ALACS- Academic Writing: Synthesising sources
Duration 6 days
Team Centre For English Language Education

Duration: 6 weeks

Aims and objectives

This course aims to familiarise yourself with the university expectations for avoiding plagiarism, developing a critical approach, and maintaining academic style in coursework. The course helps you to:

  • use information from different reading sources to support your argument, to develop your own ‘voice’ in academic writing, and to avoid plagiarism
  • take a critical approach to reading/writing and use strategies for critical writing
  • understand British academic conventions for referencing
  • use academic style appropriately

Syllabus
Week 1 Writing paragraphs
Week 2 Including sources
Week 3 Referencing
Week 4 Using sources: selection and synthesis
Week 5 Comment and critical stance
Week 6 Stylistic development
LocationStart DateAll DatesTimesPlaces AvailableBook
Jubilee Campus28 October 202428 October, 04, 11, 18, 25 November, 02 December 202411:00am - 12:30pm22
University Park29 October 202429 October, 05, 12, 19, 26 November, 03 December 20242:30pm - 4:00pm23
Online Course29 October 202429 October, 05, 12, 19, 26 November, 03 December 20244:30pm - 6:00pm12
Online Course30 October 202430 October, 06, 13, 20, 27 November, 04 December 20244:30pm - 6:00pm10
Jubilee Campus30 October 202430 October, 06, 13, 20, 27 November, 04 December 20244:30pm - 6:00pm23
University Park31 October 202431 October, 07, 14, 21, 28 November, 05 December 202411:00am - 12:30pm28
University Park01 November 202401, 08, 15, 22, 29 November, 06 December 202411:00am - 12:30pm23