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Applies to Academic Writing in English for Non-Native Speakers, Academic Writing in English for Native Speakers.

Date: during class-time in week of 09ÌýDecember 2019

Duration: 90 minutes

Prepared and written under examination conditions.

Number of words required:

• Academic Writing in English for Non-Native Speakers: minimum 500 words
• Academic Writing in English forÌýNative Speakers: minimum 700 words

Students are given two broad, academic topics one week prior to the assessment task (e.g. ‘Universal Basic Income’, ‘Artificial Intelligence’), and a selection of resources on Moodle relating to each topic. Students should then research one or both topics and build up ideas, including related vocabulary. In the final class of Term 1 students complete the Progress Test under examination conditions by choosing one of six possible essay questions relating to the research topics (the questions may relate to one of the essay frameworks covered in Term 1: cause and effect; situation, problem, solution and evaluation; discursive). Students have 90 minutes to plan and write the essay, and are not permitted to use dictionaries, or to refer to any notes.Ìý