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Academic Writing
Shantha Attanayake
BA Hons in EELT
Target Audience
Age : 21 and above
English Knowledge : G.C.E.O.L and A/L General
English
Current State : 1st year university students in
humanities in semester 1
What is writing?
• Purpose
• Audience
• Medium – hand written/ type set
Brain Storming
Major topic – Narrowing down
Essay topic
Introduction – topic sentence, supporting details, thesis
Topic Sentence = Topic + Controlling idea
Supporting details = Examples, quotations, facts etc.
Thesis = paragraph 1, paragraph 2, paragraph 3
Body
Hamburger paragraph – Topic + CA + examples etc. + Concluding sentence
Conclusion
Summary, suggestions, concluding
Reading
What is reading?
• Purpose
• What should we read?
• How should we read?
General
Knowledge
Subject knowledge
Reading skills
Comprehension
Reading techniques
Summarizing
Summarizing

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