REQUIRED LEVEL OF ENGLISH: C1

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES:

By the end of this course,

I. you should be able to write clear, simple, cohesive and coherent prose.
II. you should be able to describe graphs, trends and statistics.
III. you should be able to summarize information succinctly.
IV. you should be able to present yourself, your studies and your achievements.
V. you should be able to write a five-paragraph discussion essay.
VI. you should be able to describe a historical process.

CONTENTS:

University Life: the Purpose of University Education

University Life: the Cost of University Education

Describing Graphs, Trends and Statistics

Summarizing Information: the UCAS Personal Statement

Writing from Sources: Citations & Bibliography

Relative Pronouns & Relative Clauses

Capitalization & Punctuation

The Five-Paragraph Discussion Essay

Longer Essays

The 2020 US presidential election

The Black Lives Matter protests and their aftermath

Brexit

• 1.  (C) Bailey, S. Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students (4th edition) Routledge, London & New York, 2015

PDF files for all lessons available at http://docenti.unimc.it/martin.harper. The course also comprises videoclips from BBC documentaries and news programmes, newspaper reports and articles.

• METHODOLOGY:
  
  The process of academic writing is explained from the perspective of Register and Genre Analysis. The lessons are Task Based, using videoclips from BBC documentaries and news programmes, newspaper reports and articles.

• ASSESSMENT:
  
  There will be a 90-minute written test in which candidates have to either, (a) write a five-paragraph discussion essay; (b) describe a historical process; (d) summarize and combine data taken from two or more texts; (e) describe, summarize and comment upon data from graphs and/or charts.
  

The medium of instruction will be English

English