This course provides an opportunity for students to practice and develop their academic writing skills in English. Some of the topics that will be covered are the structure and organization of academic texts, the nature and purpose of paragraphs, the development of coherent pieces of writing, the issue of plagiarism and how to write term papers.

- active student participation required- written assignments in class and as homework- lecture, discussions, workshops, student contributions

academic essaysexam essaysdoing research for assignmentsusing quotations appropriatelyavoiding plagiarismorganizing writingconventions of academic style

- characteristics of academic language- patterns of text organization: paragraphs and essays- appropriate level of language proficiency (C1)

B.A. students (612) must have completed "English for Academic Purposes" and "Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills". “Lehramt”/UF/B.Ed. students (407) must have completed the modules ENA, ENB, ENC and END.

will be available on Moodle

- research-based essay- midterm and final writing activity- academic language test- regular homework assignments

- skills and topics discussed in class- academic vocabulary (self-study)

- participants should perform at the required level of language proficiency (min. C1) and implement academic writing skills successfully while dealing with complex and challenging topics