Ruth Jacklin |Two two-hour sessions | Autumn: 14:00- 16:00 Monday 29 October + 5 November | Room 777

This course provides an Introduction to the skills, techniques and conventions of academic writing, including a focus on language and a critical exploration of models of good practice. We shall be looking particularly at the organisation of a literature review in the first session and the analysis of critique writing in the second session.

These sessions will run as interactive workshops; students will take part in class discussions and group activities, and will be given a pre-reading exercise before the second session.

Suggested reading:

• Bell, J. (2005). Doing Your Research Project. 4th Edition. OUP.
• Boote, D. N. and Beile, P. (2005). ‘Scholars before researchers: on the centrality of the dissertation literature review in research preparation’, Educational Researcher, 34 (6), 3-15.
• Dunleavy, P. (2003). Authoring a PhD. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Fisher, A. (2001). Critical Thinking. Cambridge: CUP.
• Goatly, A. (2000). Critical Reading and Writing.London: Routledge.
• Hart, C. (1998). Doing a Literature Review. London: SAGE.
• Luke, A. (1995). ‘Text and Discourse in education: an introduction to critical discourse analysis’. Review of Research in Education, 21. (1995-1996)
• Matision, M. A. and Spivey, N. N. (1993). ‘Literature reviews of, and for, educational research: a commentary on Boote and Beile’s “Scholars before research”’. Educational Researcher, 35 (9), 28-31.
• Poulson, L. and Wallace, M. (2004).Teaching and Learning. London: SAGE. 
• Swales, J. M. and Feake, C. B. (2004). Academic Writing for Graduate Students (2nd Edition). University of Michigan Press.
• Swales, J. M. and Feake C. B. (2000). English in Today’s Research World. University of Michigan Press.
• Van Aertselaer, J. A. (2006). A Rhetorical Analysis Approach to English for Academic
• Purposes, Revista de Linguistica y Lenguas Aplicadas, 1. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia.
• Wallace, M. (2006). Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates. London: SAGE.
• Wandel, T. (2001). ‘The power of discourse: Michel Foucault and critical theory’. Cultural values,5 (3).

Useful online sites:

• http://writingcentre.ioe.ac.uk/
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
• http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/writing/education/perspectives-learning/1.xml