ALACS-MA TESOL TCSOL Academic writing
Duration 7 days
Team Centre For English Language Education

MA TESOL/TCSOL Writing Course

Target students: Students registered on the MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages and the MA Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages

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 on the MA TESOL/TCSOL course.  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

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