15-PNJA-1MA-12/22
1. To hone existing general writing
skills to a level where student is proficient beyond the C1/C1+ level
in their ability.
2.
To consolidate practical use of general academic writing conventions:
interpreting evidence, summarising,
synthesising
information, compliance with a bibliographic standard, selecting and
maintaining an appropriate register.
3.
To further students’ ability to think critically clearly and to
logically and persuasively respond to even complicated issues and
problems - social, general-scientific, cultural (in English-speaking
countries).
4. To
improve students’ repertoire of linguistic
(e.g. effective grammar, vocabulary), stylistic, rhetorical devices
and other techniques frequently employed by English writers.
- Teacher: Colin Phillips