MA Educational Leadership and Management Writing Course

Target students: Students registered on the MA Educational Leadership and Management

Duration: Nine weeks

Aims and objectives

The aim of the course is to help you develop your academic writing and provide support for your coursework.  Key objectives are as follows: 

• to develop your confidence in writing in English 
• to develop your written accuracy and fluency in academic contexts 
• to develop your ability to self-edit and proofread your own work 
• to better manage the process of writing assignments 

Syllabus

Week 1 Introduction to Academic Writing

Week 2 Paragraph Writing

Week 3 Finding Sources

Week 4 Argument in Academic Writing

Week 5 Effective Paraphrasing

Week 6 Effective Citation approaches

Week 7 Clarity and Cohesion

Week 8 Writing about Context

Week 9 Proof Reading

Week 1 Academic English. ELM Writing Task 1

Week 2 Academic Presentations

Week 3 Searching for sources

Week 4 Planning an assignment

Week 5 Workshop: Peer Feedback on Plan

Week 6 Citing and referencing

Week 7 Paraphrasing

Week 8 Writer voice and cohesion

Week 9 Proofreading workshop.