The ability to write persuasively and appropriately in Academic English is fundamental to the successful completion of a degree in the humanities and social sciences. For students whose first language is not English, writing and interacting in academic English can be a great challenge. In addition to encountering a vast amount of new discipline-specific vocabulary, students may be grappling with culturally appropriate ways of structuring an argument. This course is designed to help students with first languages other than English engage with English academic sources and write accurately and persuasively for an academic audience. It introduces theoretical and practical aspects of English academic writing. Class discussions and activities will focus on skills such as how to sequence ideas and structure paragraphs into a coherent written argument, how to identify key and supporting ideas and how to identify elements of genres typical of the humanities and social sciences. Activities will develop academic reading strategies, writing skills (such as note making, annotation, planning, drafting, peer reviewing, revising, editing) and speaking and listening skills for discussions and presentations. Students will be encouraged to develop reading, writing, listening and speaking skills in their own areas of interest. This course is not appropriate for native speakers of English.