writing introductions fv11a8900 academic writing in english
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Writing introductions
FV11A8900 Academic Writing in English
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Basic structure (IMRaD)
Literature review
Data collection
Data analysis
Image source: http://sana.tkk.fi/awe accessed 7.9.10
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Intro: Create-a-Research-Space model (CaRS)
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Exercise 1
• 2 introductions
• Find the 3 basic moves of the CaRS model.
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Exercise 2
• Switch the article you brought to class with the person sitting next to you.
• Read through the article to see if you can indicate the 3 moves in the CaRS model.
• Show your neighbour if/how the authors make the 3 basic moves in the introduction.
• Spend a few minutes talking about the paper’s topic and why it was chosen as the ’reference’ paper for this class.
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Exercise 3
• Look at your sample of writing that you brought.
• Does it have an introduction? If not, why?• Does the intro follow CARS? If not, re-work
it.• If it follows CARS, does it have the
academic writing features mentioned in chapter 1.1 of the textbook? If not, re-work it.
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Homework 1/3
• Go to http://sana.tkk.fi/awe/style/reporting/sections/intros/index.html
• Read through the more specific details of CaRS – different sub-moves.
• Practice using the exercises. There are 3 of them and they each take about 20 min.
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Homework 2/3
• Also at the AWE website, read about ’abstracts’
• http://sana.tkk.fi/awe/style/reporting/sections/abstracts/index.html
• Think about the differences between abstracts and introductions
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Homework 3/3
• Continue working on paper topic.– Consider what the title might be. A two-part
title (title:subtitle) helps to keep your topic specific (narrow).
– Brainstorming – mind map, outline, free writing
– Topic should be confirmed week 4.