https://at-ceu.studyguide.timeedit.net/modules/RSP5010?type=CORETo develop students' language skills and competence, especially academic writing skills to enable them to:? develop their reading skills, as well as critical thinking in order to handle a range of academic text types: e.g. surveys, reports, journal articles, commentaries etc.? actively use an extensive academic vocabulary (learnt in other classes) related to e.g., their own topics of interest, a range of topics related to social sciences, to planning, implementing and documenting research projects, surveys, studies;? develop their writing skills in a variety of genres (e.g. paragraphs, summaries, CVs, cover letters, essays etc.)? develop their skills of producing relevant, coherent, cohesive and well-structured academic texts in writing;? develop their skills of process writing (e.g., collecting information, writing outlines, drafts and final versions)? develop their skills of avoiding plagiarism by paraphrasing ideas, using their own words? develop their library skills (e.g., searching and finding relevant sources both offline and online)? develop their study skills in order to motivate them to become autonomous learners.