Textual Skills (2 cr)

Objective

On completion of the course, the student is familiar with the requirements and key features of factual texts. The student is able to write texts based on other texts in their field of study. The student is able to follow the main conventions of written language in their writing. The student is able to use model texts, various grammar resources and technical glossaries in their writing. The student understands the types of textual skills required in higher education studies, and they are able to evaluate their own strengths and areas of improvements in writing factual texts.

Content

- factual texts and formal writing style
- structures of written language and grammatical correctness
- basics of summarizing
- planning, structuring and constructing a text
- coherence of a text
- text genres in higher education
- grammar resources and glossaries of technical terms
- evaluating one’s skills in writing

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The course is assessed on a scale pass/fail. In order for the student to pass the course, their writing must develop sufficiently in several textual aspects.