Course code

HIK8002.HT

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Akadeemiline kirjutamine inglise keeles

Course title in English

Academic Writing in English

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Miriam Anne McIlfatrick-Ksenofontov (language of instruction:English)

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Development of research discourse skills in English; preparation for work in the academic environment.

Brief description of the course

The course advances the academic writing skills which have already been acquired and used at Master’s level towards the preparation of a comprehensive thesis. The aim of the seminar is to experience what it means to write for the academic community. Collectively we will ask: Who is/are the addressee/s? What should be considered in developing an argument and articulating a position? How to follow conventional academic style and how to keep up with its developments. Attention is paid to creating a framework for a study based on critical analysis of source material and to appropriate citational practice and linguistic expression. We will scrutinise the main text-types of academic writing (position paper, thesis chapters, article, abstract) in order to understand the diversity, complexity and connectedness of writing for – and making a contribution to – the academic community.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- is able to identify the stylistic, rhetorical and structural features and discourse patterns of academic texts in English;
- is able to analyse, edit and evaluate academic texts in English;
- is able to articulate own position, objectives and findings in appropriate academic style.

Teacher

Miriam McIlfatrick-Ksenofontov

Study programmes containing that course

Complex Systems in Natural Sciences (MLKBD/24.LT)
Audiovisual Arts and Media Studies (BFMAD/24.FK)
Demography (DIDD/24.YK)
Audiovisual Arts and Media Studies (BFMAD/23.FK)
Psychology (PSPSD/23.LT)
Linguistics (EKLND/23.HT)
History (AIAJD/23.HT)
Educational Sciences (KAKTD/23.HR)
Studies of Cultures (HIKUD/23.HT)
Linguistics (EKLND/22.HT)
Studies of Cultures (HIKUD/22.HT)
Health Behaviour and Wellbeing (TSTD/22.LT)
Psychology (PSPSD/22.LT)
History (AIAJD/22.HT)
Educational Sciences (KAKTD/22.HR)
Psychology (PSPSD/21.LT)
Linguistics (EKLND/21.HT)
History (AIAJD/21.HT)
Studies of Cultures (HIKUD/21.HT)
Health Behaviour and Wellbeing (TSTD/21.LT)
Ecology (MLECD/20.LT)
Linguistics (EKLND/20.HT)
Health Behaviour and Wellbeing (TSTD/20.LT)
Studies of Cultures (HIKUD/20.HT)
History (AIAJD/20.HT)
Psychology (PSPSD/20.LT)
Analytical Biochemistry (MLBKD/20.LT)
History (AIAJD/19.HT)
Linguistics (EKLND/19.HT)
Analytical Biochemistry (MLBKD/19.LT)
Psychology (PSPSD/19.LT)
Studies of Cultures (HIKUD/19.HT)
Ecology (MLECD/19.LT)
Health Behaviour and Wellbeing (TSTD/19.LT)
Studies of Cultures (HIKUD/18.HT)
Linguistics (EKLND/18.HT)
History (AIAJD/18.HT)
Health Behaviour and Wellbeing (TSTD/18.LT)