Syllabus
1. Course Introduction - Academic Writing in English
2. Writing process: Writing as a Process
3. The Nature of Academic Texts
4. Stages in the Process of Writing an Academic Text (General introduction of the stages, Primary vs. Secondary literature, Motivation and purpose)
5. Sources and Their Treatment - Citation Models – MLA Style Review
6. Paraphrasing and plagiarism
7. Essay structure: Inroduction, paragraphs, Topic and thesis statement
8. Academic Vocabulary: Argumentation (Essay Structure, Argumentation, Over/Generalisation, Emphasis)
9. Academic Essay Structure: Conclusions
10. Stages in the process of academic writing: peer correction, proofreading, editing
11. Essay submission
Annotation
The seminars will focus on developing writing skills which fall into the realm key academic abilities. The content of the course reflects principal requirements put on any kind of text and an academic one in particular, i.e. accuracy of expression, adherence to formal stipulations, complexity of subject matters, their thorough treatment and structuring, and originality of authors’ own contributions.