Writing Skills Online

Academic writing

Help with the process of producing well structured academic writing.

• Essay Writing: The process

• Academic Writing Tips

• APA Referencing

• JCU Library Guides to Referencing (all styles)

• Summarising, Paraphrasing & Avoiding Plagiarism [PDF]

• Editing Your Writing [PDF]

• A visual guide to essay writing: How to develop and communicate academic argument [PDF, 2.6MB booklet – also available from Bookshop for $10]

First year writing podcasts and presentations

Discipline specific writing tips from lecturers and postgraduate students.

• Law: mp3 | PPT with audio

• Community Welfare & Social Work: mp3

• Sociology: mp3

• Nursing: PDF | PPT(09)

• Business: mp3 | PDF

• Psychology: PDF

• FAESS Writing: PDF

• History/Politics: PPT(09)

• Science: PDF

Types of academic writing

Discipline-specific samples and guidelines for critical essays, literature reviews, annotated bibliographies, practical reports, scientific reports, research proposals and more.

• Model Assignments: Samples and Guidelines

Grammar and writing

Web sites that provide practice to help you improve your grammar and writing.

• Guide to grammar and writing

• Activities for ESL students

• Academic vocabulary

• Uni Learning

Writing Skills Workshop Notes

Download these workshop notes (pdf files) on the following topics:

• Introduction to Academic Writing

• Beginning and Ending Your Essay

• Writing Effective Paragraphs

• Maintaining Unity and Coherence

• Summarising and Paraphrasing

• Structuring Your Essay

• Writing Effective Sentences

• Structuring Your Sentences

• Sentence Types

• Correct Punctuation and Word Usage