Academic writing is an ESP course for students who have completed their general English study. This course helps students understand the academic writing norms, experience the process of academic writing, and be familiar with the structure, logic and language of academic genres. While imparting knowledge and cultivating ability, it also pays attention to the transmission of academic values such as honesty, rigor and steadiness, aiming to cultivate students' ability and quality of academic written communication and international publication.

There are three modules in the course. The first two units are targeted to guide you to have an overview of academic writing, its genres and features. The next three units are designed to help you complete an argumentative essay by developing the academic writing skills such as defining, describing, classifying and dividing, comparing and contrasting and so on. The last three units work together to help you complete a short research writing by using sources from the databases and conducting research by your own.

The course is aimed to help students understand the academic writing norms, experience the process of academic writing, and be familiar with the structure, logic and language of academic genres. 

The course is targeted for those who have completed the general English learning and have the basic English skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.

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