XENB002 Academic Writing for Master's Students: Writing that Flows (2 op)

Sisältö

• use certain expected rhetorical moves in your thesis writing so that it is academically acceptable
• create paragraphs which follow a predictable structure
• use pronouns and noun phrases more deliberately to link sentences and paragraphs
• use conjunctions and transitional words and phrases carefully to highlight the logic and sequence of ideas
• use sentences to preview and summarize the organization of a scientific text
• check that lists in your text are parallel

Suoritustavat

This course has a workshop format, with short lectures and in-class application and practice. Students will work individually, in pairs and in small groups. Homework will include writing assignments and practice tasks.

• Recognize and understand how the principles and strategies of cohesion and coherence affect the clarity, communicative effectiveness and social acceptability of an academic text
• Use metatext to guide the reader through their thesis
• Use expected rhetorical moves to deliberately highlight the logic and sequence of ideas in Master's thesis
• Connect ideas between sentences and paragraphs by using cohesive markers
• Create paragraphs that follow a predictable structure
• Use online tools to support the above.

XENB-courses are NOT intended for short-term exchange students or students in JYU's English-medium master’s degree programmes that have XENX009 Integrated Research Communication as a required course.

PROFICIENCY LEVEL: C1

This course is recommended for students who have completed all their degree specific compulsory English courses at JYU, are at least at C1 (advanced) level in English, and are presently writing or starting to write their Master's thesis at JYU in English.