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Entering University: the challenges of academic writing Ian Forth Cross-University EFL Co-ordinator

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Entering University: the challenges of academic

writingIan Forth

Cross-University EFL Co-ordinator

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Language Laws People Provinces Communication Currency

Academia

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Underestimates amount of work outside lectures

Underestimates effort required to write long essays

Week with no classes is probably a reading or study week

Case Study 1

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No strategies for assessing usefulness of a particular book

Slow reader First grade shows assessment criteria are

not what he expected School level writing is not appropriate

Case Study 2

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Specialised vocabulary Formal style (no contractions or idiomatic

expressions) Impersonal: pronouns (I, we, us, etc) seldom used Long sentences (last sentence in Text 2 has 51

words) Long paragraphs Authors whose work is quoted are referred to using

strict conventions (rules!) Academic writing blends or integrates reading and writing

Connections between ideas are made explicit through linking words or vocabulary.

Academic language

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Critical essay Exam essay Case study Reflective assessment Dissertation Projects Lab report Research proposal (protocol) Case notes Business reports Poster presentations Team assignment Management Brief Website

Diversity of writing tasks and expectations

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Adam Smith wrote; ‘ It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest’. Discuss.

Exclusion and inequality impacts upon service users, carers and groups within a variety of contexts and environments. Focus on one particular client/group and consider how they experience exclusion and inequality.

Sample Titles

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Write down in your own words what you think the assignment is asking you to do.

What do you already know about the subject matter of the assignment?

What do you need to know to help you complete this assignment successfully?

How does this assignment differ from or is similar to other assignments that I have done?

How am I going to choose reading materials?

Begin with the title

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Opening paragraph

Argument is supported by examples or evidence

Paragraphs are developed

Paragraphs are coherent

Appropriate style

Use references and quotations

Conclusion ; summarises the argument/discussion

Checking and editing (spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc)

Looking at an example of academic writing

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Good luck with your university studies

THANK YOU!