You have just started on a course and have been informed that there is a term paper/ essay due in the middle/ end of the course. You have never written one or do not know where to start. Do not worry. You have come to the right place. I am Vicknaeshwari Marimuther, an online educator. I have taught at universities in the United Kingdoms and Singapore. My teaching approach is interactive, collaborative, and inclusive with the aim of a wider outreach where more students feel empowered in their learning journeys.

What will you be able to do after this course?

This course empowers you to know how to:

• choose a topic or work with an assigned one,

• look for information for the topic,

• manage your time to meet deadlines,

• address different types of questions e.g., analyze, evaluate, summarize, explain, and describe,

• reference adequately,

• check for spelling and grammatical errors, and

• formulate the paper.

At the end of the course, you will:

• feel confident in your writing skills,

• get in the habit of practicing the approaches mentioned in the lectures, and

• improve your critical thinking skills as you consider different approaches and formulate your paper to include several perspectives while considering past and present phenomenon on your paper’s topic.

What tools will you get?

• tips on time management,

• demos on getting online planners and how to search for free referencing software

• demo of referencing style

• examples of using the 5W1H approach to formulate answers to different types of questions

• comparisons of responses to topics with different question types (e.g., evaluate and summarize, analyze and describe)

• demo on answers to other question types

In conclusion, this course will teach you what matters in answering different questions types. You will get in the habit of practicing the 5W1H approach when answering questions for your paper. You will get in the habit of planning your schedule and organizing information so you will be submitting your paper on time. You will learn how to reference correctly, spell check, and proof read your work before submission.