About this course: Course 2: Getting Started with Essay Writing This is the second course in the Academic English: Writing specialization. By introducing you to three types of academic essays, this course will especially help prepare you for work in college classes, but anyone who wants to improve his or her writing skills can benefit from this course. After completing this course, you will be able to: - create effective thesis statements for your essays - plan and write compare/contrast, cause/effect, and argument essays - write well-developed body paragraphs Note: The lectures and practice activities are available for free, but you must upgrade to the pay version in order to take the quizzes and get feedback on writing assignments.

Created by: University of California, Irvine

Taught by: Tamy Chapman, Instructor, International Programs
University of California Irvine Division of Continuing Education
Taught by: Helen Nam, Instructor
International Programs, UCI Extension

Basic Info	Course 2 of 5 in the Academic English: Writing Specialization.
Commitment	4 weeks of study, 1-3 hours/week
Language	English, Subtitles: Arabic
How To Pass	Pass all graded assignments to complete the course.
User Ratings	4.6 stars Average User Rating 4.6See what learners said

Syllabus

WEEK 1

Course Introduction

This is the second course in the Academic English: Writing specialization. In the last course, you reviewed sentence types and punctuation. You'll use that information in this course to make your writing great. In this course, you'll learn all about academic e...

2 videos, 2 readings

Essay Writing

In this module, you'll start learning about essay structure and some other important tools for good writing. There's a lot of information in this module, but it's all necessary for writing well. Make sure you take notes so you will remember these tools when yo...

6 videos, 8 readings, 1 practice quiz

Graded: Essay Writing

WEEK 2

Writing Compare/Contrast Essays

Now, you're ready to write your first type of academic essay--the compare/contrast essay. In this module, you'll learn what this type of essay is and how to structure it. Then, you'll look at some examples and practice writing your own compare/contrast essay. ...

3 videos, 6 readings, 1 practice quiz

Graded: Compare/Contrast Essay Peer Review

Graded: Writing Compare/Contrast Essays

WEEK 3

Writing Cause/Effect Essays

Now, you'll learn about writing the cause/effect essay. This is another type of academic essay that you might be asked to write in your college classes. For this type of essay you'll think about reasons why something happens or the effects of something. The sa...

3 videos, 6 readings, 1 practice quiz

Graded: Cause/Effect Essay Peer Review

Graded: Writing Cause/Effect Essays

WEEK 4

Writing Argument Essays

In this last module, you'll learn how to write the most common type of college essay. The argument essay is probably the most fun essay to write too. In this one, you will try to convince your reader to believe your argument or position on some controversial t...

3 videos, 8 readings, 1 practice quiz

Graded: Argument Essay Peer Review

Graded: Argument Essays

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