Advanced Writing Skills
Short Course through Multimedia Distance Learning
This course is available to all those who have successfully completed the short course, “Professional English Skills”, or the team-based “Essential Professional English” course, achieving a mark of 60% or higher. “Advanced writing skills” gives you the opportunity to apply yourself in attaining higher levels of skill in accurate and correct writing. It is based on hands-on development, relying on the interaction between lecturer and student.
The assignments undertaken are similar to those in the “Professional English Skills” course, but the advanced course is further personalised, and a higher level of mastery is expected. Aspects of style and tone can also be more closely addressed. There are four compulsory assignments:
Assignment 1 involves carefully criticising a few pages of the your own writing, after the lecturer has provided some guidelines relating to the writing.
Assignment 2 requires accurately editing the complex writing of another (provided by the lecturer).
Assignment 3 entails critically analysing extracts from a book on effective writing and grammar/usage.
Assignment 4 involves accurately using a selection of useful words.
To pass the course, you must successfully complete the above four assignments and a practical examination assignment. Success will earn you a certificate affirming that you have successfully completed the MDL short course in “Advanced Writing Skills” through Cranefield College, and, should you achieve a distinction, this will be clearly so indicated.
The course is available to any person in any country. You may register online at any time. The step-by-step study guide is sent to you online (as PDF). You may start your hands-on training upon payment of the full tuition fee. The general international fee is £275.00. In line with the vision and mission of Cranefield College, in order to support the development of Africa, persons based in Africa may pay the lower fee of R2450.00. The course should take around three months to complete.