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Academic Writing | Drafting Your Paper & Essay Writing Techniques (II)
19 outubro 2026, 10:00 • Ana Rita Martins
Academic Writing | Drafting Your Paper & Essay Writing Techniques (II)
- Key Characteristics of Essay Writing
- Basic Structure
- Paragraph Writing: 3 parts of paragraph writing
Writing technique 3
19 outubro 2026, 10:00 • John Richard Walker
Complex sentence construction: active practice
Writing technique 2
15 outubro 2026, 10:00 • John Richard Walker
Complex sentence construction: nou clauses, adjectival clauses, adverbial clauses, participle clauses, prepositional-participle clauses
TED Lesson: “The Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
14 outubro 2026, 10:00 • Ana Rita Martins
TED Lesson: “The Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Answering Discussion Questions
- Storytelling, Power & Privilege
- What is academic writing?
- What characteristics define academic writing
- Elements of academic writing
- Choose a real-world example where a single story has dominated the narrative (e.g., media portrayal of a conflict, a country, or a group of people).
- Write a paragraph of c. 100 words in which you critically analyze how this single story is perpetuated and the consequences it has on public perception, policy-making, or individual lives.
- Upload your text onto Moodle [See: “TED Lesson”>”Critical Analysis Paragraphs: Discussion forum”].
In-Class discussion: “Did Disney shape how you see the world?” (BBC News)
12 outubro 2026, 10:00 • Ana Rita Martins