No3 September 2015 Teaching Academic Writing to Undergraduate Saudi students Al-Mansour Academic writing lays considerable stress on avoiding awkward run-on sentences. It was discovered during class instructions that Saudi students were prone to translate word by word in the Arabic structural form into their English translation. dissertation writing at the doctoral level, several researchers have noted the lack of research on academic writing at the master's level. For example, Lavelle and Bushrow (2007) point out that "little is known about what graduate students think about writing or about what they do when faced with academic writing tasks" (p816). and thus to promote students' academic writing competence. Keywords: process writing, self-directed learning, language learning environments, common writing problems. 1. Background This case study offers some insights into teaching an interdisciplinary academic writing course aimed at promoting process writing. In addition to the description 1. 22 Teaching Academic Writing Probably the most commonly labelled text type is the essay. Most students will have been taught a basic essay outline - introduction, body and conclusion - at school. This linear structure represents a particular preference of Anglo-American academic writing (Reid, 1984) that Specificity Out of Writing 26 ADVANCED LEVEL WRITING: The Capitalist System is the Best Economic System: Everyone Knows That. Addressing Underlying Assumptions 27-28 ADVANCED LEVEL WRITING: Mix Them Up: Teaching Sentence Variety 29 ADVANCED LEVEL WRITING: No, Wikipedia is not an Academic Source: Teaching Appropriate Research Written by experienced teachers of writing, language and linguistics, Teaching Academic Writing will be of interest to anyone involved in teaching academic writing in higher education. Caroline Coffin, Mary Jane Curry, Sharon Goodman, Ann Hewings, Theresa M. Lillis and Joan Swann are all based at the Centre for Language and ACADEMIC WRITING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS Week 6: Data Commentary Week 7: Writing summaries and paraphrases Week 8: Writing Critiques Week 9: Constructing a research paper 1 Week 10: Constructing a research paper 1 Week 11: Consolidation 3 fBibliographies Bailey, S. (2011). Academic Writing - A Handbook for International Students (3rd ed.). ACADEMIC WRITING GUIDE FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AUTHOR PROFILE 7 AUTHOR PROFILE Mqondisi Bhebhe is an academic, a Management graduate and publishing author in various disciplines, but with more emphasis on Academic Writing skills and Business/Economics areas. He has been, and is still, teaching at tertiary level and enjoys sharing knowledge and Part 4: Writing Models offers examples of the types of writing that students commonly need, including letters and survey reports as well as essays. There is also a Writing Tests section for checking progress. The four parts are divided into sixty-one short units which teach practical writing skills and revise common difficulties. The Harvard Writing Project publishes resource guides for faculty and teaching fellows that help them integrate writing into their courses more effectively—for example, by providing ideas about effective assignment design and strategies for responding to student writing. A list of current HWP publications for faculty and teaching fellows is