TANAH JAMBU, DEFENCE ACADEMY, Monday, 13 December 2021 – Leadership and Management Centre, Defence Academy Royal Brunei Armed Forces (LMC DA RBAF) held the Second Online Research Essay Writing Skills Workshop today. The workshop will be conducted for 4 days from 13 to 16 December 2021. The main purpose of this workshop is to equip participants of the upcoming Intermediate Staff Course 21/2022 with basic knowledge of essay writing. Apart from that, this workshop is also opened to any junior officers who are interested.
The first day of the workshop was attended virtually by 20 RBAF Officers from the different units. The day started off with an Introduction to Essay Writing by Lieutenant Commander Mohammad Khairul Anuar bin Abdullah, Directing Staff 2 LMC DA RBAF. This was followed by a lesson on Critical Thinking by Major Lizawati binti Haji Suhaili, Academic Advisor 2 DA RBAF. The workshop had the honour of having Yang Mulia Major General (U) Dato Seri Pahlawan Haji Hamzah bin Haji Sahat, Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces, joining in on the discussion session at the end of the first day. Also present during the discussion session was Colonel (U) Abdul Rahman bin Hj Durahman, Chief of Staff of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces.
The next three days will focus on more technical essay writing topics such as Research Skills, Writing an Introduction and Conclusion, Paragraph Construction, Paraphrasing, Plagiarism and many more.
