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Title: Academic writing 1 The writing process

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Academic writing (1)The writing process
Keele UniversityInternational Postgraduate
Students Induction

• Dr Stephen Bostock FSEDA

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Summary

• Techniques used in writing
• Writing like a process
• Prewriting studying and speaking
• Planning
• Revising reviewing
• Editing

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Academic writing

• Writing is a valuable part of great importance and academic
  work, including assessed work.
• The merchandise of other study pursuits like
  research, note-making, reflection, setting goals.
• There are various purposes and kinds of writing
  but
• All academic writing shares some features and
  writing processes.

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Your personal writing process3

• There’s no blueprint that actually works for everybody,
  each time.
• The diver author
• The patchwork author
• The grand plan author
• The architect author (Creme Lea, p.78)

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How can you write?

• How can you typically organize your writing? Do
  you utilize something similar to certainly one of individuals methods?
• Describe it now, on paper.
• What is your opinion would be the advantages and
  disadvantages of the method?
• Write two lists now.

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Practice writing in British

• Write independently inside a learning journal
• To record information
• To notice ideas you could use later
• To Complete lists
• Write in sentences to
• Express glare on stuff you learn and just how
  you can apply them
• Practice sentences you are able to improve later
• Build a feeling of yourself like a author.

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The writing process a modelbased on Coffin,
chapter 22

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1. Prewriting1

• To locate something to create about
• Understand, generate ideas
• Research, read, discuss
• Methods
• Brainstorming
• Freewriting
• Personal journal writing

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The educational essayResearch the subject

• Browse the right
• Books
• Periodicals
• Internet

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Writing isn’t isolated
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Freewriting now
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2. Planning

• To explain, focus, organize
• Methods include
• List
• Graphic organizers mind map, clustering
• Outline view (essay plan).

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Cluster diagram4
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Mind maps
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Outline
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3. and 4. Drafting and revision

• Whatever your process, good writing takes
• Time
• Work
• Revisions.
• Revisions can be created around the word processor
  screen or in writing.
• Leave here we are at revisions.

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Revision example
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Aspects of writing

• Summarize
• Paraphrase
• Synthesize
• Evaluate
• Evaluate

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Summarize
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Paraphrase
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Synthesize
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Evaluate
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Evaluate
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Paraphrase or summary?

• Paraphrase To convey this is in other
  words
• Summary or Abstract That contains the main
  points or sum or substance of the matter with
  implication of brevity(Shorter Oxford British
  Dictionary)

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Exercise an overview

• Browse the text provided and write a listing of
  under 100 words.
• Don’t include the original sentences or
  phrases.

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5. Peer review

• Peer review is a valuable part of professional
  academic existence.
• Anonymous peer comments are essential for journal
  publication and a few books.
• Review by critical buddies is typical.

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Offer the revision

• Swap bits of writing in pairs.
• Write around the review form to provide useful advice
  towards the author on their own summary.
• Hands back the writing using the review form.

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In your words 3

• Levels are awarded to individual students for
  demonstrating their very own understanding of the subject,
  not only re-using existing understanding.
• But you have to read what government bodies think and
  compare your views with buddies and colleagues.
• Make use of a critical friend. Be considered a critical friend.
• Then write in your words but citing in which you
  use someone’s ideas and quoting if you use
  someone’s words.

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Revise your summary

• Browse the review form.
• Be aware of their comments and address each one of these.
• Rewrite your summary on the new sheet
• Incorperate your name at the very top and hands it in in the
  finish from the session.

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Tomorrow

• We’ll give general feedback.
• You’ll write an expression in your summary and
  way of writing.

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6. Editing

• Editing, proofreading polishing will be to correct
  the top options that come with the written text.
• Appearance
• Formatting, fonts, footnotes, footers
• Linguistic precision
• Spelling, punctuation
• Sources, references, acknowledgements
• Citations correct, references complete

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Visual clearness – formatting

• You might be given format guidelines.
• Otherwise, ask an instructor for advice. E.g. what
  spacing? What margins?
• Title page student number, title, date, module,
  course possibly word length.
• Font use Arial 11 point, unless of course specified
  otherwise headings sub-headings really are a little
  bigger bold or italic use sparingly.
• Footer page figures, additional information?

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References

• Derek Soles, 2003, Writing an instructional essay,
  Studymates Coffin, C. et al. Teaching Academic
  Writing 2003 London Routledge
• In your words is really a web document by Mike
  Brough
• Further studying
• Stella Cottrell, 2003, The research skills guide,
  second edition, Palgrave
• Creme, P. and Lea, R.L. 2003 Writing at
  college, helpful information for college students Second edition,
  Maidenhead Open College Press

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