Academic+Writing

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=Getting started...= Welcome to our class page! This is an open course ([|OCW]) for any English language learner interested in improving academic writing skills. To get started, do the following:
 * Read about this site, and open authorship.
 * Create an account in Wikispaces and join this wiki.
 * Create a hotmail (Microsoft) account if you do not already have one.
 * Access Class Notes throughout the course.

=About the Course= toc [|teaching at the UAA]
 * Prerequisites**: B2-C1 English proficiency level
 * Course Description**: Cultivating understandings by improving academic writing skills among English language learners (i.e., pre-service English language educators)
 * Program/curriculum map**: [|Credit-seeking students pursuing a Bachelor's degree in English language]
 * Technologies Used**: Wikispaces, Microsoft Office Online, Google+ Communities, & Internet
 * Credit-seeking students**: Students who are taking this course for credit, may access their grades in Engrade.

=See the Syllabus=

=Recommended Background=
 * Prerequisites**: @Linguistics, Psycholinguistics , Sociolinguistics , @Discourse Analysis

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=Course Objectives=

Desired Results
The objective of this sixteen-week course is to assist the writer in developing different writing and thinking strategies for developing a theoretical framework around a problem related to applied linguistics (i.e., the teaching and learning of an additional language).

Evidence of Understanding

 * Concept paper
 * Article review
 * Annotated bibliography
 * Literature review
 * Online and face-to-face discussions both in class and outside of class

Unit I - Concept Paper
Topics: thesis statement, simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences, MEAL plan (paragraph development), introduction and conclusion paragraphs, cohesion, coherence, & APA formatting.
 * Week 1
 * Week 2
 * Week 3
 * Week 4

Unit II - Article Review
Topics: Critical review, author point of view, audience, perspective, etc.
 * Week 5
 * Week 6

Unit III - Annotated Bibliography
Topics: APA formatting, search strategies such as Boolean search etc.,
 * Week 7
 * Week 8
 * Week 9

Unit IV - Literature Review
Topics: thesis statement, problem statement, purpose statement, APA formatting, forming an argument, etc. Week 10
 * Week 10
 * Week 11
 * Week 12
 * Week 13
 * Week 14
 * Week 15
 * Week 16

=Helpful Links= Academic writing | [|APA Corner] | [|An introduction to academic writing] | Deduction vs. Induction | Diagramming Sentences | [|Foreign Language Teaching Methods: Writing] | Forms of Inference | [|Guide to grammar and writing] |[| Sentence connectors] | [|TOEFL-Prep Writing Practice Site] | UNC Writing Center | The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

=Journals and other links= Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics  | Applied Linguistics (Journal)  | American Association of Applied Linguistics  | Center for Applied Linguistics  | Applied Linguistics Research Group  | Complicity | ELT Journal  | English Teaching Forum | Digital Scholarship  | Journal of Interactive Online Learning | Journal of Online Learning and Teaching | Language Learning & Technology | MEXTESOL Journal  | <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0088cc; font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">Language Learning <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> | <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0088cc; font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">oTranscribe | The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

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