Thread:What is academic writing? (2)

Week 1 (September 6-12, 2010)
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 * Analyze the text about what an academic paper is, and post your reflexions to the following questions:
 * How does academic writing differ from other types of writing?

R:academic writing differ from others because it is a paper with complex structure, where it has been consider many aspects to formulate this paper.
 * What is the function of academic papers?

R:i think is to create an interesting topic for others it must hace specific objectives and visions.
 * What are the concepts of academic writing?

R: Ihas to be interesting for a scholars' comunity,at the same time the topic have to ve relevat for the academic community,and this paper must have relevat arguments
 * What does the following statement mean? ...academic writing is writing done by scholars for other scholars.

R: you have to look interesting topics for your classmates
 * Is it okay to include personal responses in an academic paper, why?

R: yes, because it have to be a formal paper but you can add your point of view to make it analytical and critical
 * How does one form an informed argument?

R: first you have to consider what you know about your topic, this will help you to make argumentation and to research for more information. Reply to this thread when posting your answers.

--Lcarroperez 04:46, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

How does academic writing differ from other types of writing?

In comparison with writing in High School, academic writing involves getting into more complex and serious topics that have to be objectively discussed, however; most pieces of advice that students receive in High School are later useful when writing in College to provide a better idea about what academic writing is.

What is the function of academic papers?

The purpose of writing an academic paper is to create different points of view among people who read it, that is why it has to be very objective and clear.

What are the concepts of academic writing?

-Academic writing is writing done by scholars for other scholars

-Academic writing is devoted to topics and questions that are of interest to the academic community.

- Academic writing should present the reader with an informed argument.

What does the following statement mean? ...academic writing is writing done by scholars for other scholars.

An academic paper is always shared among people who understands the topic the paper discusses. Therefore, it has to be smartly made, using academic jargon, clearly supported, concrete and objective.

Is it okay to include personal responses in an academic paper, why?

No. Actually, academic writing involves writing about what we know or what we think about a certain topic but not about what we feel about the way one or many different researchers interpret that topic. It has to be objective and concrete.

How does one form an informed argument? ' In order to form an informed argument, we have to know in detail the topic we discuss, provide strong support to our statement and the validation will be always provided by the reader, who is normally a person who belongs to the same research area.