The document outlines the various writing requirements for students, researchers, and civil servants, emphasizing the need for formal academic writing. Key skills include writing assignments, conducting literature reviews, and adhering to conventions such as clarity, grammar, and referencing. Additionally, it includes instructions for group discussions and reporting on academic writing principles and literature reviews.

2. As a student you need to write:
 Class assignments, Project reports, Term papers,
Dissertations
As a researcher you need to write:
 Research proposals, research project reports, journal
articles
As a civil servant you will need to write:
 Progress reports, project proposals, minutes of
meetings, workshop proceedings and official
correspondences

3.  Whether you are a student, research officer or a
general civil servant, you will need to do some
writing in your life.
 This writing is FORMAL writing because you
need to follow certain conventions (rules)
 ACADEMIC WRITING is nothing but a form
of FORMAL writing employed in the field of
education.

4. If you learn ACADEMIC WRITING, you will be
able to:
1. Write your course assignments and projects
well and achieve academic success.
2. Critically analyse other’s works and learn to
synthesize information from different sources

5.  Principles of good writing
 How to do a literature review?
 Extract and synthesize relevant information
 Citing and referencing
 Note taking and summarizing skills
 Reading skills and strategies
 Writing skills
 Conventions of Academic Writing

6. 1. Simplicity, economy and clarity of words
2. Follow correct grammar, punctuation and
spelling
3. Improving sentences
4. Working towards, coherence, vigor, and
rhythm

7.  Surveying material
 Note-taking and summarizing skills
 Avoiding plagiarism
 Citing and referencing

8.  Predicting
 Skimming
 Scanning
 Detailed reading
 Guessing unknown words
 Understanding main ideas
 Inferring
 Understanding text organization
 Assessing a writer’s purpose
 Evaluating a writer’s purpose

9.  Incorporating source material
 Dividing a text into paragraphs
 Writing introductions and conclusions
 Synthesizing from different sources
 Including tables and figures
 Layout of written work
 Writing a bibliography
 Revising and proof-reading
 Commonly used abbreviations

10.  Part B: You will be given a sheet of paper that
explains what Academic Writing is all about.
Read and identify the key points that
characterize Academic Writing (15 min).
Discuss in groups of five (30 min).

 Reporting: A member from each group will
report to the whole class (5 min). Subsequent
group representatives will either add or
present the points that are different from the
previous groups.

11.  What is a literature review? What purpose does
it serve in Academic Writing?
 A. Answer the question in a sheet of paper in
not more than 3 sentences (5 min)
 Reporting: Your answer sheet will be exchanged
with another person. It will be read to the class
but the anonymity of the author will be
maintained.

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