English A, Academic Writing

About this programme

The course focus is on the analysis and practice of genres and text types. Included are genre-awareness tasks, written exercises that focus on linguistic elements of English as connected to rhetorical tasks, and analyses of text functions via online group discussions and individual outlining. Students will compose texts of various rhetorical structures, participate in peer review, revise final drafts, and receive instructor feedback on each text. Generally students focus on the texts of their own discourse, including the writing of such texts. The course consists of a shorter introductory part, followed by two in-depth parts: 1. Introduction (1.5 credits) 2. Description, process, and classification (3.5 credits) 3. Argumentation and comparison (2.5 credits) Your message goes to Infocenter, and they’ll make sure it gets to the right person – so you get the best and most relevant reply.