Academic Writing

Academic Writing course: a desk with a notebook showing an argument diagram, laptop, pen, journal articles and headphones

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 HTML/CSS/Java Script
Module 1

Academic Voice, Tone, and Contemporary Standards

Sessions 1–4
01 Defining Academic Voice, Audience Expectations, and Objective Register → 02 Maintaining Objectivity and Scholarly Distance → 03 Epistemic Modesty and the Art of Hedging → 04 Modern Editorial Standards and Style Guides →
Module 2

Micro-Level Paper Architecture

Sessions 5–8
05 Paragraph Architecture Using the MEAL Plan → 06 Constructing Evidence-Based Arguments (Toulmin) → 07 Advanced Toulmin Components: Ethos and Counter-Arguments → 08 Textual Navigation and Signposting →
Module 3

Macro-Structural Models and Research Introductions

Sessions 9–12
09 Paper Architectures and the IMRaD Framework → 10 Swales’ CARS Model: Move 1 (Establishing a Territory) → 11 Swales’ CARS Model: Move 2 (Establishing a Niche) → 12 Swales’ CARS Model: Move 3 (Occupying the Niche) →
Module 4

Literature Synthesis, Functional Language and Research Ethics

Sessions 13–16
13 Source Hierarchy and Substantiation → 14 Literature Integration and Synthesizing Sources → 15 Functional Academic Phraseology → 16 Research Integrity and AI Ethics →
Module 5

Revision Workflows and Course Capstone

Sessions 17–18
17 Multi-Tier Editorial Workflows → 18 Peer Review Workshop and Portfolio Defense →
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