Academic writing course
The course “Academic Writing” (Lingua inglese per scopi accademici e l’esame IELTS), 4 ECTS, is held by Professor Martin Harper at the Linguistic Laboratory, housed at the Department of Political Science, Communication and International Relations, Piazza Strambi no. 2.
TIMETABLE: From February 23rd, Thursday 16.00—18.00
LESSON 1: Conventional word order in English within an academic context. Discussion: Why do people choose to go to university ?
LESSON 2: Describing the academic world: the academic word list of commonly used words and phrases. Discussion: What are universities for ? What should universities do for (i) students; (ii) the academic community; (iii) the local community ?
LESSON 3: Comparing and contrasting. Financing higher education: grants and students loans in Italy, England, Scotland, Wales and the USA.
LESSON 4: Summarizing data: describing graphs, trends and statistics.
LESSON 5: Describing cause and effect: summarizing historical events and their consequences using the appropriate tenses.
LESSON 6: Describing processes using the active and passive voice.
LESSON 7: Culture shock: studying abroad – outlining advantages and disadvantages.
LESSON 8: The conventional five-paragraph academic essay. Presentation, content and rhetorical structure.
LESSON 9: The impact of the new media. Developing an argument: causes, factors and reasons.
LESSON 10: Constructing Discourse: paragraphing, combining sentences using relative pronouns and relative clauses.
For additional information please refer to the web page http://docenti.unimc.it/martin.harper