Building an academic essay from scratch – Radhe Global
Essay-structuring tools for non-mother tongue English (ESL) students ~ essay writing for beginners
Instructor Names: Salomé Cilliers
link: https://www.udemy.com/course/building-an-academic-essay-from-scratch/
Objective
At the end of my course, students will be able to build essays that have a crystal clear introduction, body section and conclusion. They will have gained the necessary skills to understand the prompts or essay questions given to them by college and university lecturers. The course will also give students the tools they need to find good sources and to reference them correctly.
Curriculum
Part 1 ~ Introduction to the Course, Introduction to the course, First challenge, First challenge solution video, Preview to the essay: Types of paragraphs in an essay; intro to prompt verbs, Part 2 ~ The Body Paragraph, Introducing the Body Paragraph, Basic building blocks: words and sentences, Writing a structurally sound body paragraph: the Hamburger model, Recipe for success, step 1 of 3: Mind Map, Recipe for success, step 2 of 3: Outline, Recipe for success, step 3 of 3: Draft 1 & Starting sentences creatively, Application: simple example paragraph cycle, Successful topic sentences, Successful concluding sentences, Multiple choice quiz, The importance of multiple drafts, Solution video, Editing symbols, Outro; take-away checklist: criteria for a good paragraph, Part 3 ~ Transitions, Introduction to transitions, Introducing types of transitions, Type 1: To Add, Type 2: To Compare and Contrast, Spot the odd one out, Type 3: To Prove, Type 4: To Show Time, Type 5: To Repeat, Spot the odd one out, Type 6: To Show Sequence, Type 7: To Emphasise, Type 8: To Give an Example, Type 9: To Summarise or Conclude, Type 10: To Show Identity, Spot the odd one out, Type 11: To Show Opposition, Type 12: To show Cause and Effect, Outro, Part 4 ~ Introduction and Conclusion Paragraphs, Introducing introduction and conclusion paragraphs, Good introduction paragraph structure, Example of introduction paragraph structure, Good conclusion paragraph structure, Example of conclusion paragraph structure, Outro, Part 5 ~ The Academic Essay, Introduction to putting it all together – The Academic Essay, Multiple choice quiz, Preparing to write, Constructing the essay – Step 1: Mind Map, Constructing the essay – Step 2: Outline, Live outline demo, Outline: most-probable-case-scenario feedback, Constructing the essay – Step 3: Draft 1, Draft: most-probable-case-scenario feedback; Essay formatting, Reverse outline, Outro; downloads, Part 6 ~ Referencing, Introduction to Referencing: plagiarism and how to avoid it; Harvard referencing, Bibliography referencing; Google Scholar, Your best friend at varsity: paraphrase, Solution video, Plagiarism, direct quotations (“”) and in-text referencing, Bonus: live crit of student essay, Good in-text referencing part 1: mentioning the author, Good in-text referencing part 2: not mentioning the author; important tips, Summarising; tip on spelling, Solution video, Finding good sources, Adding your own voice in your writing, Outro, Part 7 ~ Avoiding the Universal Mistakes, Introduction to universal mistakes, WW – Wrong Word, WF – Word Form, WC – Word Choice, RO – Run-On, Frag – Fragment, Complex sentences and subordinating conjunctions, SV – Subject-verb agreement, Being academically appropriate, Outro; downloads; importance of reading, Part 8 ~ Self-monitoring and editing, Introduction to self-monitoring/editing, What lecturers look for: Analytic scoring rubric, Solution video, Sticking to the main topic, Higher-order before lower-order editing, Test, Test solution video, Outro, Part 9 ~ It’s a Wrap, It’s a Wrap, Top 10 books to improve English syntax
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Instructional Level: Beginner Level