This Course of Writing an Academic Essay is designed for third-year Licence Students of English at the Department of English Language- University of Hassiba Ben Bouali, Chlef. This course provides the students with key concepts and strategies to help improve their writing of an academic essay. Thus, it is divided into a set of learning units that allow students to acquire theoretical background knowledge and develop their practical skills. This course is meant to help English as a Foreign Language (EFL) university students familiarise themselves with the basics of English academic writing, to identify the main components of a five paragraph essay, to read and examine different text models, and to produce essays in relation to the criteria of academic writing.
This course is divided into three parts.
1. The Stages of the Writing Process
2. Developing a Five-Paragraph Essay
3. Writing Different Kinds of Essays (e.g Argumentative and Compare-Contrast Essays
Conceptual Map of the Course
- Teacher: MAKHLOUF KOUIDER