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

Academic Writing: Synthesising Sources

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
Online Course29 April 202629 April, 06, 13, 20, 27 May, 03 June 20264:30pm - 6:00pm16