Advanced Academic Writing Course for International Students Belonging to “One Belt, One Road”
Keywords:
Academic writing; Silk road; Research productivity; Research quality; Critical thinking; Graduate writing, Academic writing; One belt, One Road; Research productivity; Research quality; Critical thinking; Graduate writingAbstract
China has attracted many international students in the past
five years through Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) to improve the
standard of higher education and research productivity. Most of the
students come from “One belt, One Road” countries to pursue master
and doctoral degrees. The School of International Education and
Graduate School at Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT),
China implemented Advanced Academic Writing Skills (AAWS) as a
mandatory course for non-native English-speaking students, belonging
to One Belt, One Road (OBOR), to enable them to improve and polish
their academic writing skills. The ultimate goal of this paper is to
critically investigate student‟s perception of the AAWS mandatory
course to improve their academic writing skills. Formative and
summative assessments and student perceptions were used to assess the
student satisfaction and knowledge. An evaluation index was
administered to collect student perceptions about the course. Students
reported a high degree of satisfaction with the course, indicating that the
course was well-designed and implemented. The results provided a
model to other universities to bring adjustments for the improvement of
the academic writing skills of young researchers, and comprehensively
improve the quality of research and publications worldwide.
https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.16.10.7
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