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| − | == | + | ==Paradigms and genre analysis unit == |
Bring sample papers from your field to class '''(or discuss them with a group of other students outside of class)'''. These should be published scholarly works, preferable from academic journals. Hard copies are recommended, so you can easily pass them around, discuss them, and write on them. Refer to the section in the book on genre analysis. The following links may also be helpful. | Bring sample papers from your field to class '''(or discuss them with a group of other students outside of class)'''. These should be published scholarly works, preferable from academic journals. Hard copies are recommended, so you can easily pass them around, discuss them, and write on them. Refer to the section in the book on genre analysis. The following links may also be helpful. | ||
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# Genre analysis form #1: Questions about your academic field | # Genre analysis form #1: Questions about your academic field | ||
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| − | ====Genre analysis | + | ====Genre analysis paragraph: How to write academic papers in your field ==== |
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| − | You are to write a short | + | You are to write a short paper on how to write academic papers in your field. It may help to imagine that you are writing for juniors / younger students in your field, and thus you would want to convey one main piece of advice (and related subpoints) about how to write papers in the field. This may include important questions such as: |
* How scholars write such papers (e.g., their writing process) | * How scholars write such papers (e.g., their writing process) | ||
* Important features that you notice -- maybe things that you had not noticed before, or aspects that have not seen or used in the writing that you've done in the past. | * Important features that you notice -- maybe things that you had not noticed before, or aspects that have not seen or used in the writing that you've done in the past. | ||
* What your field is about, e.g., your field (or subfield) as an academic community / culture, with its unique goals, purpose, driving questions, core concepts, the type of research that people do, and why | * What your field is about, e.g., your field (or subfield) as an academic community / culture, with its unique goals, purpose, driving questions, core concepts, the type of research that people do, and why | ||
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===Final essay / project === | ===Final essay / project === | ||
| − | For this, you will have | + | This should be a full length research paper or essay of an academic or scholarly nature. This counts as the final essay for the course, due at the end of Week 15. For this, you will have several options: |
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* Take a major paper that you are working on in another course, and use it to fullfil the final paper requirement in this course. (Aren't I nice? Yes.) | * Take a major paper that you are working on in another course, and use it to fullfil the final paper requirement in this course. (Aren't I nice? Yes.) | ||
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Length: Preferably, at least 3 full pages, double-spaced (not counting references, graphs, tables, etc.), though this may vary according to the expectations of papers in your course or major. | Length: Preferably, at least 3 full pages, double-spaced (not counting references, graphs, tables, etc.), though this may vary according to the expectations of papers in your course or major. | ||
Grading criteria: See the course booklet appendix for grading criteria for major writing assignments. | Grading criteria: See the course booklet appendix for grading criteria for major writing assignments. | ||
Due date: TBA (to be announced), via the LMS | Due date: TBA (to be announced), via the LMS | ||
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| − | ==Weekly lessons | + | Below are some materials for those who want to review what we discussed in class. If you see an 'Expand' applet on the right, you can click on it to see or collapse past assignments and materials. |
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Everyone should fill out the following Google Form, which asks for general information about you, and some survey questions about your attitudes toward English. If you are taking more than one course from me this semester, you only need to fill this out once. Other Google Form assignments will be posted in the LMS. | Everyone should fill out the following Google Form, which asks for general information about you, and some survey questions about your attitudes toward English. If you are taking more than one course from me this semester, you only need to fill this out once. Other Google Form assignments will be posted in the LMS. | ||
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These sessions deal with the writing process. This is something that you might have discussed in a previous course, but we will approach it differently, and this will eventually lead to a short essay assignment. | These sessions deal with the writing process. This is something that you might have discussed in a previous course, but we will approach it differently, and this will eventually lead to a short essay assignment. | ||
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* [https://youtu.be/NMGzRRvZr7Q Lecture video: The writing process] | * [https://youtu.be/NMGzRRvZr7Q Lecture video: The writing process] | ||
* Optional: It may help to view parts of this video of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n691pLhQBkw Stephen Pinker] | * Optional: It may help to view parts of this video of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n691pLhQBkw Stephen Pinker] | ||
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You can look at the handout, and view the lecture video. At times you will need to pause the video, think about the question, and talk to someone. | You can look at the handout, and view the lecture video. At times you will need to pause the video, think about the question, and talk to someone. | ||
Revision as of 03:56, 26 February 2022
Advanced English Writing / Composition (Spring 2022)
Prof. Kent Lee
Dept. English Language & Literature, Pukyong National University
Time: M/W periods 1-3 (two sections)
Mailbox: #1027
Office & office hours: by appointment
This website will go along with my syllabus and materials in our LMS for this course, as well as materials that supplement my course book.
Contents
1 Weekly lessons
Here are some links and older lecture videos, in case you need to review. Click on the 'Expand' applet on the right to see or collapse past assignments and materials.
2 Paradigms and genre analysis unit
Bring sample papers from your field to class (or discuss them with a group of other students outside of class). These should be published scholarly works, preferable from academic journals. Hard copies are recommended, so you can easily pass them around, discuss them, and write on them. Refer to the section in the book on genre analysis. The following links may also be helpful.
- Read the wiki page on Theories after our discussion of academic theories[1].
- Research approaches
- Paradigms
- Sentence types
- Paragraph styles
- Assignments
- Genre analysis form #1: Questions about your academic field
- Genre analysis form #2: Questions about papers in your academic field
2.1 Genre analysis paragraph: How to write academic papers in your field
You are to write a short paper on how to write academic papers in your field. It may help to imagine that you are writing for juniors / younger students in your field, and thus you would want to convey one main piece of advice (and related subpoints) about how to write papers in the field. This may include important questions such as:
- How scholars write such papers (e.g., their writing process)
- Important features that you notice -- maybe things that you had not noticed before, or aspects that have not seen or used in the writing that you've done in the past.
- What your field is about, e.g., your field (or subfield) as an academic community / culture, with its unique goals, purpose, driving questions, core concepts, the type of research that people do, and why
2.2 Suggested journals & professional publications
Here are some professional trade journals, and some easier academic journals, that you might like to look at to find articles for the genre analysis assignment.
2.2.1 Professional trade journals
- The Chronicle of Higher Education https://www.chronicle.com
- Inside Higher Ed http://www.insidehighered.com
- Times Higher Education https://www.timeshighereducation.com/
- Observer https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer (psychology)
- Food Technology http://www.ift.org/food-technology.aspx
- World Landscape Architecture https://worldlandscapearchitect.com/
- Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com
- Harvard Business Review http://www.hbr.org
- Other trade magazines
- Wikipedia list of trade magazines in different fields: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trade_magazines
2.2.2 Academic journals
- International journals
- English Today https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/english-today (applied linguistics, language education)
- Domestic journals from Korea
- English Teaching
- Journal of Asia TEFL
- Korean Journal of Applied Linguistics
- Modern English Education
- Korea TESOL Journal
- Studies in English Language & Literature
- Journal of English Language & Literature
For more, look here: https://www.kci.go.kr.
2.3 Final essay / project
This should be a full length research paper or essay of an academic or scholarly nature. This counts as the final essay for the course, due at the end of Week 15. For this, you will have several options:
- Write a full length paper based on a previous assignment: the proposal assignment, the midterm paper, the genre analysis paper, or other assignments. (Note: Some of the options, like a teaching or research statement, won't translate well to a final paper.)
- Take a major paper that you are working on in another course, and use it to fullfil the final paper requirement in this course. (Aren't I nice? Yes.)
Length: Preferably, at least 3 full pages, double-spaced (not counting references, graphs, tables, etc.), though this may vary according to the expectations of papers in your course or major.
Grading criteria: See the course booklet appendix for grading criteria for major writing assignments.
Due date: TBA (to be announced), via the LMS
3 Weekly lessons
Below are some materials for those who want to review what we discussed in class. If you see an 'Expand' applet on the right, you can click on it to see or collapse past assignments and materials.
4 References & resources
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- ↑ There is also an older hard copy handout: Handout on theories, laws, models
