Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
2 Hour(s) 12 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Massey Sadat
Rating
Course Overview
10 Secrets to Writing Better Papers | Beyond Grammar & Punctuation | Foundational Course
You have a good grasp of grammar, but you're still not getting the grades you think you deserve. If you're like most college freshmen, you haven't really been taught how to write with style. You know about punctuation, sentence structure, and spelling, but you don't know how to make your writing shine.
The Elements of Academic Style is a foundational course covering 10 of the most important rules for writing amazing academic papers.
Through short lectures, mini-quizzes, and hands-on assignments, you will learn how harmony and power can breathe life into your prose.
The secrets to harmony are 5 :
Begin your paragraph with a topic sentence
Make supporting details related
Connect ideas with linking words
Express similar ideas with a similar form
Keep related words together
To unleash powerful prose, follow these 5 :
Use the active voice
Make sentences positive
Use concrete and precise language
Throw out needless words
Avoid a series of similar sentence structures
About the instructor:
Energetic and innovative Canadian English language professional with 10 years of experience teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to adolescents and adults in prestigious universities and institutions in Canada and abroad. Driven to deliver engaging lessons to reluctant learners, foster communication and inspire students to reach their goals set through individualized progress plans based on students’ specific needs. Harnesses the power of Web 2.0 tools to maximize learning opportunities while fostering student engagement.
Course Content
- 11 section(s)
- 11 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Rule 1: Begin paragraph with topic sentence
- Section 3 Rule 2: Make supporting details actually support
- Section 4 Rule 3: Connect ideas with connectors
- Section 5 Rule 4: Express what is alike similarly
- Section 6 Rule 5: Keep related words together
- Section 7 Rule 6: Use the active voice
- Section 8 Rule 7: Make sentences positive
- Section 9 Rule 8: Use concrete and precise language
- Section 10 Rule 9: Throw out needless words
- Section 11 Rule 10: Avoid a series of similar sentence structures
What You’ll Learn
- How to write college papers with confidence and power, How to engage academic audiences with stylistic devices, How to identify and correct poorly written academic prose, How to accurately and effectively combine ideas
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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OOgieriakhi Ehiremen Franklyn
It was a good match for me. It has insightful tips on academic writing but I think the tutor need to start with basics. Then building it up like he did on the last video so that one can have a good grasp of some terms. A great course generally
