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

Duration: 6 weeks

Open to all students | All disciplines welcome

Aims and objectives

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 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 Campus26 October 202626 October, 02, 09, 16, 23, 30 November 202611:00am - 12:30pm23
University Park28 October 202628 October, 04, 11, 18, 25 November, 02 December 20262:30pm - 4:00pm29
ONLINE COURSE – details to be provided29 October 202629 October, 05, 12, 19, 26 November, 03 December 20264:30pm - 6:00pm27
ONLINE COURSE – details to be provided30 October 202630 October, 06, 13, 20, 27 November, 04 December 20269:00am - 10:30am28