English Prep · Advanced
Academic Writing II: Essays, Reports and Referencing
EPY301 — Core — Semester
EPY301 — Core — Semester
Develops the extended writing needed for higher education: longer essays and reports, critical argument, synthesising several sources, academic referencing (Harvard and APA) and avoiding plagiarism.
To enable learners to write extended academic essays and reports that use sources correctly.
| Week | Topic & Activity |
|---|---|
| 1 | Extended writing Plan a longer essay or report. Writing clinic: Planning long texts. |
| 4 | Critical argument Develop an argument and respond to counter-arguments. Seminar: Taking a position. |
| 7 | Synthesis Combine ideas from several sources. Task: Literature mini-review. |
| 10 | Referencing Cite and reference sources in Harvard or APA style. Workshop: Referencing. |
| Final exam week | End-of-module assessment Extended essay or report submission. Portfolio review with your tutor. |
Continuous assessment: weekly class tasks and a learning portfolio, a midterm progress check during the teaching weeks and an end-of-module assessment in the final exam week (a written task and, where relevant, a speaking assessment). Results are reported as Pass, Merit or Distinction, with the CEFR level reached in each skill.