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Writing Skills
With our Writing Skills course, students will follow the four key stages of researching, planning, drafting and finalising to improve their essay writing skills. This course will help them to produce their best work no matter what the essay question and will equip them with the techniques and practice they need to make essay writing less daunting and more enjoyable.
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
• Analyse the essay question and define their task
• Use techniques for efficient planning
• Create a coherent structure
• Develop an argument and write purposeful introductions and conclusions
• Use appropriate language
• Avoid plagiarism and use reference material appropriately
• Check essays for accuracy and consistency
Tutor Group's weekly breakdown for students
| Orientation | ||
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| Introductory Class Course introduction Getting to know your study group and tutor Checking your skills | ||
| Week 1 Understanding What Makes A Good Essay And How To Get Started • Understanding your strengths and areas of challenge • Understanding obstacles to writing and finding your voice | Week 2 Researching Your Essay • Analysing essay titles • Brainstorming before you start your research • Using sources appropriately | Week 3 Planning Your Writing • Identifying a line of argument for your essay • Structuring and planning your essay |
| Week 4 Building Your Argument • Using effective strategies to write well-argued and coherent paragraphs, introductions and conclusions • Checking that the content of an essay makes sense and is complete | Week 5 Developing Your Writing Style • Understanding appropriate essay-writing styles • Creating clear and coherent essay drafts | Week 6 Preparing The Final Draft • Understanding and applying the processes necessary for finalising final draft • Presenting an essay with original planning materials |
How can you take this course?
There are 3 ways you can take this online course, depending on how you wish to study and how much support you require.
| Self Study | Tutor Group | Fast Track |
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| Duration: • Start any time and work at your own pace | Duration: • Paced weekly learning with your tutor group • 7 weeks | Duration: • Paced daily learning with your tutor group • 10 days (2 weeks) |
| Course Breakdown: • 7-10 hours of self-study learning materials | Course Breakdown: • 2 hours of study per week | Course Breakdown: •7 live, online classes • 1 hour of self-study per day |
| Included: • Progress dashboard • Signed transcript | Included: • EtonX certificate | Included: EtonX certificate |
| Class: • Groups of up to 8 students | Class: • Groups of up to 8 students |
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