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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Writing your World: Finding yourself in the academic space by University of Cape Town

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About the Course

Throughout the world, writing serves to express, record, and even create meaningful moments. In academic spaces, writing becomes the bridge between ourselves and the world of ideas. In this course, we provide practical insights into how to write an academic essay. We show you how to develop the academic skills needed to be a competent academic writer. You will have an opportunity to engage with texts written by academics, and to see how some of the ideas in these texts are used by students in constructing an academic essay. We address some of the challenges these students face with respect to academic writing and offer you the opportunity to practice and to develop your own writing style. For this course, we centre our lessons around a specific topic - the concept of identity, since it forms such an important feature of how we locate ourselves in an ever-changing global world. In other words, this course teaches academic writing skills through getting you to write and reflect on your understanding of identity. So if you are thinking about studying at a tertiary institution, or if you just want to brush up on your academic essay writing skills, this course is for you!...

Top reviews

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Oct 31, 2020

I'm very greatful to finish this course and I would like to thank Coursera for giving me an opportunity to enroll .I would like to thank the lectures and professors from the University of Cape Town.

QA

May 6, 2022

I think this course is good and interesting, especially for someone who wants to improve academic writing skills and do not know how to do it. Then, it is also suitable for beginner writer.

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By alpha A

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May 11, 2020

i throughoutly enjoyed this course... thank you to everyone who made it possible

By Sonwabo M

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Jun 30, 2021

well explaining lectures and they have thought me an effective reading skills.

By Tumelo T

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Jun 8, 2021

This course has really helped me to improve my academic essay writing skills.

By Sholo P

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May 21, 2020

Greatly put together and well presented. Very happy with it. Relevant for me.

By Shraddha R

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Aug 5, 2020

This course gave me an insight on how to go about writing an Academic Essay.

By Brandon M

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Jul 14, 2019

It's a real life saver that's sure to ramp up prospects of employment

By Flora G

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Jul 18, 2020

A very in detail course upon how to write an academic essay.

By Kamala K D

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Jan 2, 2023

A Great Course. Fantastic learning experience.

By Motwani R

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Aug 5, 2020

Best course for learning how to draft an essay

By Siyamthanda D

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Apr 29, 2018

It is helpful but it is long and boring.

By Udaya B

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Oct 29, 2020

Nice Course for the beginners.

By naitakli g

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May 14, 2024

I didn't get my certificat

By Sibahle

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Apr 27, 2020

The course was insightful.

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Apr 29, 2018

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By Eb S

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Aug 9, 2024

Great course

By Gladys M

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Aug 5, 2020

Excellent

By Gladys

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Dec 18, 2019

very good

By ASWATHY R 2

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Nov 9, 2022

AMAZING

By Krishnanunni J

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Nov 9, 2022

HELPFUL

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Feb 25, 2018

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By Or K K

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Jun 13, 2023

Good.

By nassim h

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May 12, 2024

Nuce

By Sourav K

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Apr 9, 2022

good

By MD. R A

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May 26, 2019

5*

By Nadia O

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Jun 3, 2020

It was a great experience to learn the right way to write an academic essay. A concert example of identity was the topic to respect in our writings.

And now, after almost four weeks of practice and learning, I can see the huge difference in my English writing and even reading phases.

Thank you really.