This is a one-semester academic writing course for students with an upper-intermediate English language level. Students have three class hours every week. This course addresses the information literacy and higher-order thinking skills necessary for conducting extensive secondary research, providing evidential support, and structuring ideas in coherent written academic texts. Students spend time responding to multiple drafts of peer academic papers to improve precision and clarity in the writing process. Other specific skills addressed in this course are critical thinking and argumentation.

CILO-1: Conduct online and library database research for secondary information sources. CILO-2: Summarize, analyse, and evaluate secondary information source material. CILO-3: Synthesize information, analyse, justify, and evaluate arguments. CILO-4: Compose a lengthy academic essay that develops an argument systematically with appropriate highlighting of significant points and relevant supporting detail using APA style. CILO-5: Employ a multi-stage writing process to include drafting, revising, and incorporating feedback from peers and instructors. CILO-6: Critically reflect on approaches to secondary research, argumentation and academic writing.