ACADEMIC WRITING
This course is part of language skill courses at the English Department, School of Education, Mataram University. The course is aimed at developing writing skills associated with academic worlds. The course starts from 7-paragraph essay writings to 25000-word paper writings. It will cover all skills relevant academic writing such as the nature of audience, the purpose of writing, the organization of ideas, the flow of ideas, the style of writing, and the presentation of the paper. note-taking, paraphrasing, summarizing, quoting, referencing, and end-note reference writing will be included in the course. Ethical issues like being objective, avoidance of plagiarism and personal, racial, and gender biases are also offered.
This course involves more students' independent learning with lecturer's continuous online feedback. Active participation is required.