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ACADEMIC ENGLISH • WRITING
Academic Writing
From everyday writing to academic excellence.
From everyday writing to academic excellence.
Students learn how to organize ideas, develop arguments, and write academically, as well as improve critical thinking skills for academic success and international exams.
Available Online/Onsite
Cambridge / Oxford syllabus
60 mins/session
Free Consultation & Trial Class
What this course develops
Academic writing
Essay structure, thesis statements, argumentation and academic style.
Reading skills
Key reading skills per unit plus additional skills across all levels.
Grammar for writing
Targeted grammar points that improve written accuracy and style.
Critical thinking
Evaluating arguments, analyzing data, and building persuasive reasoning.
Vocabulary
Academic vocabulary, collocations, and topic-specific word families.
The 8-unit curriculum
Unit 1
Globalization
Business · Economics · Cultural studies
Reading
Key skill: Making predictions from a text type · Topic sentences
Understanding key vocabulary · Using your knowledge
Reading for main ideas & detail · Making inferences · Synthesizing
Vocabulary
Academic alternatives to phrasal verbs
Globalization vocabulary
Grammar for writing
Noun phrases · Time phrases
Critical thinking
Evaluating supporting examples · Using tables and diagrams
Writing
Essay structure · Writing an effective thesis statement
Task type: Write an explanatory essay
Task: How has globalization changed your country?
Unit 2
Education
Education · Sociology
Reading
Key skill: Making inferences
Understanding key vocabulary · Using your knowledge
Reading for main ideas & detail · Synthesizing
Vocabulary
Education vocabulary · Academic words
Grammar for writing
Comparison & contrast language
Transitions for comparison & contrast · Adverb clauses of contrast
Critical thinking
Analyzing similarities and differences · Using a Venn diagram
Writing
Avoiding run-on sentences & comma splices · Comparison and contrast essays
Task type: Write a comparison and contrast essay
Task: Similarities and differences between studying a language and studying Mathematics
Unit 3
Medicine
Medical ethics · Economics
Reading
Key skill: Annotating a text
Understanding key vocabulary · Skimming
Reading for main ideas & detail · Identifying opinions · Scanning · Making inferences · Synthesizing
Vocabulary
Medical vocabulary · Academic vocabulary
Grammar for writing
Articles · Transitions to show concession
Critical thinking
Evaluating ideas
Writing
Sentence variety
Task type: Write an opinion essay
Task: Is disease prevention the responsibility of individuals or the government?
Unit 4
The Environment
Meteorology · Environment
Reading
Key skill: Identifying cohesive devices
Understanding key vocabulary · Skimming · Predicting content using visuals
Reading for main ideas & detail · Making inferences · Synthesizing
Vocabulary
Academic noun phrases · Natural disaster vocabulary
Grammar for writing
Expressing solutions using it
Critical thinking
Analyzing a case study · Evaluating arguments
Writing
Developing ideas · Parallel structure
Task type: Write a problem-solution essay
Task: Short- and long-term solutions to an environmental problem, considering costs
Unit 5
Architecture
Environmental planning · Building design
Reading
Key skill: Skimming a text
Understanding key vocabulary · Reading for detail · Summarizing
Understanding paraphrase · Making inferences · Synthesizing
Vocabulary
Academic word families · Architecture and planning vocabulary
Grammar for writing
Register in academic writing
Critical thinking
Creating a persuasive argument
Writing
Ordering information · Prioritizing arguments
Task type: Write a persuasive essay
Task: Which is more important when building or buying a home: its location or its size?
Unit 6
Energy
Energy development · Environment
Reading
Key skill: Working out meaning from context
Understanding key vocabulary · Predicting content using visuals
Reading for main ideas & detail · Making inferences · Synthesizing
Vocabulary
Energy collocations · Formal and informal academic verbs
Grammar for writing
Relative clauses
Critical thinking
Evaluating benefits and drawbacks · Organizing ideas for an essay
Writing
Introducing advantages and disadvantages · Coherence
Task type: Write an advantages and disadvantages essay
Task: Advantages and disadvantages of three types of renewable energy
Unit 7
Art and Design
Fine art · Photography
Reading
Key skill: Scanning to find information
Understanding key vocabulary · Predicting content using visuals
Reading for detail · Making inferences · Understanding paraphrase · Synthesizing
Vocabulary
Vocabulary for art and design
Grammar for writing
Paraphrasing quotations · Substitution · Ellipsis
Critical thinking
Understanding and evaluating analogies
Writing
Arguments, counter-arguments and refutations
Task type: Write an argumentative essay
Task: Is fashion, cooking, or video games fine art comparable to painting or sculpture?
Unit 8
Ageing
Economics · Social anthropology
Reading
Key skill: Identifying evidence in a text
Understanding key vocabulary · Using your knowledge
Reading for main ideas & detail · Working out meaning · Synthesizing
Vocabulary
Academic collocations with prepositions
Grammar for writing
Cause and effect · Language of prediction · The first conditional
Critical thinking
Drawing appropriate conclusions from graphical data
Writing
Numerical words and phrases · Interpreting graphs and charts
Task type: Write an analysis essay
Task: Describe population trends in Japan using graph data — suggest impact if 2050 projections are correct
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What students say
"The Academic Writing program completely changed how I approach essays. Before, I knew what I wanted to say but couldn't structure it properly. After going through the 8 units with EET, I can write clear arguments, use academic vocabulary naturally, and present my ideas with confidence. It made a huge difference for my university coursework."
Academic Writing Level 1 · Teenage English Level 1,2,3