YUSUPOVA L. PROPAEDEUTIC COURSE IN ACADEMIC WRITING FOR THE STUDENT RESEARCH COMMUNITY. LIFELONG EDUCATION: The 21st Century.
2022. № 3 (39). DOI: 10.15393/j5.art.2022.7849

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PROPAEDEUTIC COURSE IN ACADEMIC WRITING FOR THE STUDENT RESEARCH COMMUNITY

YUSUPOVA Liliya N.
Senior Lecturer of the Chair of Foreign Languages in Humanities
Petrozavodsk State University
(Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation)
english.tutor.lnyusupova@gmail.com

Keywords:
propaedeutic course
academic writing
academic writing course
writing across the curriculum.

Abstract: mastering academic writing competencies is essential for university students who are looking forward to science as a part of their career path. However, not all universities in Russia, especially regional ones, have an academic writing course in their curricula to meet this educational need. The aim of the article is to highlight the relevance of the propaedeutic elective course «Academic Writing» for the students of the Student Scientific Society. The methodological basis of the study is the interdisciplinary model of teaching academic writing with a help of bilingual, activity-based, practice-and product-oriented approaches. The main research methods are the scientific literature analysis of Russian scientists on the problem and diagnostic methods (interviews, surveys). The blendedlearning combining offline and online training on Zoom platform and Google Class resources was tested among the students of the Student Scientific Society from different institutes of Petrozavodsk State University during the pilot elective course in the school year of 2021–2022. The course was created by the tutors of the PetrSU Academic Writing Centre. According to the course results nine students completed the course successfully, and five published articles and papers in journals. Further research can be devoted to finding new pedagogical methods and techniques as well as effective ways of the course organisation to engage more students in mastering academic writing competences as an important part of lifelong learning.

Paper submitted on: 07/14/2022; Accepted on: 09/06/2022; Published online on: 09/26/2022.

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