eLearnAfrica
Writing and Editing: Structure and Organisation
University of Michigan
  • Start Date: 20 Dec, 2021
  • 4 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


Become a skilled architect of written communication, whether you’re putting together a major project or sending a text message.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
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Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.

Develop your writing skills to include impactful text layout and flow


This is the second course in the Good with Words: Writing and Editing series from Michigan University, and directly follows the Word Choice and Word Order course.


On this four-week course, you’ll learn the importance of text structure and organising your written words to deliver effective results.


Whether you’re a lawyer, student, or simply looking to hone your writing skills, this course will help you develop your style for any written communication, including legal.


Generate and organise content with text structure


Over the duration of this course, you’ll see how the structure you put into your writing can influence the message your work delivers.


By placing corresponding ideas in corresponding forms, you’ll learn to generate questions, ideas, and ultimately more high-quality content.


Create structures that maximise the impact of your writing


You’ll also learn to refine sentence flow, sentence structure, and paragraphing during your writing process, to maximise the impact of your finished work.


Through exploring text structures, you’ll master both showing and telling your readers what you want them to know. Importantly, you’ll also be able to balance these approaches well.


Be guided and supported as you learn more about the writing process


With the University of Michigan providing a solid academic structure and a specialist lead education, you’ll have all the guidance and support you need to grow your writing skills and reach your full potential.


This course is designed for anyone interested in exploring the writing process to develop their written communication skills. Lawyers and law students will find it especially valuable.


Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

University of Michigan

This university is part of the partnership between eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn.

This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.

You may be able to download course materials after enrolling in this course. If not, all of the necessary course materials provided by the course instructor will be available on the provider's course page.
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