Why is Academic Writing So Hard? Home Top
Academic writing may be different than you have attempted before.
Because it is an argument? http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/argument.html
It may be different from secondary or other writing you have done http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Writing_Center/humaniti.htm
Criticle Writing http://www.herdsa.org.au/vic/cornerstones/pdf/Vardi.PDF
You're not the only one http://writinggateway.mq.edu.au/part1/p1_4_mature.html
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Writing is different because it..... Requires challenging and questioning research. Students need to analyse facts from a point of view, and construct a persuasive argument with evidence that makes the point of view compelling. (Preus,N. p. 77) Writer needs to construct own understanding of the topic. Need to move away from reporting to:-
Emphasis on reader awareness, rhetorical purpose ( questionning research and responding to questions the reader may ask), argument
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Other Writing may be
different because it..... Only presents one side of an issue. Does not use opposing views to show the complexity of the issue. Seeks an account with which it is impossible to disagree. Own opinion does not have to be based on texts. Writer does not challenge, question and critically analyse information Emphasis on opinion, not interpretation and argument. Students tend to summarize source material where they see their theme appearing. Lack of confidence, Tentative assertions More unquestioned acceptance of printed word. Emphasis on quantity, stating the commonplace, generalisations without support, opinion giving From The Legacy of Schooling: Secondary School Composition and the Beginning College Writer / Nicholas Preus ( Chpt4,pp67-84) in Teaching academic literacy : the uses of teacher-research in developing a writing program / edited by Katherine L. Weese, Stephen L. Fox, Stuart Greene. Mahwah, NJ : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1999. |
Critical Writing http://cadfl.uws.edu.au/critnet/
More critical thinking http://faculty.uophx.edu/Joehe/Past/thinking.htm
More more http://www.philosophy.unimelb.edu.au/reason/critical/index.htm
Academic writing at Uni http://tlc.une.edu.au/ALO/
Collaborating for Uni writing http://www.medfac.unimelb.edu.au/Ascilite2001/pdf/papers/clerehanr.pdf
Academic skills http://www.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/index.htm
Academic writing http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/handbook.html
Writing at Uni http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/learningconnection/learnres/learng/index.htm
Learning as a Literacy http://ultibase.rmit.edu.au/Articles/dec97/lander1.htm
What makes a good essay http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/lsu/PDF/flyers/goodessay.pdf
From Mystery to Mastery http://learning.uow.edu.au/LAS2001/selected/chanock.pdf
Advice on academic writing http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/advise.html
Using the Passive Voice and other features of Academic Writing http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/academic/3avi.html
http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/main.html
What is Academic Writing http://www3.open.ac.uk/learners-guide/learning-skills/english/sect1/
Using "I" http://www.sdc.uwo.ca/writing/owlhandout/activevoice.html
Nuts and Bolts of Academic Writing http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/nb-home.html
Online Resources for Writers http://webster.commnet.edu/writing/writing.htm
4 Principles of Academic Communication http://www.sussex.ac.uk/langc/skills/
Using verbs to sound more professional http://www.tesltimes.com/verbchoice.html
Effective Academic Writing http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/argument.html
Academic Discourse http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/2.1/features/brent/barth.htm
Inventing the University http://astro.temple.edu/~sparkss/bartholmaeinventing.htm