Academic Writing Survival Guide




Academic Writing Survival Guide

Fluency is an interesting word. So, you are fluent a speaker. Good! But what about writing- okay, you write well too. Fine! What about academic writing. What! You are not sure about it. Don’t worry! I will teach you the tricks of the trade. By the end of this course, you will learn how to become a successful academic writer. I will teach you:

· How to write an abstract?

You will study dos for writing an abstract.

· Linguistic issues in academic writing, and how to take care of them?

· How to paraphrase and avoid plagiarism?

We will see what is the difference between paraphrased and summarized information; how to recognize plagiarism; and how to prepare a summary of a passage.

· How to form a hypothesis and form research questions?

A hypothesis is a formal statement or explanation about the research that is to be tested.

· How to make your research writing argumentative?

If you remove errors in reasoning and remove improper appeals to emotion, then you can make your research writing argumentative.

· How to publish in an academic scholarly journal?

When you think that your academic writing is ready for publication, you need to cross-check a checklist:

Step 1: Did I maintain four Cs of Academic Writing? Did I take care of language issues in my writing?

Step 2: Did I write my abstract appropriately? Did I follow the steps of writing an abstract?

Step 3: Did I make an argument in my research? Did I paraphrase appropriately and avoid plagiarism?

Step 4: Did I shortlist and select the journal carefully?

ABC of Academic Writing

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What you will learn
  • • How to write an abstract?
  • • Linguistic issues in academic writing, how to take care of them?
  • • How to paraphrase and avoid plagiarism?

Rating: 4.85

Level: All Levels

Duration: 37 mins

Instructor: Amitabh Vikram Dwivedi


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