This course aims to help students strengthen the skills required to read and write in academic contexts. In terms of reading, besides enhancing students’ skimming and scanning skills, the course focuses on develop students’ abilities to critically analyze arguments in written text and incorporate insights gained from the text into their own writing. In terms of writing, this course introduces students to different essay genres and helps them approach writing as a critical thinking and recursive process. Students will be instructed in writing different academic essay genres with a focus on analyzing and developing arguments.