| TGTU57 | Scientific and Academic Writing, 4 ECTS credits. /Vetenskapligt och akademiskt skrivande / |
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Not included in the degree. Service course for students on MasterĀ“s program given in English. Not available for exchange students. |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 22 |
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Area of Education: Humanities Main field of studies: Other subjects |
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| Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G2
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| Aim: The aim of the course is to help students to improve their skills in writing academic and scientific English. After completing the course successfully, students are expected to be able to:
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Bachelor degree and all specific requirements for admission to the respective masterā?Ts programme at LiTH Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: The course will consist of lessons and seminars in which students study and analyse written texts of an academic and scientific or technical nature in order to build awareness of the language, structures and style that is considered appropriate. Students will also be required to write and revise their own short texts as well as to give critical feedback to other students. |
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| Course contents: The course will approach writing from a micro perspective in order to increase studentsā?T awareness of different kinds of text structure and to practice writing with grammatical accuracy and in a manner that is suitable to the task in hand. The emphasis will be on correctness, cohesion and appropriacy of style and language. There will be a special focus on the vocabulary and grammatical structures that are commonly found in texts of an academic or scientific and technical nature. |
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| Course literature: Writing Academic English (4th edition), by Alice Oshima and Ann Hogue, (2006) The Longman Academic Writing Series level 4, Pearson Longman ISBN:0-13-V001-11 10 Technical English Vocabulary and Grammar by Nick Brieger and Alison Pohl (2002) Summertown PublishingISBN 1-902741-76-5 / 978-1-902741-76-5 |
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4 ECTS |
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| Active participation in all aspects of the classes and seminars. Successfully completed assignments. A clear demonstration of improvement and of an increased awareness of the requirements of successful writing at masterā?Ts level. | |||
Course language is English. Department offering the course: IEI. Director of Studies: Examiner: Pamela Vang Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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