XENX024 E-Learning Module: Grammar for Writing (2 cr)

Course description

This online course provides opportunities to revise and practice those areas of English grammar that students frequently struggle with in academic writing. Through independent work, the course introduces different areas of grammar as well as strategies and tools for learning and checking grammar in academic writing.

Main content

• Developing strategies for learning and practicing grammar.
• Identifying own individual needs and practicing those areas of grammar that students frequently struggle with in academic writing.
• Practicing the use of tools and other resources that assist with grammar in academic writing.

On completion of the course, the student is expected to

• be able to reflect on their own language skills and develop strategies for learning grammar
• be able to better understand the use and function of those areas of English grammar that students frequently struggle with in academic writing
• be able to use tools for grammar in academic writing

Proficiency level: B2-C1

The course material and assignments are in the course workspace in Moodle. It is recommended that the modules are completed within one semester (autumn semester = September-December; spring semester = January-May). There are several deadlines per semester, before which you can submit your assignments – all at once – for assessment. The teacher will start reading finished modules after the deadline, and after that it will take one or two weeks for you to get the feedback and for the course credits to show in Sisu.