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As part of academic studies and enhancing the writing skills of essay type answers, I felt fortunate to actively participate in Advanced Academic Writing Certificate Course for Students in English Studies

I secured 78% in this Certificate course.

About this course:

The Course was offered by Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University. University students in English studies may have difficulties writing a successful literary argument, particularly students writing in English as a second/foreign language. These difficulties may be related to:

• English language competence;

• lack of understanding of the requirements of writing a literary argument, for instance, connecting the portrayal of characters in the literary work being analyzed with the main argument, analyzing the literary text from critical literary theories, evaluating characters’ behaviors and the qualities of the literary work being analyzed, developing a personal response to the text, supporting the argument being made with quotation from other critics and from original text, etc.;

• Lack of understanding of the context in which the literary work was written and the intention of the writer;

• Lack of exposure to the ways a literary argument is logically organized, for example, how to write an introduction, the body and the conclusion of academic essay or paper;

• Making appropriate linguistic choices.

Therefore, to address these difficulties, the department of English- MKBU- has designed an online module of “Advanced Academic Writing for Students in English Studies”. This module raises students’ awareness of the requirements of writing a literary argument. It teaches students the languages they need to write a successful academic essay or paper. Specifically, it scaffolds students into the language they need to interpret the portrayal of characters from critical literary theories, to evaluate the qualities of the literary works being analyzed, to evaluate the behaviors of characters in the work being analyzed and to develop a personal response to the literary text. It shows students how to logically organize their arguments in academic essays or papers. More importantly, it makes students practice writing academic essays or papers at lot. In this regard, the module comprises the following units:

• Writing a response to a literary text (requirements)

• Academic style and language

• Important features of a response to a literary text

• Writing an academic essay as a response to a literary text

• Writing a research paper as a response to a literary text

• Exercises

Here is my certificate 👇