MOOC 5:
- Week 4: The Rough Draft

MOOC 5:
- Week 5: Revise and Rewrite
- Week 6: The Final Draft

Review MOOC 1, 2, 3, 4, 5