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MELE: Academic Skills eCourse

Section outline

In Unit 1 you will learn to:

Understand what academic writing is.

Engage in academic legal writing.

Make sense of a given research question.

Develop your own research question.

Plan and structure an essay/a thesis/a journal article effectively, including time management.

Prioritise content according to its relevance for the research question.

Produce writings with appropriate legal content and reasoning.

Use both legal and general academic language appropriately and effectively in written work.

Understand the significance of authentic legal text (particularly regarding diverting translations).

Be aware of and give sufficient attention to correct translations of legal terminology.

Videos included in this Unit (for a brief description of the content of each video, click on the individual titles):
- Select activity Characteristics of Academic Writing with Prof. Dr. Thomas Giegerich (Basic)
  
  Characteristics of Academic Writing with Prof. Dr. Thomas Giegerich (Basic) Assignment
  
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- Select activity Choosing a Research Area with Prof. Dr. Thomas Giegerich (Intermediate)
  
  Choosing a Research Area with Prof. Dr. Thomas Giegerich (Intermediate) Assignment
  
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- Select activity Different Types of Academic Writing with Associate Professor María del Mar Martín Aragón (Basic)
  
  Different Types of Academic Writing with Associate Professor María del Mar Martín Aragón (Basic) Assignment
  
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- Select activity Preliminary Readings with Assistant Professor Fuensanta Rabadán Sánchez-Lafuente (Basic)
  
  Preliminary Readings with Assistant Professor Fuensanta Rabadán Sánchez-Lafuente (Basic) Assignment
  
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- Select activity How to find Research Problems with Associate Professor Antonio Álvarez del Cuvillo (Basic)
  
  How to find Research Problems with Associate Professor Antonio Álvarez del Cuvillo (Basic) Assignment
  
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- Select activity Brainstorming Questions with Associate Professor Antonio Álvarez del Cuvillo (Basic)
  
  Brainstorming Questions with Associate Professor Antonio Álvarez del Cuvillo (Basic) Assignment
  
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- Select activity Defining Borders with Research Associate Afolabi Adekemi (Intermediate)
  
  Defining Borders with Research Associate Afolabi Adekemi (Intermediate) Assignment
  
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- Select activity Defining the Methodology with Associate Professor Aleksandar Mojašević (Advanced)
  
  Defining the Methodology with Associate Professor Aleksandar Mojašević (Advanced) Assignment
  
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- Select activity Structuring your Work I (Creating a General Index) with Research Associate Karoline Dolgowski (Basic)
  
  Structuring your Work I (Creating a General Index) with Research Associate Karoline Dolgowski (Basic) Assignment
  
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- Select activity Structuring your Work II (Coherence of the Discourse and Order of Ideas) with Research Associate Karoline Dolgowski (Advanced)
  
  Structuring your Work II (Coherence of the Discourse and Order of Ideas) with Research Associate Karoline Dolgowski (Advanced) Assignment
  
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- Select activity Academic language: Formalities and Style with Research Associate Bianca Böhme (Basic)
  
  Academic language: Formalities and Style with Research Associate Bianca Böhme (Basic) Assignment
  
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- Select activity Time Management Tools with Research Associate Bianca Böhme (Basic)
  
  Time Management Tools with Research Associate Bianca Böhme (Basic) Assignment
  
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- Select activity Writing a Research Project with Teaching Assistant Marija Vlajkovic (Basic)
  
  Writing a Research Project with Teaching Assistant Marija Vlajkovic (Basic) Assignment
  
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- Select activity Overcoming Writer's Block with Teaching Assistant Marija Vlajkovic (Advanced)
  
  Overcoming Writer's Block with Teaching Assistant Marija Vlajkovic (Advanced) Assignment
  
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