•Grant proposal
•Recommendation letter •Request letter for material •Evaluation letter or tenure •Referee‟s review of book •Referee‟s grant proposal •Memo to dissertation committee
high degree of logical reasoning?
objectivity
Problem identification
Argument setting Data collection Evidence giving Analysis making Finding presentation
What
is academic writing? What is the difference between academic writing and your previous writing experience? What is the format of academic writing What should be concerned in academic writing How to apply ideas in academic writing ? How to refine the writing? Publication of paper
Who ?
Scholars
and practitioners in your field who have given you generous assistance of different types, ranging from material sharing to private communication.
A
An
requirements
As an independent section or not
Objects should be concrete
What does an acknowledgement part look like?
Who should I acknowledge in my work?
•Book •Monograph •Chapter •Case report •Review article
Secondary genre
•Lecture •Textbook •Introductory text •Tutorial •Course description
Occluded genres
Week 17:paper publication
What is academic writing
Some terms about English
EGP-
English for general purpose ESP—English for specific purpose EAP---English for Academic purpose
Week 13: post-text---appendixes
Course plan
Week 14: tables and figures, unit words
Week 15: plagiarism, general layout Week 16: grammar and expression
Why?
1. Widely accepted practice of most high
quality academic journals to conduct an anonymous review process before publishing
2. “Dress up” your academic product.
1. Thanks also to.. For his/her/their constructive criticism. 2. For other help with…, thanks to … 3. The comments of three anonymous referees were also appreciated. 4. We extend thanks to the anonymous reviewers for their careful reading of the manuscript and their insightful comments. 5. I would like to thank my informants fro their time and interest.
Your definition ….
Academic writing (professional paper)
Printed formal document in which professionals present their views and research findings on any deliberately chosen topic. Research paper Course paper Thesis paper (dissertation )
Major problems in AW
Logic
Objectivity Professionalism
Purposefulness
Structure
Expressiveness
Logic
Does the internal organization of a given academic piece reflect a
academic piece in English?
Types of academic writing
Primary genre
•Research article •Journal abstract •Conference abstract •Oral presentation •Thesis •Dissertation
Post-text
Pre-text
Cover sheet
Acknowledgements Abstract Table of contents List of figures and tables List of abbreviations
Cover sheet
• Why do you need a cover sheet? • What does a cover sheet look like?
•Application letter
•Submission letter
•Cover letter •Research proposal
•Editorial correspondence
Main parts in a piece of research product
Pre-text
Text proper
Your
supervisors and professors who have provided profound scholarly guidance in your study.
1. I wish to thank…for his/her/their valuable suggestions on earlier versions of this article. 2. I would like to thank..for his/her/their critiques of earlier drafts. 3. I would like to acknowledge my great debt to .. 4. for,,, , thanks especially to … 5. I am most grateful to …for…, to…for…, to … for… 6. I would like to begin by thanking …
Structural organization
How can we introduce a discourse pattern suitable for a scholastic
piece like a thesis?
Expressiveness
How to write appropriate
Course plan
Week 8:methodology & material selection
Week 9: data collection, result Week 10: analysis
Week 11: discussion & conclusion
Week 12:pຫໍສະໝຸດ st-text---references
Course plan
Week 2:
Introduction,
cover sheet , acknowledgement, table of contents, list of figures and tables, list of abbreviations
Week 3: title Week 4: abstract(1) Week 6: abstract (2) Week 7: Introduction , theoretic framework
sample
See file 1-1
Acknowledgements
Why do you need an acknowledgment part?

improve your understanding of the spirit and nature of scientific research in general. formal expression of gratitude for all the assistance and help you received academic tradition that the scientific community has long cultivated.