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Academic Writing
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You CAN be academic writer!!

This course outlines and discusses the keys to successful academic writing.

These are

1. An understanding of what outcomes we need to achieve in conjunction with a publisher, that there is a formal structure required when writing academic papers and books, and that there is more than one possible format for an academic product because each subject discipline has certain writing conventions, vocabularies and types of discourse that should be understood before writing the final draft;

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2. In general, academic writing must be clear, focused, structured and backed up by evidence. Its purpose is to aid the reader’s understanding of a discipline. However, while it has a formal tone and style this is not complex and does not require the use of long sentences and complicated vocabulary to be accepted;

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3. Being concise is crucial - using as few words as possible, for example “now” instead of “at the present time,” and making sure repetition is avoided. For example, the benefit of including only one idea per sentence (with sentences 10–25 words in length) and one theme per paragraph should be mastered;

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4. Other skills covered will be avoiding vague or complicated sentences, along with using technical terms or jargon only when necessary (and explained), and why what the journal wants conditions your relationship with the editor and reviewers before and after submission is crucial to your success.

We will look at the purpose of academic writing and the art of writing for our audience in this basic course. We will practice the skill of avoiding unnecessary detail and words. Published and non-published examples will be used throughout.

NECO-GK Introduction
02:06
Malcolm Cooper, Jonas Yong

NECO-GK Introduction

Introduction to NECO-GK
Writing Course Module1
38:51
Cooper Malcolm by NECO

Writing Course Module1

Interest, background theory, critical reading, the literature review in context, your topic, your niche, how to develop an argument around your topic
Writing Course Module 2
45:22
Cooper Malcolm by NECO

Writing Course Module 2

Choosing a journal to write for decisions to make, methodology of the task, collection and analysis of information, who is it for
Writing Course Module 3
49:00

Writing Course Module 3

The structure of an article around the structure of your argument, the importance of methodology in your research, are you using quantitative or qualitative or mixed methods, problem-solving, new knowledge or curating existing knowledge, examples
Writing Course Module 4
48:39
Cooper Malcolm by NECO

Writing Course Module 4

Topic -Idea - LR - data needs - data management - writing a successful literature review and a good methodology section
Writing Course Module 5
36:57

Writing Course Module 5

Data analysis - writing up your results, conclusions, limitations and recommendations - readability, discipline variations, how to focus on parts of the paper while crafting the whole
Writing Course Module 6
22:59
Cooper Malcolm by NECO

Writing Course Module 6

The references, the major styles used to format the paper and the references– ChicagoAD, APA, Harvard, Vancouver, AMA, others, final copy editing
Writing Course Module 7
48:22
Cooper Malcolm by NECO

Writing Course Module 7

Editor as a friend and a barrier, how to avoid desk rejection, what are you unclear about
Writing Course Module 8
42:09
Cooper Malcolm by NECO

Writing Course Module 8

Reviewers role, timetable, how to analyze your own writing, focus training revisited
Writing Course Module 9
32:09

Writing Course Module 9

Answering reviewers’ comments, agree or don’t agree, both are expected
Writing Course Module 10
42:00
Cooper Malcolm by NECO

Writing Course Module 10

Other places to publish - conference papers, reports, books, book chapters, the transition from conference paper to journal article, open access, lessons learnt for the next time!
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