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Video 01: Introduction Introduction Descriptions PPT Slides & PDF Slides
Video 02: Characteristics and Purposes of Academic Writing PPT Slides & PDF Slides
Video 03: Academic vs. Non-Academic Writing Who wrote it and where was it published? "Blind" peer review process Example types of academic writing Examples on non-academic writing PPT Slides & PDF Slides
Video 04: Major Types of Academic Writing Books & articles Book reviews & article reviews Annotated bibliography Government reports Reports by non-governmental agencies Student papers PPT Slides & PDF Slides Assignment #1: Book review Assignment #2: Article review Assignment #3: Annotated bibliography
Video 05: How to Write Like an Academic Choose a topic Research the topic Read materials found Take notes Use "reverse outlining" writing in the margins Introduction to building an outline PPT Slides & PDF Slides Assignment #4: Reverse outlining
Video 06: The Outline Organizing your information logically Outlining sections of your paper Logic between and within each section Parts of an outline Example of an outline PPT Slides & PDF Slides Assignment #5: Outlining
Video 07: Writing a Paper: How to Begin Locate an article & review it Locate a book & review it Locate more sources Reverse outline each source Write an annotated bibliography Write an outline Use the outline to write the paper PPT Slides & PDF Slides
Video 08: Writing a Paper: Helpful Strategies Set goals and a timeline Prewriting strategies Write a thesis statement Examples of thesis statements Making claims in an argument Example of claims PPT Slides & PDF Slides Assignment #6: Prewriting Assignment #7: Practicing thesis statements and claims
Video 09: Parts of Your Paper Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – The body of the paper Part 3 – Conclusions Part 4 – References PPT Slides & PDF Slides
Video 10: The Importance of a Literature Review in Writing a Research Paper Scholarly writing builds on a literature review Why we do a literature review Literature review in a formal research study Types of sources for a literature review The literature review process Selecting databases for the literature review Searching the library database Evaluating library sources found Examples PPT Slides & PDF Slides
Video 11: Evaluating Internet Resources Why to evaluate websites Criteria for evaluation (CRAAP Test) Currency Relevance Authority Accuracy Purpose Further resources to study CRAAP test PPT Slides & PDF Slides
Video 12: Challenges and Issues in Writing Academic Papers in English Definition of academic writing Problems for second language writers Problems for Chinese students Chinese writing style differences English academic writing style English writing standards Chinese writing conventions Colloquial habits in writing Telling vs showing in writing PPT Slides & PDF Slides
The Process and Steps of Writing a Research Paper Presentation by Dr. Robinson on May 19, 2016 at Northeastern University in Shenyang, China.