AW100- ACADEMIC

WRITING
 COURSE DESCRIPTION

• The course aims to provide students with writing

and language techniques that are useful in
writing a clear, coherent, logical texts.
• It will also cover the basic research writing skills
such as evaluating and referring to relevant
literatures, note taking, summarizing, writing
data commentary, research ethics, and
APA/IEEE style citation.
 TOPICS
PRELIM TO MIDTERM
• Considerations in Academic Writing
Audience
Purpose and Strategy
Organization
Style
• Principles and Elements of Effective Writing
General-specific Texts
Sentence definitions
Extended definitions
Generalization
Contrastive definitions
Comparative definitions
 TOPICS
PRELIM TO MIDTERM
• Problem-solution Texts
Procedures and processes
• Summarizing and Paraphrasing
Purpose and content of summary
Stages of summarizing Effective paraphrasing
Paraphrasing techniques
Use of quotations
Organizing the references
• References and Quotation: The APA Style 7th Edition/The IEEE
Style
Purpose of references and citation
Main reference system
 TOPICS
SEMIFINALS TO FINALS
• Visual Information
Types of visual presentation
Functions and principles of visuals
Making the right choice
Creating the best design
Describing visuals and labelling
• Writing a Data Commentary
Structure and vocabulary
Qualification and strength of claim
• Writing Critiques
Critical reading
Reviews/Critiques
Reaction papers
 TOPICS
SEMIFINALS TO FINALS
• The Research Template
• Writing a Journal Manuscript
• Writing an Abstract
• Research Ethics