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=Writing courses ► Introduction to Academic Writing=

Introduction to Academic Writing / More on Academic Writing

media type="custom" key="24867616" align="left" ** --- Course title:** Introduction to Academic Writing


 * --- Co****urse type:** Component of Doctor of Education Unit (EDUC 9970)


 * --- ****Course dates:** February 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006


 * Overview**

This one-day introductory session covers the basics of academic writing in English. Please ensure that you bring with you to the session:


 * Copies of **two** articles by **different** well-known writers in your proposed area of study, drawn from **academic journals**. It is ideal (though not absolutely necessary) for these articles to contain clear sections such as: Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, and/or Recommendations.

As we discuss the basics of academic writing, as listed below, you will be asked to refer regularly to your two articles, analysing and discussing how they put into practice the standard academic conventions.

- **► Part I: Introduction - **


 * **Key considerations in academic writing**
 * Resource 1: Academic Writing Checklist [handout]

- **► Part II: Technology in academic writing - **

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 * **Finding information**
 * Resource 1: [|Evaluating internet resources] (Georgetown University Library)
 * Resource 2: [|Criteria for evaluation] (Teacher Tap)
 * **Web 2.0 in research**
 * Resource 1: E-learning with web 2.0 (E-language Wiki)
 * Resource 2: Search engines (E-language Wiki)
 * Resource 3: Folksonomies (E-language Wiki)
 * Resource 4: RSS (E-language Wiki)
 * Resource 5: Microblogs (E-language Wiki)
 * Resource 6: Wikis (E-language Wiki)
 * Resource 7: Blogs (E-language Wiki)
 * Resource 8: Multimedia recording (E-language Wiki)

- **► Part III: Referencing - **


 * **APA style**
 * Resource 1: [|Welcome to the University Library Guides] (UWA Library)
 * Resource 2: [|APA Style Guide 6th Edition] (The University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
 * Resource 3: [|APA In-Text (Parenthetical) Documentation] (Literacy Education Online)
 * Resource 4: [|APA Citation Style] (UWA Library)
 * Resource 5: [|When do you include a retrieval date in a citation?] (APA)
 * Resource 6: [|How to cite Wikipedia in APA style] (McAdoo/APA)
 * Resource 7: [|How to cite social media in APA style] (Lee/APA)
 * Resource 8: [|How to cite a podcast] (McAdoo/APA)
 * Resource 9: [|How to cite a mobile app] (Lee/APA)
 * Resource 10: [|How to cite something you found on a website in APA style] (Lee/APA)
 * Resource 11: [|How to cite something you found on a website in APA style: What to do when information is missing] (Lee/APA)
 * Resource 12: [|What belongs in the reference list?] [non-recoverable sources] (Hume-Pratuch/APA)
 * Resource 13: [|Learning APA Style] (APA)
 * Resource 14: [|APA Style Guidelines Overview] (Online Writing Lab, Purdue University)

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 * **Quoting & paraphrasing**
 * Resource 1: [|Citing sources] (UEfAP)
 * **Literature reviews**
 * Resource 1: [|Getting started on your literature review] (The Learning Centre, UNSW)
 * Resource 2: Argument (Bailey, 2003, //Academic Writing,// 2nd ed.) [handout ]
 * Resource 3: How to criticize ( Blaxter et al., 2001, // How to research, // 2nd ed.) [handout]


 * **Plagiarism**
 * Resource 1: Avoiding plagiarism (Hamp-Lyons & Berry Courter, 1984, //Research matters,// pp.160-164) [[|UWA Library] CMO EDUC9970]
 * Resource 2: [|The plagiarism spectrum] (Turnitin White Paper, 2015)
 * Resource 3: [|Avoiding plagiarism: Exercise 1] (UEfAP)
 * Resource 4: [|Avoiding plagiarism: Exercise 2] (UEfAP)

- **► Part IV: Structure - **


 * **Starting to write**
 * Resource 1: Twenty forms of procrastination/Twenty suggestions for overcoming procrastination (Blaxter et al., 2001, // How to research, // 2nd ed.) [ [|UWA Library] CMO EDUC9970  ]
 * Resource 2: Possible forms for an academic thesis (Blaxter et al., 2001, //How to research,// 2nd ed.) [ [|UWA Library] CMO EDUC9970 ]
 * Resource 3: How to contract your writing (Blaxter et al., 2001, // How to research, // 2nd ed. ) [ [|UWA Library] CMO EDUC9970  ]
 * Resource 4: How to expand your writing (Blaxter et al., 2001, How to research, 2nd ed. ) [ [|UWA Library] CMO EDUC9970 ]


 * **Topic sentences**
 * Resource 1: The topic sentence (Oshima & Hogue, 1999, //Writing Academic English,// 3rd ed.) [handout ]


 * **Thesis statements**
 * Resource 1: Outlining a paragraph (  Oshima & Hogue, 1997, //I////ntroduction to Academic Writing,// 2nd ed.) [handout ]


 * **Introductions**
 * Resource 1: [|Introductions and conclusions] (University of Canberra)
 * Resource 2: [|Writing introductions] (Academic Phrasebank, University of Manchester)
 * Resource 3: Writing the introduction (Roberts, 2004, //The dissertation journey,// pp.119-131) [ [|UWA Library] CMO EDUC9970  ]


 * **Conclusions**
 * Resource 1: [|Introductions and conclusions] (University of Canberra)
 * Resource 2: [|Writing conclusions] (Academic Phrasebank, University of Manchester)

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 * **Review of structure**
 * Resource 1: Presenting your findings (Brause, 2000, //Writing your doctoral dissertation,// pp.126-132) [ [|UWA Library] CMO EDUC9970 ]
 * Resource 2: Organization (Oshima & Hogue, 1997, //I////ntroduction to Academic Writing,// 2nd ed.) [handout ]

This session is followed by a second session entitled More on Academic Writing.


 * Credits:** The image above left is available under a [|Creative Commons licence] from [|AJ Cann's photostream] on [|Flickr]; the original can be found [|here].


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