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| 第1回 | Introduction: What are the goals of this class? What is academic writing?
Comparison of writing styles. What are the key differences?
How to critically read an academic text. Breakdown of an academic text.
Introducing reference material in this class: Chicago Manual of Style. |
| 第2回 | What is a concept?
Learning to identify concepts in academic texts.
Exercise 1: Extract/rewrite concepts from an academic text.
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| 第3回 | Looking for doors: forming a research question
How to ask the right kind of research question?
Exercise 2: Create a series of academic questions as possible topics for your thesis.
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| 第4回 | The shape of ideas: Making an argument
How to form an argument and structure an argument in an academic paper?
Exercise 3: identify arguments/structure in academic texts. |
| 第5回 | Referencing, sources and citing, vocabulary and punctuation.
How to choose appropriate words, reduce technical errors, and select sources to back up arguments? (Databases introduction)
Exercise 4: Select 4-5 articles related to your thesis topic, build a bibliography. |
| 第6回 | Tenses, grammar, quoting and paraphrasing
How to quote and paraphrase, how to increase accuracy by using the correct tenses and grammar?
Exercise 5: The matrix.
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| 第7回 | Methodologies: navigating and framing information.
How to investigate a research questions through making use of methodology?
Looking at methodologies relevant to art, design and fashion studies.
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| 第8回 | Seeking validity: Choosing and using a theory
How to investigate a research questions through making use of theory?
Looking at theories relevant to art, design and fashion studies
Exercise 6: Write a 500-word thesis proposal |
| 第9回 | Mastering introductions:
How to write a strong and convincing introduction?
In-class exercise: analyzing introductions of several academic texts.
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| 第10回 | Mastering conclusions:
Learning to interpret and analyze findings, and summarize a paper.
In-class exercise: analyzing conclusions of several academic texts, writing sample conclusions.
Exercise 7: Rewrite your 500-word thesis proposal. |
| 第11回 | Literature review:
Learning to seek valid arguments and sources, and to identify
writing/research that lacks validity. How to find the appropriate source material, and write a literature review/use it to support your own argument?
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| 第12回 | Constructing ideas: Abstracts and macrostructure
How to construct an academic text? What are the elements needed? How to write abstracts?
Style: Writing authoritatively and persuasively: Identifying different academic writing styles. Learning to write directly and with authority.
Exercise 8: Find 3 Japanese articles with English abstracts and make a small literature review of the 3 articles. |
| 第13回 | Transparency and empathy: Editing
How to revise and edit your writing to sharpen ideas and arguments? |
| 第14回 | Review, Planning your first draft
How to plan and write a first draft?
An in-class deconstruction of a more complex academic text.
Final questions.
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