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Writing Made Easy
Course details
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Jan 2018Apr 2018Jul 2018Oct 2018
- 20 hours per module in your own time
- Part-time
- Fee Free
- Hamilton City Campus
Summary
Students in this programme will learn to write better assignments, essays and reports. Each module takes approximately 20 hours to complete and includes quizzes and self-tests.
Free to New Zealand citizens and permanent residents aged 16 years and over.
Each module takes approximately 20 hours to complete, and includes quizzes and self tests as you learn.
What you'll learn
Grammar online
This module will help you to understand basic grammar, punctuation, simple sentence structure and commonly confused words.
Students will learn:
- Using capitals
- Contractions
- Full stops, question marks and exclamation marks
- Nouns, proper nouns and pronouns
- Basic sentence structure
- Direct speech
- Commonly confused words
- Verbs
- Abbreviations
- Plurals
- Commas
- Agreement of subject and verb
Writing online
Following on from Grammar Online, this module will explain how to make writing clear, concise and considerate.
Content:
- Word groups and sentence structure (the basics)
- Spelling, punctuation and editing
- Grammar errors
- Style
- Writing for the reader
- Review tests
Report writing online
This module will help students to understand the rules for writing reports.
Content:
- Writing and sourcing factual information for findings
- Writing conclusions consistent with the evidence presented
- Writing recommendations
- Report format
- Language of reports
- Proofreading
- Review tests
Events
Disclaimers
Entry criteria
Writing Made Easy modules are open to New Zealand citizens and permanent residents aged 16 years and over.
Pathways
Your first day
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Course guide
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Course guide (prospectus)
Postgraduate health and social practice course guide (prospectus)
Course guide (prospectus)
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Postgraduate health course guide (prospectus)
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Just click here to view the PDF (you can then save it to your computer).
Email me a link
Want a link to the digital copy delivered fresh to your email inbox (or your friend's inbox)? No worries, leave your details below. Your email should arrive in the next few minutes!Post me a copy
Would you like a copy of the course guide (prospectus) delivered to your letterbox? Sometimes it's just nice to have a hard copy to write on, highlight, or show your family. We get that! Fill in the form below and we'll post your course guide (prospectus) off to you in the next few days.
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