Welcome to the class webpage for English for Academic Purposes, the purpose of which is to further enhance your skills with academic English. Students should expect to complete this course with a firm grasp of skills to make presentations in English.

 Course Objectives 

The purpose of this course is, of course, to equip you fine students with the skills to go out into the wide, wide world and use English. Using the textbook pictured to the right, we will be practicing and practicing this year, so expect to be busy in (and for) our class.

 Weekly Classes 

Welcome back, Gentle Students, and I certainly hope you enjoyed your summer vacation. From here through the dash that we call "Autumn Term", I ask you to devote yourselves wholeheartedly to the various tasks you will encounter in our class.

In the midst of several goals, our primary two this fall will be to (A) conduct poster sessions, and (B) become proficient in multiple-speaker presentations. Thus, with no further ado, let us embark on the former goal, which begins with an idea and the ensuing abstract.

 Week 1 (October 7, 2015) — Course Introduction; Text Analysis 

We will also devote some time to ...

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 Week 2 (October 14, 2015) — Creating a Topic Sentence  

Our second class will be devoted to ...

In our textbook

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 Week 3 (October 21, 2015) — Support: Cause and Effect  

Today you will be ...

As was required in the first term, you are required to ...

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 Week 4 (October 28, 2015) — Support: Premises and Conclusions  

Building on material from ...

A second area that we will address today is ...

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 Week 5 (November 4, 2015) — Support: Attribution to Others  

In today's class we will be ...

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 Week 6 (November 11, 2015) — Support: Reporting Verbs  

in its entirety...

Our ...

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 Week 7 (November 18, 2015) — Proposal Writing: Intro to the Problem  

As noted, ...

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 Week 8 (November 25, 2015) — Proposal Writing: Research Field Overview  

Mid-term presentations, second half.

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 Week 9 (December 2, 2015) — Proposal Writing: Defining a Gap and Purpose  

At this point we will devote our time to ...

 Class Material: 

 Week 10 (December 9, 2015) — Planning & Structure: Writing an Essay (Draft 1)  

Over the next three classes, ...

We will be discussing ...

Here are my Q&A guidelines.

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 Week 11 (December 16, 2015) — P&S: Linking Paragraphs  

Today we will be practicing and polishing ...

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 Week 12 (January 6, 2016) — P&S: Writing an Essay (Draft 2)  

Today we will again be practicing ...

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 Week 13 (January 13, 2016) — P&S: Intros and Conclusions  

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 Week 14 (January 20, 2016) — P&S: Final Draft  

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 Week 15 (January 27, 2016) — P & S: AWL Test; Essay Feedback  

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