Writing Effective Course Assignments: A Guide to Non-Degree and Undergraduate Students

by Elia Shabani Mligo

Overview

Non-degree and undergraduate students are both inexperienced essay writers who need close guidance to become effective writers. One of the puzzles which they encounter at the college and university after reporting for studies is the course assignments offered to them by their lecturers, which demand them to be critical thinkers and argumentative essay writers. In most colleges and universities, lecturers provide to students broad questions to answer in the form of essays, either in group or individual assignments. How should they turn the broad assignment questions provided to them by their lecturers into specific researchable topics for essays? How should they handle literature in order to obtain valuable information to answer the provided question? How should they construct an informed and convincing argument using the collected information as evidence? This book concerns these and other related questions. With its clear illustrations, the book is designed to be a self-study guide and to offer solutions to many struggling students in colleges and universities. At the same time, the book can be helpful for lecturers to instruct their students how to write effective course assignments in their respective courses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498241328
Publisher:	Resource Publications
Publication date:	05/11/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	168
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Elia Shabani Mligo (PhD, University of Oslo, Norway) is Senior Lecturer at Tumaini University Makumira, Mbeya Center-Tanzania. He has authored many books and articles on contextual theology and research. His books include Jesus and the Stigmatized (2011), Writing Academic Papers (2012), Doing Effective Fieldwork (2013), Elements of African Traditional Religion (2013), Symbolic Interactionism in the Gospel according to John (2014), He descended into Hell (2015), and Introduction to Research Methods and Report Writing (2016).
Elia Shabani Mligo (PhD, University of Oslo, Norway) is Senior Lecturer in Research, Philosophy, and Religious Studies at Tumaini University Makumira, Mbeya Center in Tanzania. He is the author of many books and articles on contextual theology and research. Some of his books include Jesus and the Stigmatized (2011), Writing Academic Papers (2012), Doing Effective Fieldwork (2013), Elements of African Traditional Religion (2013), Symbolic Interactionism in the Gospel According to John (2014), and He Descended into Hell (2015).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

1 Introduction 1

2 Writing Your Assignment 6

3 Documenting Sources in Your Assignment 47

4 Using Sources in Writing Your Assignment 79

5 Organizing Ideas in Your Assignment 94

6 Constructing Informed Argument 110

7 Conclusion 152

Bibliography 155