A free <a href="https://www.for9a.com/en/opportunity/category/Online-Courses">online course</a> is available at Future Learn Platform, as a beginner's guide to writing in English for university study.<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Course background:</h3>Academic writing can be very different from other types of written English. This course has been developed to help you learn the basics of academic writing and develop your English language skills.You&rsquo;ll develop some proficiency in key areas of &lsquo;academic&rsquo; grammar, learn about the stages in essay writing, and produce an essay of your own. You&rsquo;ll also explore how to organize an essay, write in an academic style, and use tools to evaluate your own writing and other learners&rsquo; writing, so that by the end of the course you&rsquo;re able to write a good, basic academic essay.<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Who can take this course:</h3>This course is aimed at non-English speakers who have studied some English. You should have a minimum level of IELTS 4.5 or equivalent.<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Course duration:</h3>3 hours per week for 5 weeks.<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Course topics:</h3><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Week 1:</li></ul><ol><li style="text-align: justify;">Key features of academic writing.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Developing essay ideas.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Organizing your ideas effectively.</li></ol><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Week 2:</li></ul><ol><li style="text-align: justify;">Essay structure and organization.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Choosing a title.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Writing in an impersonal style.</li></ol><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Week 3:</li></ul><ol><li style="text-align: justify;">Using academic language.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Writing about facts and activities.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Writing about groups of people.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Writing longer sentences: linking words and subordinators.</li></ol><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Week 4:</li></ul><ol><li style="text-align: justify;">The stages of writing an essay.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Analysing an essay title.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Deciding what evidence to use.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Writing a first draft of an essay.</li></ol><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Week 5:</li></ul><ol><li style="text-align: justify;">Evaluating a first draft of an essay.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Reflecting on feedback on your first draft of the essay.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Responding to feedback on your first draft of the essay.</li></ol><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Course objectives:</h3>By the end of the course, learner will be able to:<ol><li style="text-align: justify;">Compare one aspect of life now with life in the past in one well-constructed paragraph&nbsp;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Explore organizational structure of essays: identify and name the different sections of an essay.&nbsp;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Explain one aspect of your home town in one well-constructed paragraph, focusing on language accuracy.&nbsp;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Develop and write the first draft of your essay.&nbsp;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Contribute and receive feedback on first essay drafts.&nbsp;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Reflect on feedback received and improve your draft to create and submit a second draft of your essay.</li></ol><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Course costs:</h3><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Learner can join this course for free and get access to it for 7 weeks.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Or upgrade this course for $54 and gets:</li></ul><ul style="margin-left: 40px;"><li style="text-align: justify;">Access to this course for as long as it&rsquo;s on Future Learn.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Access to this course&rsquo;s tests as well as a print and digital Certificate of Achievement once he/she is eligible.</li></ul><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Or buy unlimited for $249.99 for one year and gets: &nbsp;</li></ul><ul style="margin-left: 40px;"><li>Access to this course, and hundreds of other FutureLearn short <a href="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/unlimited">courses</a> and tests for a year.</li><li>A printable digital Certificate of Achievement on all short courses once they are eligible.</li><li>The freedom to keep access to any course he/she has achieved a digital Certificate of Achievement on, for as long as the course exists on Future Learn.</li><li>The flexibility to complete own choice of short courses in learner&rsquo;s own time within the year.</li></ul>See more available&nbsp;<a href="https://www.for9a.com/en/opportunity/category/Trainings-or-Workshops">workshops or trainings</a>&nbsp;on For9aSee more available&nbsp;<a href="https://www.for9a.com/en/opportunity/category/Grants">grants</a>&nbsp;on For9aSee more available<a href="https://www.for9a.com/en/country/Egypt">&nbsp;jobs in Egypt</a>&nbsp;on For9a

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A free <a href="https://www.for9a.com/en/opportunity/category/Online-Courses">online course</a> is available at Future Learn Platform, as a beginner's guide to writing in English for university study.<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Course background:</h3>Academic writing can be very different from other types of written English. This course has been developed

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