1. Resolving issues of language
Prof. Dr. Ron Martinez
PRPPG7000 - Academic Writing in English

2. Syllabus outline
• 28/08 - Introduction
• 04/09 - IMRaD, Most common errors,
electronic tools
• 11/09 - Strategic planning for your article:
CARS and other approaches
• 18/09 - Title, Abstract e Introduction
• 25/09 - Writing your Introduction
• 02/10 - Coherence, cohesion and clarity, and
use of authorial voice
• 09/10 - (Introduction due) The Method and
Results sections
• 16/10- The Discussion section
• 23/10 - Discussing and Concluding
• 30/10 - Writing (no class)
• 06/11 - Students exchange articles (no class)
• 13/11 - (peer feedback due) Special guest
speaker
• 20/11 - Plagiarism, the submission process

3. Assessment
• There main assessed portions of the course are
GoFormative tasks, Introduction and Final article.
In addition, there will be assessed activities that
require your participation.
• Your final grade will be based partly on the final
article, which will be graded by both Dr. Ron
Martinez and your advisor (“orientador”). This
grade will also reflect your engagement
throughout the semester.
•To pass the course, you must achieve a minimum
evaluation of .70 on the final assessment, and not
receive less than 50 on any assessed portion of
the course (GoFormative, Introduction, FInal
article). Participation in also mandatory.

4. www.drronmartinez.com

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10. Have a question?
> For “bureaucratic” questions:
transversal@ufpr.br
> For questions about class content:
prppg7000duvidas@gmail.com

11. A few questions from last class:
1.Will it be necessary to write a full article until the end of the
semester?
2. The final work must be evaluated by the student’s advisor, but
some students have no advisor, what to do?
3. Is it possible to publish translations (in English) of papers that
have been already published in Portuguese?

20. www.drronmartinez.com

21. TODAY
• Look at some of your responses
• Talk about common English-language
issues, and strategies to address them

27. Em qual língua pretende escrever sua
tese/dissertação? (2016)

28. Em qual língua pretende escrever sua
tese/dissertação? (2018)

29. Em qual língua pretende escrever sua
tese/dissertação? (2019)

33. #3 most common profile (so far)

34. #2 most common profile (so far)

35. #1 most common profile (so far)

36. “Fale com seu/sua orientador(a) sobre o primeiro
artigo que publicou”

40. DISCUSSION
INTRODUCTION
METHOD
RESULT
S
I.M.R.aD.

41. How to tell a
research
story?

42. Our aims here

44. Today...
1. Which are the most common surface errors
in English research article writing?
2. What electronic tools can help?

45. TYPES OF GRAMMATICAL ISSUES
1. Problems you can identify and fix yourself.
2. Problems whose detection can be helped by
electronic tools.

47. Kahoot.it

48. https://kahoot.it/

49. Cuidado com SUBSTANT. + de +
SUBSTANT.
•"suplementação de vitaminas"
•INCORRETO: supplementation of vitamin
•CORRECT: vitamin supplementation
•"ocorrência de falha"
•INCORRETO: failure occurrence
•CORRECT: occurrence of failure

50. • Vitamin supplementation
"ocorrência de falha"
• Failure occurrence
• Um tipo de
suplementação
• Um tipo de ocorrência

51. To help you remember (NB: not a “rule”)
• Washing machine
• Bedroom
• Book store
• Flash mob
• E-mail
• Game show
• A type of machine
• A type of room
• A type of store
• A type of "mob"
• A type of mail
• A type of show

55. carrot
cake

56. carrot
cake
piece of
carrot cake

57. carrot
cake
piece of
carrot cake
carrot cake
piece

59. Where is the potential danger? - 1

60. Where is the potential danger? - 1

63. OOPS!

82. BEFORE
AFTER

88. Careful with passive constructions
• "Foram analisados dados demográficos"
• were analyzed
• INCORRECT: Were analyzed demographic data.
• CORRECT: Demographic data were analyzed.
• ENGLISH PASSIVE VOICE: OBJECT + VERB

89. Where does the danger lie? - 2

90. Where does the danger lie? - 2

92. OOPS!

95. Careful with
VERB+ADVERB./ADJECTIVE
• "Este tipo de análise dificultou a identificação."
• INCORRECT: This type of analysis made difficult the identification.
• CORRECT: This type of analysis made identification difficult.
• "Geralmente, o procedimento não afeta significativamente os
dados."
• INCORRECT: Generally, the procedure does not affect significantly the
data.
• CORRECT: Generally, the procedure does not significantly
affect the data.

98. Careful with PREPOSITIONS
1. "A droga causou um aumento
significativo nos níveis de
sódio."
2. "Em cada ponto foi
monitorado o pH."

99. 1. "A droga causou um aumento significativo
no níveis de sódio."
A) The drug caused a significant increase in sodium levels.
B) The drug caused a significant increase on sodium levels.
C) The drug caused a significant increase at sodium levels.
D) The drug caused a significant increase to sodium levels.
Careful with PREPOSITIONS

100. Careful with PREPOSITIONS
1. "A droga causou um aumento significativo
no níveis de sódio."
A) The drug caused a significant increase in sodium levels.
B) The drug caused a significant increase on sodium levels.
C) The drug caused a significant increase at sodium levels.
D) The drug caused a significant increase to sodium levels.

101. 2. "Em cada ponto foi monitorado o pH."
A) Of each point the pH was monitored.
B) On each point the pH was monitored.
C) In each point the pH was monitored.
D) At each point the pH was monitored.
Careful with PREPOSITIONS

102. 2. "Em cada ponto foi monitorado o pH."
A) Of each point the pH was monitored.
B) On each point the pH was monitored.
C) In each point the pH was monitored.
D) At each point the pH was monitored.
Careful with PREPOSITIONS

109. Result ...
•in ?
•on ?

112. Em "Word Sketch"

115. Careful with (missing) articles
• "A mistura foi preservada e usada como solvente para
ajustar a concentração."
• INCORRECT: The mixture was preserved and used as
solvent to adjust the concentration.
• CORRECT: The mixture was preserved and used as a
solvent to adjust the concentration.

119. OTHERS: Agreement & Gerund

120. ELECTRONIC TOOLS
•Google Translate ; DeepL
•Grammarly
•Google Scholar
•Concordancer
•Write & Improve

121. mixed in
ou
mixed with?

136. HOMEWORK
1. Complete tasks from last week!
2. Do task on Formative
3. Read Hirano (2009) “Research Article
Introductions” (on website)
4. Read Martinez (2018) “Specially in the last
years…” (on website)
5. Watch video “Subtext: Tales of Mere Existence”
(on website)