MA-I: Academic Writing

MA (English) Part-I

Semester-I

SEC

ENG-104: Academic Writing

(w.e.f. Academic Year:2019-20)

Objectives:

1. To acquaint the students with the key concepts in academic writing.

2. To enable the students to develop and present an argument.

3. To familiarize the students with the characteristics of academic genre.

4. To enable the students to analyse the grammar and vocabulary associated with academic writing.

5. To offer practice in processes and strategies known to help students improve their academic writing.

Credits: 4

External Evaluation: 60 Marks

Internal Evaluation: 40 Marks

1 The Academic Writing Process: (15 hours)

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Thinking about writing process

1.3 Distinguishing between academic and personal styles of writing

1.4 The grammar of academic discourse

1.5 The writing process: Visualising your text

2 Research and Writing: (15 hours)

2.1 Recognising categories and classifications

2.2 The language of classification

2.3 The structure of a research paper

2.4 The writing process: Exploring the internet and recording your explorations

3 Getting and Seeing Ideas: (15 hours)

3.1 Draft-Analysis-Feedback-Redraft

3.2 Writing about events in time (Shifting tenses) Literary Present Tense

3.3 Connecting events in a text (Additional Material)

3.4 Reading and writing about visuals (More on visuals) Even more

Academic writing guide USC university web

4 Discussion and Academic Relevance: (15 hours)

4.1 Describing processes and products

4.2 The language for writing about processes

4.3 Nominalizations

4.4 Writing the methods section

4.5 The reality principle

4.6 The writing process: Giving and getting formal peer feedback

References:

1. Liz Hamp-Lyons and Ben Heasley. Study Writing: A Course in Writing Skills for Academic Purposes. Cambridge University Press, 2008.

2. Ilona, Leki. Academic Writing. Cambridge University Press,1998.

Download Study Material:

Academic Writing Study Material

Academic Writing Guide

Rules and Conventions of Academic Writing

Grammar Booklet Essex