| Level | Number of classes / Time | Content |
|---|---|---|
| INTRODUCTORY LEVEL | 1 / 50 minutes | INTRODUCTION types of academic texts. Complex sentences - transformations of sentences. Homework - complex sentences |
| 2,3 / 100 minute | PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE - practising plus writing paragraphs. Complex sentences - transformations using linking words. Homework - paragraphs to be written |
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| 4,5 / 100 minute | TYPES OF ESSAYS - organization of ideas and paragraphs. Homework - opinion essay |
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| 6,7 / 100 minute | COMPLEX GRAMMAR to be used in academic writing. Homework - for and against essay |
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| 8,9 / 100 minute | COHESION AND COHERENCE - linking ideas. Complex grammar exercises. Homework - essay giving solutions to a problem |
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| 10,11 / 100 minute | DEVELOPING LEXICON plus SAYINGS AND PROVERBS to be used in academic writing. Homework - essay based on a summary of two short texts |
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| 12,13 / 100 minute | Analysing academic pieces of writing (report, proposal, essay) - revision and consolidation
of rules to be used in academic writing. Homework - writing one essay plus assessing three essays |
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| 14,15 / 100 minute | PREPARING A PLAN FOR A GOOD ESSAY, key ideas versus supporting ideas | |
| 16 / 50 minute | Academic discussion versus academic writing. | |
| ADVANCED WRITING | Individually scheduled SKYPE classes |