https://at-ceu.studyguide.timeedit.net/modules/RSP5012?type=CORETo develop students' language skills and competence, especially academic writing skills, in order to enable students to:? 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 skills of producing relevant, coherent, cohesive and well-structured academic texts in writing; especially their own research paper? develop their skills of conducting their own empirical or theoretical small-scale research project and writing it up? 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.