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1、Lecture1WhatisAcademicWritingWhatisacademicwriting?Inbrief,academicwritingisa“structuredresearch”writtenby“scholars”forotherscholars(withalluniversitywritersbeing“scholars”inthiscontext).Academicwritingaddressestopic-based“researchquestions”ofinteresttoa
2、nyonewhoisseekingfactually-based,objectively-presentedinformationonaparticulartopic.Whataretherulesofacademicwriting?1.StructureSomekindofstructureisrequired,suchasabeginning,middle,andend.Thissimplestructureistypicalofathesisformat,aswellasotherassignme
3、ntwritingtasks.Basically,acompetentacademicwriterissomeonewhocan,forinstance,inthecontextofaMaster’sthesis,exhibitproficiencyintacklingsevenphasesnormallyfoundintheThesisLifeCycle(TLC)below:NoYes4.ImplementPracticalResearch3.DesignMethod(s)forCollectionof
4、EmpiricalData6.ConclusionandRecommendations5.FindingsEmpiricalDatatobecollected?2.LiteratureReview1.ProduceResearchProposalStart7.SubmitThesis52.ReferencingAsignificantdistinctionbetweenacademicwritingandotherwritinggenresisbasedonthecitationandreferenci
5、ngofpublishedauthors.lIfyoumakejudgmentsaboutsomethinginacademicwriting,thereisanexpectationthatyouwillsupportyouropinionbylinkingittowhatapublishedauthorhaspreviouslywrittenabouttheissue.lCitingtheworkbyotherauthorsiscentraltoacademicwritingbecauseitsho
6、wsyouhavereadtheliterature,understoodtheideas,andhaveintegratedtheseissuesandvariousperspectivesintotheassignmenttask.lTheimportanceplacedonreferringtootherauthorsinyourworkcanbereflectedintheelaboratereferencingconventionsthathavebeencreatedwithindiffer
7、entdisciplines,suchasAPA(AmericanPsychologicalAssociation)referencing,whichisusedinpsychology,education,somesocialsciences,aswellasforbusiness.3.AbstractthoughtTraditionally,academictopicshavefocusedonabstractthings,likeideasandconcepts,whichcannot,neces
8、sarily,begiveninaconcreteorphysicalform.Hence,academicwritingisoftenmorelikelytofocusonabstractprocessesandrelationships.Yet,despitetheabstract,non-materialstructureofsomeacademictopics,youmaybeabletoborrowconcreteandphysi
