Academic English

Academic English

1. Writing

   • Structure
     • Organisation (paragraph level)
       • Topic sentences + supporting sentences + concluding sentences
         • Week 2
       • Stance + in-text citation (supporting evidence) + explanation
         • Week 3
       • Stance+ counter-argument + rebuttal
         • Week 4
     • Overall structures of text type (register level)
       • Week 1 Lesson 2, Week 2 Lesson 1 & 2 Week 5 Week 7
       • Report
       • Essay
     • Sentence structure (clause level)
       • Synthesising ideas
         • eek 5 Lesson 1 & 2
       • Citation and referencing
         • Week 5
         • APA style
         • Using Microsoft Word
       • Grammar
         • Cohesion
           • Week 5
           • New and Given
           • Linking words and phrases
           • 'Salmon' and 'fish': synonymy and hyponymy
   • Annotation Task
     • Week 5

2. Speaking

   • Spoken citation
     • Week 6
   • Bad habits in academic / public speaking
     • Week 7

3. Avoiding plagiarism

   • Paraphrasis
     • Week 4 Week 7
   • Google Search with "double-quotes"

4. Critical reading

   • Week 3
   • Identifying quality academic sources
     • Google Scholar
     • HKUL
     • Locky's tips on finding academic sources
       • Week 7
   • Efficient in-text keyword search & notekeeping
   • Approaches to reading academic texts
     • Mining
     • Writerly reading
     • Modelling

5. Stance

   • Week 4
   • Argument
   • Counter-argument
   • Rebuttal

6. Tone

   • Week 4
   • Hedging
   • Depersonalisation

7. Collocation

   • Using online corpus to learn collocation
     • Week 5
     • COCA
     • BNC