Another Detour to A.P.A.

COPY the following text and PASTE it into a WORD doc. Then highlight the mistakes, according to the instructions below the text. Dr. Backer will provide you with the answer sheet.

Seminar Paper: 

Discussion & Conclusion //

Intro, Abstract, ToC, & Title Page

The Discussion Section

This is the place that you deeply analyze the rather dry data you presented in the Findings section. You can use any grammatical tense that makes sense, but try to keep all the verbs in one paragraph in the same tense, if possible.

Make sure you refer to the official Sha'anan instructions & Rubrics for seminar papers before you start writing your Discussion section. You should also check the appropriate section in the document entitled "Doing a Seminar Paper with Dr. Backer."

Make sure you have a sub-section entitled: "Limitations of the Study." At the very least, you will note the problems of having a small smaple size.

The Conclusion Section

This is where you wrap up your study with a very brief summary and recommendations for future research about your topic. You can use any grammatical tense that makes sense, but try to keep all the verbs in one paragraph in the same tense, if possible.

Make sure you refer to the official Sha'anan instructions & Rubrics for seminar papers before you start writing your Conclusion section. You should also check the appropriate section in the document entitled "Doing a Seminar Paper with Dr. Backer."

Introduction

This might seem counter-intuitive, but you should hold off writing your Introduction until writing the body of your paper. Now you know where the readers will be going, so give them an introdcution to that. Make sure you explain why you were personally interested in the topic of the study and how the study relates to teaching EFL in general. You can use any logical grammatical tense, but try to be consistent with tenses within each paaragraph. 

Follow the official Sha'anan instructions and rubrics while writing your Introduction. And of course, check the document entitled "Doing a Seminar Paper with Dr. Backer" before you start writing.

The Abstract

Think about your entire work and boil it all down into approximately 100 words. Include the research question, the type of research (quantitative, qualitative, or mixed), the basic findings, and the basic conclusion. Your initial attempt will probably be way more than 100 words, so think about how you can whittle down the text to 100 words. 

 Follow the official Sha'anan instructions and rubrics while writing your Abstract. And of course, check the document entitled "Doing a Seminar Paper with Dr. Backer" before you start writing.

Your Abstract will come directly before your Introduction, on the same page.

The Table of Contents

After your text is finalized and paginated, create a Table of Contents. List all the headings and sub-headings and their page numbers. This is one place that esthetics really matters. The ToC will be on a separate page, after the Title Page and before the Abstract.

The Title Page

Follow the model presented in the official Sha'anan instructions & rubrics for formatting your Title Page.

Homework:

There is no specific homework this week. There will be no posts to the MOODLE fora.

Use the time to work on your seminar paper.