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Writing Practice

Курс от Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Средний≈ 37.3 чАнглийский
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Welcome to the Writing Practices course. This course aims to prepare you for performing writing tasks in academic contexts. In this course you will be introduced to basic academic writing skills. You will learn how the principles and structures of academic writing work when you are composing a variety of scripts. This course covers a wide variety of topics related to academic writing that will prepare you for presenting arguments, describing scientific processes and comparing objects and ideas. Course Positioning  This course is an intermediate level course in academic writing, intended for learners who have basic proficiency in reading and writing in English. The knowledge gained from this course will help you write effectively in most academic situations. System Requirements for the Course  You would need a functional computer, a steady internet connection, a good browser, and access to Google Drive for this course. 

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WritingGrammarIntellectual PropertyEnglish LanguageWriting and EditingLiteracyLanguage Competency

Программа курса

6 модулей · 199 учебных материалов

01Course Introduction2 материалов

Course Introduction

Course Intro VideoВидеоMeet and GreetОбсуждение
02 Introduction to Academic Writing37 материалов

Introduction to the Course

Aim and Objectives of the CourseВидео

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Santosh Mahapatra

Associate Professor

Spandan Bhattacharya

Assistant Professor

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Practice Quiz: Aim and Objectives of the CourseЗадание
Reading Materials for the CourseВидео
Practice Quiz: Reading Materials for the CourseЗадание
Applications of the Skills Learned in the CourseВидео
Practice Quiz: Applications of the Skills Learned in the CourseЗадание

Purpose, Types, and Features of Academic Writing

Definition of Academic WritingВидеоPractice Quiz: Definition of Academic WritingЗаданиеPurposes of Academic WritingВидеоPractice Quiz: Purposes of Academic WritingЗаданиеFeatures of Academic WritingВидеоPractice Quiz: Features of Academic WritingЗаданиеTypes of Academic WritingВидеоPractice Quiz: Types of Academic WritingЗаданиеEssential Reading – Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students ЧтениеRecommended Reading – What Is Academic Writing?ЧтениеRecommended Reading – What Is Academic Writing? (and Other Burning Questions About It)ЧтениеRecommended Reading – Research GuidesЧтениеRecommended Reading – Types of Academic WritingЧтение

Originality, Integrity, and Plagiarism in Academic Writing

Originality in Academic WritingВидеоPractice Quiz: Originality in Academic WritingЗаданиеIntegrity in Academic WritingВидеоPractice Quiz: Integrity in Academic WritingЗаданиеPlagiarism in Academic WritingВидеоPractice Quiz: Plagiarism in Academic WritingЗаданиеUnderstanding Intellectual Property Rights ВидеоPractice Quiz: Understanding Intellectual Property Rights ЗаданиеRespecting Intellectual Property Rights in Academic WritingВидеоPractice Quiz: Respecting Intellectual Property Rights in Academic WritingЗаданиеEssential Reading – Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students ЧтениеRecommended Reading – How Can I Be Original in My Essay Writing? Critical Analysis and Original ArgumentЧтениеRecommended Reading – Honesty and Originality in Academic WritingЧтениеRecommended Reading – PlagiarismЧтениеRecommended Reading – Plagiarism in Academic Writing: How to Identify and Avoid ItЧтениеRecommended Reading – Intellectual Property Law Issues in Legal and Academic WritingЧтение

Module 1 Summary and Assessment

Module Wrap-Up: Introduction to Academic WritingВидеоDiscussion: Introduction to Academic WritingОбсуждение
03Structure of Paragraphs49 материалов

Brainstorming Ideas for an Academic Paragraph

Brainstorming Ideas for Writing ParagraphsВидеоPractice Quiz: Brainstorming Ideas for Writing ParagraphsЗаданиеSearching the Internet for IdeasВидеоPractice Quiz: Searching the Internet for IdeasЗаданиеCreating an Idea MapВидеоPractice Quiz: Creating an Idea MapЗаданиеBuilding Idea Connections ВидеоPractice Quiz: Building Idea Connections ЗаданиеDelimiting IdeasВидеоPractice Quiz: Delimiting IdeasЗаданиеEssential Reading – Academic Writing: From Paragraph to EssayЧтениеRecommended Reading – Prewriting Step One: Gathering IdeasЧтениеRecommended Reading – Generate IdeasЧтениеRecommended Reading – Generating Ideas for Your PaperЧтениеEssential Reading – Writing an Annotated BibliographyЧтение

Writing the Topic Sentence, Supporting Details, and the Concluding Sentence

Main Components of a ParagraphВидеоPractice Quiz: Main Components of a ParagraphЗаданиеWriting a Good Topic SentenceВидеоPractice Quiz: Writing a Good Topic SentenceЗаданиеWriting Supporting Details ВидеоPractice Quiz: Writing Supporting Details Задание

Effective Signposting in Academic Paragraphs

Meaning and Importance of SignpostingВидеоPractice Quiz: Meaning and Importance of SignpostingЗаданиеSignposting of OrderВидеоPractice Quiz: Signposting of OrderЗаданиеSignposting of RelationsВидеоPractice Quiz: Signposting of RelationsЗадание

Module 2 Summary and Assessment

Module Wrap-Up: Structure of ParagraphsВидеоDiscussion: Structure of ParagraphsОбсуждение
04Writing Argumentative, Cause-Effect, and Comparison Paragraphs 38 материалов

Structuring and Composing Argumentative Paragraphs

Structure of Argumentative ParagraphsВидеоPractice Quiz: Structure of Argumentative ParagraphsЗаданиеIntroductory Sentences and Evidence in Argumentative ParagraphsВидеоPractice Quiz: Introductory Sentences and Evidence in Argumentative ParagraphsЗаданиеClaims and Counterclaims in Argumentative ParagraphsВидеоPractice Quiz: Claims and Counterclaims in Argumentative ParagraphsЗаданиеUseful Vocabulary for Writing Argumentative ParagraphsВидеоPractice Quiz: Useful Vocabulary for Writing Argumentative ParagraphsЗаданиеEssential Reading – Opinion Paragraphs ЧтениеEssential Reading – Opinion Paragraphs ЧтениеRecommended Reading – Expressing Your Opinion ЧтениеRecommended Reading – Teaching Students How to Write a Persuasive ParagraphЧтениеRecommended Reading – Persuasive Paragraphs Чтение

Structuring and Composing Cause-Effect Paragraphs

Structure of Cause-Effect ParagraphsВидеоPractice Quiz: Structure of Cause-Effect ParagraphsЗаданиеLanguage Use in Cause-Effect Paragraphs ВидеоPractice Quiz: Language Use in Cause-Effect Paragraphs ЗаданиеComposing Cause-Driven ParagraphsВидеоPractice Quiz: Composing Cause-Driven ParagraphsЗадание

Structuring and Composing Comparison Paragraphs

Structure of Comparison ParagraphsВидеоPractice Quiz: Structure of Comparison ParagraphsЗаданиеLanguage Use in Comparison ParagraphsВидеоPractice Quiz: Language Use in Comparison ParagraphsЗаданиеBlock Organization in Comparison ParagraphsВидеоPractice Quiz: Block Organization in Comparison ParagraphsЗадание

Summary and Assessment

Module Wrap-Up Video: Writing Argumentative, Cause-Effect, and Comparison ParagraphsВидеоDiscussion Prompt: Writing Argumentative, Cause-Effect, and Comparison ParagraphsОбсуждение
05Writing Paragraphs on Problem-Solution, Process, and Visual Information36 материалов

Structuring and Composing Problem-Solution Paragraphs

Structure of Problem-Solution ParagraphsВидеоPractice Quiz: Structure of Problem-Solution ParagraphsЗаданиеIntroductory and Concluding Sentences in Problem-Solution ParagraphsВидеоPractice Quiz: Introductory and Concluding Sentences in Problem-Solution ParagraphsЗаданиеDescription of the ProblemВидеоPractice Quiz: Description of the ProblemЗаданиеDescription of the Solution ВидеоPractice Quiz: Description of the Solution ЗаданиеEssential Reading – Problems and SolutionЧтениеEssential Reading – Problem-Solution ParagraphsЧтениеRecommended Reading – Problem-Solution ParagraphsЧтениеRecommended Reading – What Are the Problem-Solution Paragraphs?Чтение

Structuring and Composing Process Paragraphs

Structure of Process ParagraphsВидеоPractice Quiz: Structure of Process ParagraphsЗаданиеIntroductory and Concluding Sentences in Process ParagraphsВидеоPractice Quiz: Introductory and Concluding Sentences in Process ParagraphsЗаданиеFollowing a Chronological Order in Process ParagraphsВидеоPractice Quiz: Following a Chronological Order in Process ParagraphsЗадание

Structuring and Composing Paragraphs Describing Visual Information

Structure of Paragraphs Describing Visual InformationВидеоPractice Quiz: Structure of Paragraphs Describing Visual InformationЗаданиеWriting Introductory and Concluding Sentences  ВидеоPractice Quiz: Writing Introductory and Concluding Sentences ЗаданиеUse of Different Types of Visuals in Academic Texts ВидеоPractice Quiz: Use of Different Types of Visuals in Academic Texts Задание

Summary and Assessment

Module Wrap-Up Video: Writing Paragraphs on Problem-Solution, Process, and Visual InformationВидеоWriting Paragraphs on Problem-Solution, Process, and Visual InformationОбсуждение
06Elements of Writing37 материалов

Using Language Accurately in Academic Writing

Accuracy in Academic WritingВидеоPractice Quiz: Accuracy in Academic WritingЗаданиеUsing PunctuationsВидеоPractice Quiz: Using PunctuationsЗаданиеUsing ArticlesВидеоPractice Quiz: Using ArticlesЗаданиеTense FormsВидеоPractice Quiz: Tense FormsЗаданиеEssential Reading – Distinguishing Features of Academic Writing #5: AccuracyЧтениеEssential Reading – PunctuationЧтениеEssential Reading – Definite ArticlesЧтениеEssential Reading – Time MarkersЧтение

Paraphrasing Academic Texts

Purpose of Paraphrasing Academic TextsВидеоPractice Quiz: Purpose of Paraphrasing Academic TextsЗаданиеUsing Synonyms in ParaphrasingВидеоPractice Quiz: Using Synonyms in ParaphrasingЗаданиеChanging Word Class in ParaphrasingВидеоPractice Quiz: Changing Word Class in ParaphrasingЗадание

Summarizing Academic Texts

Purpose of Summarizing Academic TextsВидеоPractice Quiz: Purpose of Summarizing Academic TextsЗаданиеIdentifying Key Points in Academic TextsВидеоPractice Quiz: Identifying Key Points in Academic TextsЗаданиеCreating a Summary of the Key PointsВидеоPractice Quiz: Creating a Summary of the Key PointsЗадание

Summary and Assessment

Module Wrap-Up: Elements of WritingВидеоElements of WritingОбсуждение

Course Wrap Up

Course Completion AcknowledgementЗадание
Writing a Good Concluding Sentence Видео
Practice Quiz: Writing a Good Concluding Sentence Задание
Essential Reading – Academic Writing: A Handbook for International StudentsЧтение
Essential Reading – Academic Writing: From Paragraph to EssayЧтение
Essential Reading – Effective Academic WritingЧтение
Recommended Reading – Topic SentenceЧтение
Recommended Reading – Topic Sentence and ParagraphЧтение
Recommended Reading – Writing Topic Sentences and Body ParagraphsЧтение
Recommended Reading – Main Ideas and Supporting Details in WritingЧтение
Recommended Reading – Concluding SentenceЧтение
Recommended Reading – Supporting and Concluding SentencesЧтение
Choosing and Using Appropriate SignpostsВидео
Practice Quiz: Choosing and Using Appropriate SignpostsЗадание
Essential Reading – Academic Writing: A Handbook for International StudentsЧтение
Recommended Reading – Academic StyleЧтение
Recommended Reading – SignpostingЧтение
Essential Reading – Academic PhrasebankЧтение
Recommended Reading – Signposting Language for Improving CohesionЧтение
Recommended Reading – Signpost to Guide Your ReadersЧтение
Recommended Reading – Using English for Academic Purposes for Students in Higher EducationЧтение
Composing Effect-Driven ParagraphsВидео
Practice Quiz: Composing Effect-Driven ParagraphsЗадание
Essential Reading – Cause-EffectЧтение
Recommended Reading – Writing Skills for the Cause-Effect Paragraph Чтение
Essential Reading – Cause-Effect ParagraphsЧтение
Recommended Reading – Cause-Effect Paragraphs Чтение
Point-to-Point Organization in Comparison ParagraphsВидео
Practice Quiz: Point-to-Point Organization in Comparison ParagraphsЗадание
Essential Reading – ComparisonsЧтение
Essential Reading – Comparison or Contrast Paragraphs Чтение
Recommended Reading – Rhetorical Functions in Academic Writing: Comparison and ContrastЧтение
Using Passive Structures Process ParagraphsВидео
Practice Quiz: Using Passive Structures Process ParagraphsЗадание
Essential Reading – Process ParagraphsЧтение
Essential Reading – Descriptive and Process ParagraphsЧтение
Recommended Reading – Blueprints for Process ParagraphsЧтение
Language and Planning for Describing Visual InformationВидео
Practice Quiz: Language and Planning for Describing Visual InformationЗадание
Essential Reading – Visual InformationЧтение
Essential Reading – Rhetorical Functions in Academic Writing: Including Charts and DiagramsЧтение
Recommended Reading – Figures and TablesЧтение
Changing Word Order in ParaphrasingВидео
Practice Quiz: Changing Word Order in ParaphrasingЗадание
Essential Reading – Summarizing and ParaphrasingЧтение
Essential Reading – ParaphraseЧтение
Recommended Reading – Academic Synonyms ExercisesЧтение
Verifying the Accuracy of the SummaryВидео
Practice Quiz: Verifying the Accuracy of the SummaryЗадание
Essential Reading – Summarizing and ParaphrasingЧтение
Essential Reading – SummaryЧтение
Essential Reading – Writing SummariesЧтение