CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES‚ UNIMAS PBI 1032: ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING Learning Unit 2: READING SKILLS By the end of this session‚ you should be able to: identify what the writer has stated literally (read the lines) infer what the writer has stated (read between the lines) apply ideas within the text to what you already know (read beyond the lines) A. Reading Academic Texts Academic texts are relatively formal in structure and style. They might be textbooks or just straightforward
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to complete assignments‚ with the result that the final product is put together without much thought. Phase 1: 60 percent of your available time: Preparation for writing your assignment‚ that is planning the basic structure‚ preparatory reading following from your planning‚ making summaries‚ etc. 30 percent of your available time: Writing your assignment in a rough form and making the necessary adjustments. 2 percent of your available time: Rumination; this means you put your assignment aside for
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THE PROCESS OF ACADEMIC WRITING Semestre 2014-2 A step-to-step Guide to Writing Academic Papers for TI3 students -The information contained in this handout has been taken from Writing Academic English by Alice Oshima and Ann Hogue- Handout N° 2 Worksheet N° 2 Topic: What makes a paragraph good? Learning goal: to write a paragraph using all the paragraph components and elements What makes a paragraph good? THE PROCESS OF ACADEMIC WRITING Semestre 2014-2 A step-to-step Guide
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Article Summary “Academic Vocabulary‚ Writing and English for Academic Purposes: Perspectives from Second Language Learners” Averil Coxhead (2012) conducted a research on the use of English vocabulary in Writing and Academic purpose by involving with 14 students of English as an additional language at a New Zealand university. The research was mainly conducted through the experience obtained from background language learning and academic studies of the students by mainly based on two target
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Academic Writing Guide UTS LIBRARY February 2013 Academic Writing Guide Overview: This guide provides explanations‚ examples and advice on the different aspects of academic writing‚ including assignment types‚ grammar and research writing. 2 Welcome to the UTS Academic Writing Guide 1. Why do I need this guide? The aim of this guide is to give you a place to come and find explanations‚ examples and advice about different aspects of academic writing. When you have a question about your
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Anne Frank- Primary Source Paper The Diary of Anne Frank is a remarkably moving book about the short life of a young girl and her family. The Holocaust was a horrible time for Jewish people and Anne and her Jewish family’s lives were completely turned upside down as a result. The war resulted in the deaths of countless people‚ mostly innocent people. Before the invasion on D-day and the end of the war not too long after‚ the rest of the world didn’t know the real disaster going on over seas. Anne
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Features of Academic Writing Name: ________________________________________________ Subject: _____________________ Date: ________________________ Score: ________ Instructions: Identify the corresponding feature of the given definition. Choose among the features below and write the feature in the box opposite to the definition. FEATURES: Accuracy‚ Complexity‚ Explicitness‚ Formality‚ Hedging‚ Objectivity‚ Precision‚ Responsibility feature Definition Written language has longer words‚ it is lexically
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Summaries of sources and their relevance to my investigation SOURCE A: The author of this article is Chris Trueman. Although this source is secondary‚ it gives an accurate summation of the events which caused the Vietnam War‚ and therefore it is a valuable source. The article discusses some of the reasoning for both of the superpowers’ intervention in the Vietnam War‚ such as America’s need to contain the spread of communism and to prevent the ‘Domino Effect’ from occurring in Asia. Similarly‚
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Conventions of Academic Writing Composition 2 April 21‚ 2011 Conventions of Academic Writing While writing you are required to type your papers in one of several different forms. The form you write your research/essay paper in is solely up to your instructor. Some of the styles consist of Modern Language Association (MLA)‚ American Psychological Association (APA)‚ footnote system‚ and numbering system. During my writing time‚ the style I mostly use is APA with this style it includes a title
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Exploring the Effect of Social Media on Language Proficiency for IIUM BENL Undergraduates Akmyr Syahar Azwar b. Abd. Kadir 1016607 English Language & Literature Kulliyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences English for Academic Writing LE 4000 Section 17 Madam. Teh June Li Date of submission: 13 December 2013 Abstract This paper explored the effect of social media on language proficiency specifically IIUM BENL undergraduates. A total of 32 English undergraduates
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