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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.

12.  http://www.papermoz.co.uk/assignments/buy-assignments/
 http://www.esc.edu/online-writing-center/resources/academic-writing/
 http://wac.colostate.edu/aw/
 http://monash.edu/lls/llonline/writing/general/academic/index.xml
 http://www.uc.edu/aess/lac/writingcenter.html