ELI Writing Classes
For more information on ELI writing courses, visit the ELI website.
For consultation to discuss which ELI courses are right for you, email: ELIAdvising@umich.edu
- ELI 521 - Writing for Academic Purposes I
Learn and practice the organizational patterns and strategies required when writing a cohesive and coherent academic paper. Write short papers over the semester, each highlighting one key element of a longer academic paper: e.g., introductions, extended definitions, process descriptions, and data analyses and commentaries.
- ELI 522: Research Paper Writing
Focus on the skills needed to write your own research papers or Master’s Theses. Learn to formulate a hypothesis, synthesize material from written sources, organize ideas, and develop arguments.
- ELI 620: Dissertation Writing and Writing for Publication I
The focus of this course is on the academic genres that PhD students are expected to produce which, depending on student interest, may include papers for publication conference abstracts and manuscript reviews.
- ELI 621: Dissertation Writing and Writing for Publication II
The focus of this course is on the academic genres that PhD students are expected to produce which, depending on student interest, may include papers for publication, book reviews, dissertation proposals, dissertation acknowledgements and texts needed for the job market.
ELI Writing Clinic
- Graduate Writing Clinic for International StudentsThe Graduate Student Writing Clinic, which is free, offers discussion, diagnosis, and guided self-help with writing for students whose first language is not English. The writing lab is organized with the idea of encouraging critical independence in written English tasks, and approaches these tasks with the idea that learning writing skills is a long-term process.
English Learning Links
- Language and Learning OnlineAcademic English language self-study website, hosted by Monash University in Australia, with vast breadth and depth in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and grammar. The challenge may be in deciding where to start. If you’d like an overview of everything offered, the site map may be helpful. The site is indexed not just by skill area. If you check out one of the guides on the left frame of the page, you can find resources organized by academic discipline (e.g. Medicine or Sociology) and by level (e.g. undergraduate or PhD).
- Using English for Academic PurposesAndy Gillett’s UEFAP site, Using English for Academic Purposes, supported by BALEAP (the British Association of Lecturers in EAP) offers a deep set of resources for academic communication in all skill areas. The best segments of the site offer an introduction, strategic advice and practice exercises, and sample phrases for very specific communicative purposes. The advice given is solid, well-researched, and clearly explained.
- English Online FranceL’Université de Franche-Comté in Besançon, France has a prominent “Applied Linguistics” program. Part of the way this program shares its expertise on language learning with the world is to host “English Online France”, a website with dozens of free interactive games, exercises, and tips for learning English independently. Most of the instructions and menus are in English, which enables advanced English learners from any language background to use the site.
- Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)Purdue University offers one of the oldest Online Writing Labs where users can find dozens of tips for different kinds of writing, sample formats for academic and professional genres of writing, lots of detail on how to use various citation styles, and more recently, instructional videos on the Purdue OWL YouTube channel.