Academic Writing

Rhetorical strategies, genre conventions, and publication standards across an 18-session course, structured in five progressive modules.

18 Sessions 5 Modules 90 Minutes Each Self-Paced
Module 1

Academic Voice, Tone, and Contemporary Standards

Sessions 1–4
01 Defining Academic Voice, Audience Expectations, and Objective Register → 02 Conciseness, Precision, and Word Choice Mechanics → 03 Hedging and Epistemological Caution → 04 Contemporary Editorial Standards: CMOS 18th Edition Updates →
Module 2

Paragraph Architecture and Argumentation

Sessions 5–8
05 The MEAL Plan Paragraph Model → 06 Argumentation Components and Toulmin Structure → 07 Establishing Textual Continuity and Cadence → 08 Functional Transitions, Causality, and Contrast →
Module 3

Macro-Structural Models and Research Introductions

Sessions 9–12
09 Macro-Structural Frameworks and the IMRaD Model → 10 Swales’ CARS Model: Move 1 and Move 2 Mechanics → 11 Swales’ CARS Model: Move 3 and Abstract Construction → 12 Drafting the Comprehensive Research Introduction →
Module 4

Literature Synthesis, Functional Language and Research Ethics

Sessions 13–16
13 Source Evaluation and Primary vs. Secondary Substantiation → 14 Synthesizing Literature vs. Constructing “Laundry Lists” → 15 Deploying Corpus-Based Academic Phraseology → 16 Research Ethics, AI Attribution, and COPE/CMOS 18 Guidelines →
Module 5

Revision Workflows and Course Capstone

Sessions 17–18
17 Multi-Tiered Editing Workflows and Reverse Outlining → 18 Peer Review, Collaborative Feedback, and Capstone Presentation →
Click any session to begin. Each session includes interactive practice, a homework submission form, and a downloadable one-page summary.