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Course Name (English)
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ACADEMIC WRITING FOR RESEARCH
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| Course Code |
ALS444 |
| Course Description |
This course provides practice in writing organized and well-developed prose for academic research writing purposes. It introduces students to the elements of good writing and the characteristics of a well-formed outlines, paragraphs, and develop into a full academic research paper. Students are exposed to appropriate use of information skills, documenting sources, and techniques of paraphrasing and summarising. Students are also given tasks to analyse journal articles to write annotated bibliography, synthesise and evaluate texts from secondary sources and write an academic research paper. |
| Transferable Skills |
Demonstrate ability to identify and articulate self skills, knowledge and understanding confidently and in a variety of contexts (Reflective Learner) - Demonstrate ability to analyse issues/problems from multiple angles and make suggestions (Solution Provider) |
| Teaching Methodologies |
Lectures, Blended Learning, Tutorial, Reading Into Writing Task, Discussion, Presentation, Small Group Sessions , Journal/Article Critique |
| CLO |
| CLO1 |
Apply appropriate writing techniques in academic written discourse |
| CLO2 |
Demonstrate the ability to analyse academic articles in the areas of English for Professional Communication |
| CLO3 |
Demonstrate information management and retrieval skills in producing an academic research paper |
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| Pre-Requisite Courses |
No course recommendations |
| Reading List | | Recommended Text | - Ahmad Mazli Muhammad, Krishnakumari, K., & Subrayan, A. M. 2020, Academic writing matters: a comprehensive guide for academic writing., 2nd Ed., 8, McGraw Hill Kuala Lumpur [ISBN: 9789670761404]
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| Reference Book Resources | - Oshima, A. & Hogue, A. 2014, Writing Academic English, 6th Ed Ed., Pearson Longman USA
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| Article/Paper List | | Reference Article/Paper Resources | - Anderson, G 2015, New Westminister, B.C.: Justice Institute of British Columbia, JIBC Student Research Skills Development Framework, January 2015
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| Other References | - Website Crawford School of public Policy 2015, Academic and Research Skills handbook, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australia
- Website University of Birmingham 2011, Information and Research Skills: Student
Pack
, University of Birmingham, U.K
- e-book Szuchman, L.T 2017, Read Writing with Style: APA Style Made
Easy
, USA
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