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Essay Writing
Course Overview
This course provides systematic training in English academic essay writing. It guides students through the full writing process, from understanding essay questions to developing arguments and producing well-structured academic responses.
Students are introduced to key principles of academic writing, including thesis development, paragraph organisation, evidence integration, and academic language use. The course also emphasises critical thinking, clarity, and academic integrity.
Course Structure
· 15 modules
· 30 lessons
Course Content
1. Key ideas and speed reading
2. Facts and opinions
3. Reading and evidence
4. Note-taking for effective reading
5. Sentence and structure analysis
6. Compare and contrast
7. Research and synthesis
8. Tone, purpose, and audience
9. Rhetorical techniques
10. Visual text interpretation
11. News and magazine article analysis
12. Advertising, illustrations, graphics, and symbols
13. Reader’s response reflection
14. Intertextual reading strategies
15. Evaluating readers’ interpretations