RCI-17314 · Academic Writing

Academic Writing — Senior Teen Foundation Confidence Sprint · 1-to-1

Write clearly and formally for study, assignments and research contexts. This version is designed for ages 16–18 at foundation level through personalised individual tuition.

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What you should be able to do

  • Develop secure formal style with clear guided foundations.
  • Develop increasingly independent structure with clear guided foundations.
  • Develop applied evidence integration with clear guided foundations.
  • Develop confident academic editing with clear guided foundations.
  • Apply Academic Writing skills through short focused progress appropriate to ages 16–18.
  • Reflect on progress, explain strategies used and identify a clear next step.

Course journey

Unit 1 · Academic VoiceFocus: formal style

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 16–18.

Unit 2 · Structure the ResponseFocus: structure

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 16–18.

Unit 3 · Use EvidenceFocus: evidence integration

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 16–18.

Unit 4 · Edit for PrecisionFocus: academic editing

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 16–18.

How learning is evidenced

Practice evidence

Short activities, reading responses, writing tasks, discussion or applied practice depending on the pathway.

Completion task

A final age- and level-appropriate task demonstrating the key course outcomes. Successful completion can generate an RCI certificate of completion; it is not presented as a regulated qualification.

Who this pathway is for

This pathway is designed for Senior Teen learners (ages 16–18) who want to develop formal style, structure, evidence integration, academic editing at Foundation level.

Progression

After completion, learners can move into a higher-level pathway within Academic Writing, apply the skill in another literacy domain, join a Reading Ambassador pathway, or continue through the Reading Passport and Literacy App.

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