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 Academic Year: | 2016/7 |
| Owning Department/School: | Academic Skills Centre |
| Credits: | 3 [equivalent to 6 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 60 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW100 |
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| Description:
| Aims: The aim of this course is to improve students' academic writing skills in English in order to help raise the standard of their degree course work and examination answers. Learning Outcomes: Having completed this unit students will be better able to: * Analyse assignment titles and identify what is required * Plan and write an outline for an essay * Understand how to structure an essay * Take notes from and summarise texts * Take a critical approach to reading and writing * Adopt a position in relation to others' research and opinions * Incorporate ideas from source material, including direct quotations, without plagiarising * Refer to sources appropriately within the text and in the references section of a paper * Link ideas within and between paragraphs * Write objectively in an academic style appropriate to their level and discipline * Identify and correct errors in grammar, punctuation and style * Plan and write examination answers. Skills: Having completed this unit, students will be better able to: * Analyse the requirements of a task * Plan a task * Think critically about the research or opinions of others * Communicate ideas through writing. Content: * Analysing assignment titles * Planning and writing an outline for an essay * Note-taking and summarising skills * Incorporating reading material and avoiding plagiarism * Referring to sources * Describing and interpreting visual data * Writing introductions and conclusions * Paragraph structure * Cohesion within and between paragraphs * Academic style - showing and avoiding personal commitment * Grammatical accuracy and punctuation * Proofreading and editing * Planning for and writing in examinations. |
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EL10703 is Compulsory on the following programmes:School of Management
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