SK020-7-AU-CO:
Academic Writing Skills
2024/25
Student Development
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Thursday 03 October 2024
Friday 13 December 2024
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22 December 2023
Requisites for this module
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(2 hours a week - 8 weeks - on campus) This module provides guided practice in language and style for academic writing. The module will help you improve your ability to analyse essay questions, structure an essay, formulate abstract concepts and use abstract vocabulary, organise paragraphs, develop an introduction and a conclusion, and evaluate academic sources. The teaching will be on campus in weeks xx-xx.
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These classes cover a wide range of skills from sentence level through to discourse structuring in dissertation-length texts.
- analysing essay questions
- structuring an essay
- writing an introduction
- writing a conclusion
- communicating with the reader in a precise, conceptual and impersonal style.
The module consists of weekly 1-hour classes. The classes are very practical in nature and designed to give you plenty of opportunity for informal, guided practice. Catch up materials and further resources are available on Essex Moodle.
Students are also recommended to make use of the workshops offered by Skills for Success to support upskilling and development in the areas of Academic Skills, English Language and Maths/Statistics which can be booked through CareerHub. Please email skills@essex.ac.uk or visit the Skills for Success webpages for more information.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Additional coursework information
This module is not assessed
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mrs Anne Kavanagh, email: akavan@essex.ac.uk.
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skills@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
Of 128 hours, 104 (81.3%) hours available to students:
8 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
16 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
Student Development
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