University of Algiers 2 Workshops in Advanced Academic Writing

English Department M2 Didactics

Prepared by
BOUSSOUALIM Malika (PhD)

email : m_boussoualim@yahoo.com

Phone: 06 99 82 09 52

“You can't teach people everything they need to know. The best
you can do is position them where they can find what they need to
know when they need to know it.” Saymour Papert

General course information

General OVERVIEW

About this Course

This is an advanced academic writing course which builds on your prior knowledge about
writing academic essays. You will learn by doing advanced academic writing skills such as using
sources effectively in your essays following the APA referencing system as you will reinforce
skills such as outlining, drafting, revising and editing while completing a process-based
documented essay.

Learning Objectives

In this course you will learn:

How to choose and narrow a topic,

how to use sources (selecting, evaluating, reading and note-taking, and how to create an
annotated bibliography, and how to integrate sources in your writing).

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How to avoid plagiarism

How to write about statistics

How to give feedback to peers and develop critical thinking skills

Course assignments

You will work towards achieving these outcomes by:

● Fulfilling the different tasks required to complete the “Main Writing Assignment
(MWA)” which consists of writing a documented essay following a process-based
approach. (Consult the files “Writing a documented essay” and “MWA guidance and
orientations” for more details about the required tasks).

Course resources and pedagogical tools

This is a blended learning course, which relies on two modes of delivery--face-to-face and
online. In addition to the face-to-face classes, we also use the e-learning platform Google
Classroom to work asynchronously:

● To share electronic resources.

● To achieve distance learning tasks.
● To communicate with each other (all participants: teacher and learners). (You can use the
space “stream” to ask your questions about the course material or assignment).

Google docs and google sheet are used to fulfill the tasks of the MWA (Writing and peer
reviewing).
Google Meet is used for synchronous meetings (the number of the Meets depends on the needs
of students)

This is the link to our Classroom course:

https://classroom.google.com/c/NDMwOTI2MjQyMjgx?cjc=rfh644y

Class Code: rfh644y

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Responsibilities

You’re responsible to:

Consult course material posted via Classroom
Use Classroom discussion to ask your questions
Complete the process-based MWA online
Participate in Online workshop(s)

Plagiarism and academic dishonesty

It’s important to respect academic integrity while writing your essay. You should write using
your own words, and whenever you use another person’s words or ideas, you should
acknowledge them. Your essays will be checked using plagiarism checker software, failure to
respect academic integrity will result in the grade zero for all team members.

Assessment and grading

You will be assessed in two different ways:

Continuous assessment (20 points)—(find grading details within the “MWA guidance and
orientations”).

Final exam (20 points)—Quiz questions testing your understanding of course material.

Important dates

Deadline for completing the different tasks of the MWA: to be communicated later

Date of final exam: to be communicated later

Useful sources

E Learning platforms:
Coursera

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https://www.coursera.org/specializations/academic-english

Books

Bailey, Stephen. Academic Writing: a Handbook for International Students. Routledge, 2018.

Booth, Wayne C., et al. The Craft of Research. The University of Chicago Press, 2003.

“I Was Wrong About Speed Reading: Here Are the Facts.” Scott H Young, 26 May 2021,

www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2015/01/19/speed-reading-redo/.

Katz, Louise. Critical Thinking and Persuasive Writing for Postgraduates. Palgrave, 2018.

Leonhard, Barbara Harris. Discoveries in Academic Writing. Heinle Et Heinle.

Wallwork, Adrian. English for Academic Research: Grammar, Usage, and Style. Springer, 2016.

Wallwork, Adrian. English for Academic Research: Vocabulary Exercises. Springer, 2016.

Wallwork, Adrian. English for Academic Research: Writing Exercises. Springer, 2016.

Wallwork, Adrian. English for Academic Research: a Guide for Teachers. Springer, 2016.