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PAGE PAGE 27 Academic Paper writing Questions for thought Do you often read academic research papers? What kinds of subjects do you usually read? Have you ever written academic research papers? Where do you usually find the materials you need for your paper? What do you want to learn from our course? 1. Aims Objectives The major aim of this course is to help you to write better academic essays. A secondary aim is to develop your confidence and skill in oral and written interactions in English. To achieve this goal our course will help you to: Produce well-organized and written academic essays with appropriate citation and referencing. Improve your vocabulary and grammatical accuracy. Participate fluently and confidently in small group discussions. Work cooperatively with others on oral and written tasks. Take greater responsibility for your own improvement of English language skills both in and beyond the classroom. Your prime objective should be to improve your academic writing knowledge and skills to a level appropriate to university (graduate) level work. By the end of the course you should be able to demonstrate that you are able to write a university (graduate) level essay and that your writing skills have improved during the course. 2. My contribution What is my contribution to this course? Well, you know we have only two classes every week. We are pressed for time. It is impossible for me to explain in great detail every writing skill. You have had writing classes in your undergraduate studies. Perhaps your former teacher had already explained in great detail how to write a correct sentence and an effective paragraph, and the ways of developing paragraphs. So in the class I don’t want repeat what your former teacher had already explained. I can only help you to achieve our course goal through: Classroom instruction and practice on academic writing skills. Feedback on a draft essay and individual guidance on your writing. Small group discussions on essa