Unit II
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Cultivating understandings by improving academic writing skills among English language learners (i.e., pre-service English language educators)
| The English language learner will understand that determining the type of academic paper depends on the purpose. Identifying the type of academic paper provides the reader with a philosophical (worldview) perspective necessary to critique a given work. |
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Week 1 (September 5-11, 2011)
Readings
- Academic writing video (IELTS test)
- What is academic writing?
- Academic Writing, An Introduction
- What is academic writing?
- Academic Writing Tips : How to Write a Paragraph
- Venn Diagram
Activities
- Read the first part of the article on what an academic paper is.
- Use this video as an inspiration to write an academic paragraph here.
- Write your first article review.
- Create an article review subpage to your Wikieducator user page.
- Upload your first article review by Tuesday, September 13, 2011.
Outcomes
- present tense
- summary of highlights
- theory, research questions, method, results, type of article: literature paper, research paper, case study, action research, or field study
- citation/reference
- significance of the article
- your opinion
- 500 words
- upload to Wikieducator
- write in third person
- use primary research articles only
Links
Have you contributed this week to the EFL Writer's Manual?
Week 2 (September 12 - 18, 2011)
Readings
- Academic writing video (IELTS test)
- What is academic writing?
- Academic Writing, An Introduction
- What is academic writing?
- Academic Writing Tips : How to Write a Paragraph
- Venn Diagram
- Writing tips
Activities
- Read the first part of the article on what an academic paper is.
- Revise your first article review and make changes to your Wikieducator subpage (under your user name).
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- Upload your final draft by Monday, September 19, 2011.
Outcomes
- present tense
- summary of highlights
- theory, research questions, method, results, type of article: literature paper, research paper, case study, action research, or field study
- citation/reference
- significance of the article
- your opinion
- 500 words
- upload to Wikieducator
- write in third person
- use primary research articles only
Links
Have you contributed this week to the EFL Writer's Manual?
Week 3 (September 19-25, 2011)
Readings
This week we will cover the different types of academic papers and will begin looking at how to write a review.
For this class, the following types of papers will be discussed:
- Literature review
- Research paper
- Case study
- Action research
- Field research (aka. field work, field research, field observation, and "naturalistic observation" (Cozby, 2009, p. 108))
Activities
- Review final draft of first article review.
- Find an example of a primary research article that is of a different type than the article review you completed for this past Monday and bring it to class on Wednesday.
- Your first draft of your second article review is due September 30, 2011. Add your second article review to the same page you uploaded your first article review (subpage to your user page in Wikieducator).
- Your final draft of your second article review is due October 7, 2011.
Outcomes
Recognize and critique various types of academic research articles.
Links
Have you contributed this week to the EFL Writer's Manual?
Week 4 (September 26 - October 2, 2011)
Readings
- How to write an article review
- How to write an article review (pdf)
- How to Quickly Write a Basic Article Review: Reviews motivate writers and promote an online meritocracy
- How to Write an Article Review That Converts!
- Writing an article review
Activities
- Your first draft of your second article review is due September 30, 2011. Add your second article review to the same page you uploaded your first article review (subpage to your user page in Wikieducator).
- Upload to your article review page the references (according to APA) to each of the different types of primary research articles discussed in class by September 30, 2011.
- Your final draft of your second article review is due October 7, 2011.
Outcomes
Your article review should answer the following questions:
- What is the author's main point?
- Does the article discuss something new? Or does it simply repeat what others have said in the past?
- How reliable is the information in the article? Is it supported by plenty of evidence?
- As pre-service English language educators, how useful is this information to you?
- Is the paper well-written? Is it easy to understand? Why or why not?
- What further research could be done to take the findings a step further?
Also, adhere to the following criteria when writing your article review:
- The article should be a peer-reviewed and scholarly one, the preference being an article related to TESOL.
- All edits should be made in Wikieducator (as opposed to making edits in Word then copying and pasting to Wikieducator).
- The summary of the article should be the first two paragraphs: theory, research questions, method, and results.
- The meaning or implication (i.e., significance) of the results should be discussed in the third paragraph and should include at least one citation.
- The final paragraph should provide an explanation how the article will help you (or someone else) as an EFL teacher.
- Follow the MEAL plan which should include citations and references according to APA style.
Links
Have you contributed this week to the EFL Writer's Manual?
Reference
Cozby, P. (2009). Methods in Behavioral Research. Boston: McGraw Hill.
