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Online Course

Academic and Business Writing

University of California, Berkeley via edX

Found in Academic Writing Courses, Grammar & Writing Courses

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Provider edX
Cost Free Online Course (Audit)
Session Self Paced
Language English
Certificate $49 Certificate Available
Effort 3-5 hours a week
Start Date
Duration 6 weeks long
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Overview

College Writing 2.2x providesan introduction to academic and business writing for English Language Learners. In this course, students focus on understanding the demands of different styles of writing, andwork to improve grammatical correctness, vocabulary development, and revision and editing skills. The five-week course includes material on vocabulary, tone, diction, and editing, all in the areas of academic and business writing. Students will have the opportunity to write on a number of different topics and ideas, always centered on areas of interest to them. The course materials are offered through readings and videos. Assignments include short writing assignments, quizzes, journal entries, and longer essays.

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Maggie Sokolik

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Maboroshi M

by Maboroshi completed this course, spending 1 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.

Some informative English language knowledge is provided. I cherish the peer assignment in which fellows rate on my writing. That's the most rewarding thing in this course.

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