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Re: basics of academic writing

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Linda McPhee <[log in to unmask]>

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European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing - discussions <[log in to unmask]>

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Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:49:04 +0100

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On the last day of my course, I sometimes bring in a set on magazines... I look for things that have a tenuous (no more) connection to their research, but a completely different audience: children's magazines, health magazines, hobby, gardening and animal and farmer-directed titles. They then have to identify a part on their research that would be interesting to that audience, and develop a synopsis and a pitch, including the direction the first lines will take. These are working scientists, we do it in a workshop (they would not like this as homework, I think) and they love this. It does let us have a great (and often funny) discussion about audience... something they will have been getting in a different way in every class.


On 25 Feb 2010, at 12:37, Dujardin, Anne-Florence wrote:

> I did something similar - though not as exciting - a few years ago in a project called 'writing geology' which involved student workshops. One of the exercises was to ask students to compare three articles related to the same geological phenomenon: one from the everyday press, one from a geology magazine and a third one from a geology journal. This helped raise issue of audiences and audience expectations in relation to content and style. There is more about the project at: http://www.gees.ac.uk/planet/p15/sy.pdf
> 
> 
> Anne-Florence Dujardin, Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies 
> ________________________________________
> From: European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing - discussions [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sandra Sinfield [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 25 February 2010 08:52
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [EATAW] basics of academic writing
> 
> A lecturer here at London Met gets students to re-genre writing from
> other courses as part of her programme. Hence an anthropology essay
> might become a sci-fi play; a rather tedious regurgitative essay from
> one subject - might become an exhilarating children's story in her course...
> This also seems to raise student awareness - alongside their interest
> and enthusiasm.
> Best,
> Sandra Sinfield
> 
> [log in to unmask] wrote:
> 
>> A brief remark:
>> I tend to believe that "handling" genres develops students' awareness
>> and establishes "schemata".(Other/ previous communication courses might
>> mean support.)>
>> Ilona Ma'te'
>> BME
>> 
>> On 23 Feb 2010, at 10:59, John Harbord wrote:
>> 
>>>> Using your 3 ECTS to perfect a single genre would be doing
>>>> the students a disservice unless they will only (or mainly) need to
>>>> write that genre.
>>> 
>>> Well, yes and no. My course is 3 ECTs (for reasons that are hazy to me,
>>> because as a consultant lecturer, I was outside that negotiation). In it,
>>> PhD students work on a single article they plan to publish. In working
>>> through that genre, we naturally touch on the differences between it and a
>>> proposal. a report, etc., so the course has the form they most need as the
>>> focus, but they see aspects of differences as well. Then there's the
>>> readability of that article... that half of the course applies to anything
>>> technical they write in future, and I know people keep and refer to the
>>> class notes for years afterwards, so, disservice? No.
>>> 
>>> I can't really see you disagreeing with this, so maybe it's the word
>>> 'perfect' that you're stressing? I'm looking for successful papers,
>>> flexible writers, and can't really believe in 'perfect'.
>>> 
>>> Linda McPhee
>>> http://www.lindamcpheeconsulting.com
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> --
> 
> Sandra Sinfield
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