Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
Introduction to course
Module I – Organizing ideas into text (1)
Required book:
Writing in English: A Guide for Advanced Learners
SECOND Ed. (UTB 2011)
Monolingual English dictionary (of course)
Recommended books:
The Mistakes Clinic for German-Speaking Learners of English
(Englang Books 2001) -- Semesterapparat
Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students
(Routledge 2011) – Semesterapparat
http://elearn.uni-flensburg.de/moodle/course/view.php?id=1779
Password: BLARNEY
• Online or On Paper?
• Short weekly(?) writing assignments (graded / ungraded)
• Additional writing / commenting welcome!
• Should have time in class each week to write
MS Word
• Grammar and Spellcheck
• Thesaurus and Dictionary
• Automatic hyphenation
• Readability and Word Count
Online Resources:
• Dictionaries and Concordances
• Grammar and Style Guides
• Reference Management Software (Citavi)
BUT BEWARE!
• Non-academic sources
• Term papers for sale
• Plagiarism and Collusion
Plan
Write
Edit
Submit
Plan Write
Final? Edit
…with yourself
• inner dialogue, jot down ideas
…with others
• brainstorm!
…with written documents
• use background reading as a springboard
…with the internet
• Here there be dragons!
Length breakdown:
Introduction / Conclusion 20-25%
Body sections 75-80%