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Dr. de OSullivan and Lawrence Cleary Regional Writing Centre,
UL Writing at Third-level
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Freewriting What I like/dislike about writing Keep writing
non-stop for 5 minutes. Write in sentences. Do not edit or censor
your writing. Private writing -- no one will read it. Discuss what
you have written in pairs.
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Workshop Outline Differences between academic and non- academic
writing styles Thoughts and feelings about writing in general and
this kind of writing in particular Observing your process and
developing healthy, effective writing strategies
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Academic Writing How important is writing? What kind of writing
do you do now? What kinds of issues are you likely to encounter?
What is different about academic writing? What is involved? Where
does academic writing begin? When does life begin?
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Academic Writing Discuss the proposition that education is
wasted on the youth (Rose 2001: 89). Rose, J. (2001) The Mature
Students Guide to Writing. London, New York: Palgrave.
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Key Stages in the Writing Process Planning Drafting Revision
Editing and Proofreading
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The Rhetorical Situation Occasion Topic Audience Purpose
Writer
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Structure and Organisation Time Space The Final Frontier
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Organising Principles Thesis Questions Hypothesis
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Organising Principles Unity Coherence Cohesion
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Stylistic Differences that Mark Academic Writing Complexity
Formality Objectivity Explicitness Hedging Responsibility
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Key Tasks for Academic Writers Participating in academic
conversations Developing and advancing balanced arguments Exploring
your personal writing process Developing strategies that work for
you
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13 Cracking the Codes Analysing the genre/text and modelling
Generate a list of The most important features of academic writing
Criteria to make your writing-strategies more effective The
important conventions in your discipline What is/is not acceptable
in your discipline Student handbooks and guides for written
submissions
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Writing to Prompts Strategies that might help boost my academic
writing skills Keep writing non-stop for 5 minutes. Write in
sentences. Do not edit or censor your writing. Discuss what you
have written in pairs.
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Getting Started Create time and space for writing Freewriting
Writing to prompts What writing have you done for this assignment,
what writing would you like to do The aim of this assignment
Experiment with different types of writing
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Other Types of Writing Keep a learning diary (Moore and Murphy,
2005:61) / writing diary / process journal (Elbow and Belanoff,
2003:19). When do you feel most/least motivated to write? What
strategies have/have not worked in the past? Write a little bit
every day (Moore and Murphy, 2005:117): we learn to write through
writing (Hyland, 2002:81). Keep a notebook with you to record ideas
when they come to mind (Moore and Murphy, (2005).
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Writing Time Dealing with issues of time Setting goals Binge
and snack writing (Murray, 2005) Do I need a big block of time to
write productively? Short bursts of productive writing (Murray and
Moore, 2006:17) Outlining (Murray, 2005)
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Other Strategies The importance of reading Modelling Images and
diagrams Mind mapping Writing dictionaries
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R eg io na l W rit in g C en tr e 19 Dialogue as a Social
Strategy Peer-review Generative writing The writing sandwich
(Murray, 2005:85): writing, talking, writing Writing buddies
(Murray and Moore, 2006:102) Engaging in critiques of one anothers
work allows you to become effective critics of your own work.
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20 Strategies that Work for You Writing is a personal process
Learning diary (Moore and Murphy, 2005:61) Process journal (Elbow
and Belanoff, 2003:19) When do you feel most/least motivated to
write? What strategies have/have not worked in the past?
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Things to Note Academic writing style Register Language Clarity
of expression Different disciplines have different conventions What
are the important criteria for your subject?
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Resources Shannon Consortium Regional Writing Centre, UL
http://www.ul.ie/rwc/ http://www.ul.ie/rwc/ Using English for
Academic Purposes http://www.uefap.com/index.htm
http://www.uefap.com/index.htm The Writers Garden http://www.
cyberlyber.com/writermain.htmhttp://www.
cyberlyber.com/writermain.htm The OWL at Purdue
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ The
Writing Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://www.unc.edu/depts
/wcweb/handouts/index.htmlhttp://www.unc.edu/depts
/wcweb/handouts/index.html
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R eg io na l W rit in g C en tr e 23 Reference List Elbow, P.
(1998) Writing without Teachers (2nd edition). New York: Oxford
University Press. Elbow, P. and Belanoff, P. (2003) Being a Writer:
A Community of Writers Revisited. New York: McGraw- Hill. Hyland,
K. (2002) Teaching and Researching Writing. London: Pearson
Education Ltd. Moore, S. and Murphy, M. (2005) How to be a Student:
100 Great Ideas and Practical Hints for Students Everywhere. UK:
Open University Press.
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Reference List Murray, R. (2005) Writing for Academic Journals.
UK: Open University Press. Murray, R. and Moore, S. (2006) The
Handbook of Academic Writing: A Fresh Approach. Berkshire, UK: Open
University Press. Rose, J. (2001) The Mature Students Guide to
Writing. London, New York: Palgrave.