Writing at university can be a perplexing and demanding activity. This academic writing course demystifies the process, breaking it down into manageable parts and offers a structured and supporting environment to work on your own texts. It is suitable for students who are planning to write a text in the foreseeable future or who have already started their research and are writing a paper to submit to a lecturer, supervisor or publisher. The course follows the write – review – revise cycle to nurture productive writing strategies and ensure quality output. It combines the following components to help you turn concepts and/or data into a first draft or a readable manuscript.
<b>Instruction by the lecturer</b>
During input sessions, the lecturer familiarizes you with the structural and language-related requirements for each section of your text. You are introduced to templates, style guides and digital writing resources and supported in adapting them to your discipline and text type.
<b>Structured and regular text production</b>
Throughout the course you are motivated to grow your text by regularly writing parts according to goals and milestones you set for yourself.
<b>Feedback from peers and the lecturer</b>
Feedback sessions with peers and the lecturer develop your ability to formulate and receive constructive written and oral comments that improve the quality of texts and steer them towards completion.