Academic Writing in English, 2–3 cr (C1)

Core content

• Upon completion of the course, the student can:
  -write in stages: outlining, drafting, analyzing feedback, revising, and polishing
• -paraphrase and summarize source material without plagiarizing from the original
• -identify informal language and make vocabulary choices suitable for an academic audience
• -write paragraphs with predictable flow, e.g. general-specific, and clear topical focus
• -organize a whole text into a predictable pattern according to its audience and purpose, e.g. literature review or research paper
• -write an introduction which explains the significance and purpose of the text
• -write an abstract that concisely describes important parts of a text
• -write a conclusion that underlines the key points or findings of the text

Complementary knowledge

• -refer to figures or other visual data in your text
• -employ synonyms to enrich your writing style and avoid redundancy
• -use parallel structures when forming lists
• -vary sentence type and complexity
• -avoid unnecessary nominalization and use of jargon which makes a text harder to understand

Specialist knowledge

• -use formatting and linguistic conventions for citation in his/her particular discipline, e.g. author-date or numerical citation, reporting verbs, punctuation of citations