Continuing Continuing Professional Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

An Introduction to An Introduction to Academic WritingAcademic Writing

Sue Faragher Sue Faragher

Senior Lecturer CPDSenior Lecturer CPD

Check :Title

Length

Submission date

Presentation

Before You Before You Start ….Start ….

Research and reading

Planning

First draft

Reviewing and Editing

Final draft

Final review and editing

Correct presentation

THEN ….THEN ….

Analysing the Analysing the QuestionQuestion

What are you being asked to do ?

Identify the key words

Be selective

ResearchResearch

Suggested reading list

Keep focused

Use a variety of sources/evidence

Make accurate notes of the sources used

Provide evidence for BOTH sides of the argument

Use correct referencing - HARVARD

PLANNINGPLANNINGIntroduction

Main Body

Conclusion Assignment length

Introduction

5 – 8 %

Main Body 80%

Conclusion

12 – 15 %

1250 words 100 words 1000 words

150 words

1500 words 120 words 1160 words

220 words

2000 words 160 words 1600 words

240 words

2500 words 200 words 1950 words

350 words

5000 words 250 words 4000 words

750 words

PLANNINGPLANNINGAn introduction should …. Show how you have interpreted

the question, the issues you will cover and how you intend to deal with the issues

The main body should …. Follow the logical order of what you have set out to cover in your introduction – refer back to the question, when relevant, using evidence and examples to inform your discussion

A conclusion should …. Not contain any new material. It should summarise the issues raised, forming some sort of conclusion – show you have answered the question and addresses any issues from further research

Writing Writing

Identify the…

Topic

Hypothesis

Development

Conclusion

Writing Writing

Take each key issue in turn

Cover it thoroughly

Include supporting evidence

Use language which is easy to understand

Writing Writing

Use signposts

Paragraphs – one topic sentence, one main idea followed by supporting sentences which explain / illustrate the main idea

Writing Writing

STANDARD ENGLISH Subject-verb agreement

Singular/plural agreement

Correct punctuation

Correct spelling

Correct words eg. there/their

All sentences should have a subject, object and verb

Writing Writing Useful Resources :

Study Guides on the Edge Hill Teaching and Learning Site

www.edgehill.ac.uk/SupportDeps/tld/syudent/7steps/index.htm

Learning Serviceswww.edgehill.ac.uk/ls/

Wordswork (CD)Reference section in LRC 1st floor

Northedge, A (1990) The Good Study Guide. Milton Keynes: Oxford University Press. LRC 2nd floor

Reviewing and Reviewing and EditingEditing

Proof reading

Check for accuracy and coherence

Check the checklist

Critical AnalysisCritical Analysis

KEY FACTOR

Offer explanations and evidence

Be objective

Relate theory to practice

SubmittingSubmittingCheck you keep to deadlines and submit the assignment at the correct time/correct tutor

Check you have completed the cover sheet

Check it is in the correct format: double spaced and Arial 12

Make a copy of your assignment before submitting

Harvard Harvard ReferencingReferencing REFERENCE : list of all the sources

you have cited in your assignment

BIBLIOGRAPHY : list of sources extensively read but not used in assignment

List in alphabetical order of author

Neither can be included in word count

HarvardHarvardDIRECT QUOTATION

Copy word for word, enclose it in quotation marks and reference your source including the page number

If longer than 2 lines, separate it from the text with a colon and indent

Use single line spacing

You do not need quotation marks

HarvardHarvardDIRECT QUOTATION“You must put short direct quotes in speech marks” (Faragher, S 2004:6)

Faragher,S (2004:6) states “You must put short direct quotes in speech marks”

If you are writing a longer quote which would be two or more lines long, you

must indent the whole quote and use single line spacing. You do not need quotation marks.

(Faragher, S. 2004:6)

HarvardHarvard

PARAPHRASING

Take the meaning from a source and express it in your own words

Do not need quotation marks or page number except you ….

Must use page number if referring to a model, table or diagram

Harvard Harvard paraphrasingparaphrasing

Faragher (2006) believes that CPD should be central to the professional development of the whole school workforce

It has been argued that CPD should be central to the professional development of the whole school workforce (Faragher,S 2006)

HarvardHarvard

Give both names

Give edition number

Poor academic practice to use secondary references

Do not put the web site address for any electronic source in the assignment text – in the bibliography

Plagiarism Plagiarism

Plagiarism means taking someone else’s ideas, words or inventions and using them as your own without referencing your source

It is a VERY SERIOUS offence and MUST be avoided

Other Sources Other Sources Journals

Official publications and reports

Online government report

Thesis/dissertation

Conference presentation/paper

Interview

Media sources – radio/tv/film/video/CD

Continuing Continuing Professional Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

An Introduction to An Introduction to Academic WritingAcademic Writing

Sue Faragher Sue Faragher

Senior Lecturer CPDSenior Lecturer CPD