Bachelor
2024/2025
Academic Writing
Type:
Compulsory course (HSE University and Kyung Hee University Double Degree Programme in Economics and Politics in Asia)
Area of studies:
Foreign Regional Studies
Delivered by:
Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
When:
1 year, 1-4 module
Mode of studies:
distance learning
Online hours:
20
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Course Syllabus
Abstract
As an introduction to university writing, this course will take students through the necessary elements of writing for academic purposes: the process itself, its genres, features and conventions. This includes the writing process, factual and analytical writing, organizing various essay types, developing a thesis, evaluating information, providing supporting evidence, and citing and referencing outside sources. Starting from general culture-specific and stylistic features of academic writing in English, students will work their way through the writing process, including prewriting research, drafting and revising, editing and proofreading, towards larger academic essays. Alongside with the key theoretical concepts and major practical issues, the course will develop knowledge of linguistic structures, including grammar, punctuation, and spelling, through practice in composing and revising. Students will write something for or in every class. During the course, the students will be familiarized with theory of argumentation and develop basic research skills.
Learning Objectives
- Мastering the key theoretical concepts of the given subject;
- understanding the genre conventions;
- gaining experience reading critically;
- locating and evaluating primary and secondary research materials;
- writing different types of academic essays
- developing the effective use of language;
- preparing students for writing for other disciplines.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate proficiency in written academic English
- understand features of various written texts and be able to incorporate them in their own writing
- be aware of formal writing conventions
- use strategies of effective written communication
- enrich academic vocabulary and extend grammar range to write coherent paragraphs
- produce clear text using appropriate logical connectors
- be able to manage their own writing process through different strategies of prewriting (brainstorming, drafting…)
- be able to critically evaluate sources of information
- develop effective arguments using a variety of rhetorical techniques (examples, statistics, authoritative quotations…)
- master academic citation standards
Course Contents
- Overview of the course
- Rhetorical situation and academic convention
- Writing process: main stages Brainstorming techniques
- Paragraph writing: types of paragraphs and structure
- Paragraph structure: topic sentence, supporting sentences and concluding sentence
- Supporting details: facts, quotations and statistics. Fact vs opinion
- Paragraph: unity and coherence
- Using outside sources, quotations: direct and indirect, reporting verbs and phrase, punctuation rules
- Sentence structure: independent and dependent clauses, simple, compound and complex sentences; punctuation rules
- Punctuation rules: commas, semicolons, colons…
- From paragraph to essay: three parts of an essay
- Introductory paragraph: types, thesis statement
- Body paragraph: logical division of ideas, structure, transitions
- Concluding paragraph
- Classification essay
- Process essay
- Cause and effect essay: block and chain organisation, transitions
- Logical fallacies in argumentation
- Comparison/contrast essay: organisation (point-by-point, block), signal words
- Argumentative essay: organisation, signal words Rules of writing a thesis statement
- Peer review and self-editing strategies
- Review of the course material, exam preparation
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 3rd module0.25 * Attendance/participation + 0.3 * Exam + 0.25 * Module 1, 2 Tests + 0.2 * Writtten assessment
- 2024/2025 4th module0.25 * Attendance/participation + 0.3 * Exam + 0.25 * Midterm test + 0.2 * Writtten assessment
