scholarly journals Process genre approach to L2 academic writing: An intervention study

XLinguae ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 30-51
Author(s):  
Svetlana Hanusova ◽  
Olga Dontcheva-Navratilova ◽  
Marie Lahodova Valisova ◽  
Marketa Matulova
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
English Language ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Writing Courses ◽  
Academic Texts ◽  
Writing Course

The paper presents the research study of academic writing of Czech university students in an English Language Teacher Education study program. The authors apply an interdisciplinary approach integrating the perspectives of linguistics and language pedagogy in the evaluation of the design of the Academic Writing course and its impact on the development of students’ academic writing skills. Adopting a process genre approach (Badger, White, 2000) to writing instruction as a key design principle, our study combines the genre analysis framework (Swales, 1990) and the intercultural rhetoric perspective (Connor, 2004) to design an innovated academic writing course for graduate students focusing on developing critical thinking skills and context-aware writing. The course, informed by an analysis of the academic writing needs of the students, aimed at familiarizing them with the rhetorical structure of academic texts with a focus on the genre of the Master’s thesis and at introducing them to the academic writing conventions in the area of soft sciences. Piloted in 2019, the course was implemented as a blended course, where the contact sessions were complemented by online support in VLE Moodle. Apart from analyses of written texts, classroom writing, and homework tasks, it also included discourse editing tasks and peerreviewing with peer-reviewer feedback and teacher feedback. We believe that our research findings will shed light on the potential of academic writing courses based on the process-genre approach to contribute to the enhancement of the quality of English academic texts by non-native academic writers, and specifically Czech graduate students.

scholarly journals ENHANCING PROFESSIONAL COMPENENCE OF PHARMACEUTICAL STUDENTS IN THE ACADEMIC ENGLISH COURSE

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (18) ◽  
pp. 84-89
Author(s):  
Oksana Kovalenko ◽  
Olga Afanasenko
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
English Language ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Academic Language ◽  
English For Academic Purposes ◽  
Academic English ◽  
Academic Texts ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Measurement Tools ◽  
Selection For

The paper presents the ideas on integration of English language academic writing into the training of Mater of Pharmacy students. The academic literature demonstrates a powerful didactic potential for the development of both language and professional competence of students majoring in pharmacy. This fact is evidenced by the empirical study that demonstrates the finding reflected in students’ graduation academic project performance. As a measurement tools we employed assessment rubrics of the graduate project, content analysis and questionnaire on teachers’ feedback. The participants of the study were students from the Pharmacy faculty and teachers of English for Academic Purposes in cooperation with teachers of pharmacy. Together they outlined the criteria for the texts selection. According to the results, students mastered not only academic writing skills, but also the skills of information processing and evaluation, critical thinking, presentation of information and academic integrity. The paper also presents methodological recommendations on academic texts selection for pharmaceutical students and forms of teachingacademic writing to students of non-linguistic specialties. The results of the study allow to draw the conclusion academic writing course will enhance professional competence and reduce students’ misinterpreting of academic language.

scholarly journals UNIVERSITY STUDENTS� NEEDS OF WRITING COURSE MATERIALS: A CASE OF INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Ilham Ilham ◽  
Bachrudin Musthafa ◽  
Fazri Nur Yusuf
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
English Language ◽  
Private University ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
English Department ◽  
Writing Courses ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Grammar Knowledge

The aim of this study is to explore the target needs (i.e. necessities, lacks and wants) of the students to inform academic writing courses materials. A case study design was employed as this design to provide in-depth data information. To collect the data, questionnaire and interviews were used. Twenty-three undergraduate students of English department at a private university in Mataram West Nusa Tenggara who take academic writing course in the 2019-2020 academic year participated in the study. The result of the study showed that the students need to learn the types of writing texts, vocabulary and construct sentences into paragraph, have good skills in writing different genres since they are lack of grammar knowledge and vocabularies, and improvement on the aspect of teaching writing. This finding may promise implications for updating the current curriculum and materials as practiced for tertiary level English department students in an attempt to keep up with the latest changes in the methodologies of English language teaching. This study recommends that lecturers and universities should conduct a need analysis regularly and updated the curriculum with such insightful needs.

scholarly journals Importance and development of Critical Thinking in BA Academic Writing Course

enadakultura ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ketevan Gochitashvili ◽  
Giuli Sha bashvili
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Specific Activities ◽  
Secondary Information

Critical thinking is a complex phenomenon, that helps the learner to separate relevant information from irrelevant and unnecessary information, to evaluate and explain events and facts, to formulate a clear argument objectively, to deliver the right message to the target audience, and to find ways to solve the problem. Critical thinking is directly related to the teaching of academic writing and is a transferable skill that helps students both to complete other university courses successfully and to build a further professional career. The aim of the paper is to identify the challenges and problems faced by both instructors and students at the university level in Georgia in terms of developing critical thinking skills while teaching/learning an academic writing course. Moreover, the paper presents specific activities to solve the given problems. The paper offers teachers the basic strategies and techniques that can be used to achieve the goals set out in the curriculum. The following research methods are applied: questionnaires and classroom observation.The following factors can be named as limitations of the research: relatively small number of students; The study was conducted for only one semester.The analysis of the questionnaires revealed the following issues related to critical thinking and writing for the students: lack of ability to formulate an objective critical opinion, reliability of sources, formulation of main research questions and hypotheses, generalization, separation of main and secondary information, focus on key issues and formulation of logical coherent conclusions.The paper suggests specific activities and questions for the development of critical thinking that are needed to process a text or information.The use of these approaches and methods should be implemented at different levels of the course. The teacher in advance should design and plan activities that will be used during the class. Critical thinking development activities should be combined with all the assignments and activities covering all the topics of the course. In the process of searching the proper materials, the student should master the techniques of working on sources, the criteria for determining the reliability and relevance of sources. In addition, the student should be able to process a significant amount of materials, merge main and secondary information, paraphrase the information, and integrate it into their own text in accordance with academic standards. As a result, the student should be able to evaluate the material retrieved and present and argue their own position.

scholarly journals Students’ critical thinking ability in analyzing descriptive paragraph

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 462
Author(s):  
Patahuddin Patahuddin ◽  
Syawal Syawal ◽  
Amri Amri
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Critical Thinking Ability ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Thinking Ability ◽  
The University

Learning that is oriented to the development of critical thinking skills is one of the main priorities of an educator in their learning activities. This study aims to analyze students' critical thinking skills in analyzing a descriptive paragraph. This study uses a descriptive method with a quantitative approach. This research will be carried out during the odd semester of the academic year 2021/2022. The subjects of this study were all 1st-semester students in the English language education study program FKIP UMPAR which consisted of 18 students. The research instruments are observation and interview which involves the descriptive paragraphs observation and the interview guide sheet. Data analysis using descriptive statistical analysis. Referring to the data gained in the study, the researcher found that the critical thinking ability of students to analyze a descriptive paragraph was still very low. It was discovered that students' critical thinking skills in analyzing descriptive paragraphs were in a low category, students achieving a score below the minimum graduation standard set by the university. The data is also reinforced by the results of interviews which show that students are not accustomed to doing English paragraph analysis.

scholarly journals DESIGNING ICT COMPETENCES – INTEGRATED SYLLABUSES OF WRITING COURSES (DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT STUDY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM SYLLABUSES)

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-123
Author(s):  
Syarifah Syifa ◽  
Darmahusni
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
English Language ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Writing Courses ◽  
Education Study

The development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has greatly affected the field of education. ICT allow for a higher quality lessons through collaboration with teachers in planning and preparing resources. ICT also develop some writing skills: spelling, grammar, punctuation, editing and re-drafting. ICTs appear as a strategy to improve learners’ difficulties and provide students’ growth in the writing skills. Therefore, this research aims to design ICT competences – integrated writing syllabuses for English Language Education Study Program (ELESP) by analyzing the existing writing syllabuses from five universities in Indonesia. The analysis involved the ICT Competences proposed by UNESCO, Digital Media Descriptors of English Profiling Grid (EPG) and other ICT based – theories. The researcher employed Design and Development Research (DDR) as a research design and qualitative research as the research method. The used stages of DDR in this study are conducted need analysis; stating the objectives, developing the preliminary syllabus, evaluate the preliminary syllabus and revising a syllabus prototype. The data sources of this research are 14 existing syllabuses of writing courses of undergraduate English Language Education Study Program. The result of the research revealed that the ICT competences are mostly integrated in the component of Teaching Method and Media in the syllabuses. The highest level of ICT competences applied in the existing syllabus is Knowledge Deepening level. Although, the integration or infusion of ICT competences were explicit and implicit mentioned in the syllabuses of writing subjects. The research then provide the procedure of ICT integration and the design the ICT competences integrated – writing syllabuses; Basic Writing, Professional Writing, Creative Writing, and Academic Writing. The proposed syllabus implemented the skill-based syllabus. Keywords: ICT Competences, Writing Skills, Syllabus Design, DDR, ICT UNESCO Framework

scholarly journals Graduate Students’ Attitude Toward Plagiarism in Academic Writing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Najmi Rodhiya ◽  
Primardiana Hermilia Wijayati
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Study Program

Plagiarism is one of academic dishonesty that becomes a central issue and challenge faced by the educational sector. Students who study in a higher level of education will face many kinds of academic writing, which is not easy to deal with. Moreover, students need to find information related to their writing to support theories and arguments for their academic writing. This study aims to find out graduate language students’ attitude toward plagiarism in academic writing. This present study used a quantitative approach and survey as the design of the study. The target population was all of the graduate students in language study program in the second semester from four departments; English Language Teaching, Indonesian Language Teaching, Arabic Language Teaching, and Keguruan Bahasa department. 86 students were chosen as a sample using random sampling. Questionnaire and interview were used as the instruments in this study. The questionnaire was divided into three parts; cognitive, emotional and behavior. The result shows that 66% or 57 students have a neutral attitude toward plagiarism. It means that they knew that plagiarism was an improper action, but they can tolerate plagiarism action. However, 33% or 28 students have a negative attitude toward plagiarism which means that they cannot tolerate plagiarism action. In contrast, only 1% or 1 student has a positive attitude toward plagiarism which means that they do not think that plagiarism is an improper action. Keywords: Attitude, Plagiarism, Academic Writing

Procedural Rhetoric: An Alternative to Traditional Academic Writing Programs

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 2309
Author(s):  
Mohammad Aghajanzadeh Kiasi ◽  
Seyedeh Lida Alavi
Keyword(s):  
English Language Learners ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
English Language ◽  
Writing Programs ◽  
Procedural Rhetoric ◽  
Writing Courses ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Academic Assignments

A host of movements have been performed to broaden English language learners’ writing scholarship. A major rethink of L2 writing materials is what syllabus designers should pursue in some collegiate contexts; all the more so because writing is considered as a scholarly skill for English language learners to do academic assignments and manifest their academic attainments in different academic areas. Having this in mind, the present study explored the implications of new English writing course syllabuses designed based on procedural rhetoric, which made English majors significantly outperform conventional syllabuses users in terms of content, vocabulary, and language use. The achieved results ensured that university writing courses can bring about more accomplishments when a multi-faceted program aligned with contemporary concerns of academic writing is adopted.

scholarly journals ANALISIS MEMBACA MAHASISWA DALAM UPAYA PENGEMBANGAN MODEL AJAR MEMBACA KRITIS (ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ READING IN ATTEMPT OF DEVELOPING CRITICAL READING LEARNING MODEL)

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Zubaedah Wiji Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
English Language ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Teaching Model ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Science Study ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Reading Activities

This paper is a part of a study on developing critical reading of teaching models to improve students’ critical thinking skills. It was conducted based on existing data that most of the students do not have critical reading skills. The purpose of this study was to make a suitable teaching model for students’ critical reading which was able to improve their critical thinking abilities. The method used in this writing was research and development. The instrument used in collecting data was observation, questionnaires, and interviews. The inquiry was conducted at Nusantara Islamic University by involving four classes as participants. Two of such classes belonged to the English Language Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Science while the other two belonged to the Communication Science Study Program, Faculty of Communication Sciences. The results found some information about the students’ reading activities and their understanding of critical readings. AbstrakPenelitian ini merupakan bagian dari penelitian pengembangan model ajar membaca kritis untuk meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir kritis mahasiswa. Penelitian dilakukan berdasarkan data bahwa sebagian besar mahasiswa belum memiliki kemampuan membaca kritis. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk membuat model pengajaran membaca kritis bagi mahasiswa yang sesuai dan diharapkan mampu meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir kritis mereka. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah penelitian dan pengembangan. Instrumen yang digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data adalah observasi, kuesioner, dan interviu. Penelitian dilakukan di  Universitas Islam Nusantara dengan melibatkan empat kelas sebagai partisipan. Dua kelas di Program Studi Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pengetahuan dan dua kelas di Program Studi Ilmu Komunikasi, Fakultas Ilmu Komunikasi. Hasil penelitian ini telah menemukan data awal berupa informasi mengenai hal yang berkenaan dengan aktivitas membaca siswa dan pemahaman mereka mengenai membaca kritis.

scholarly journals Adapting to a Disciplinary Discourse: A Redesigned Course for MA History Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-170
Author(s):  
Iuliia Evgenievna But
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Academic Texts ◽  
Disciplinary Discourse ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
History Texts ◽  
Writing Instructors

For most MA programs, it is common to enroll students with different BA degrees. The MA students who have changed their discipline are required to adopt a new disciplinary discourse and learn to write academic texts in line with appropriate genres and conventions. This study exemplifies an attempt to redesign the academic writing course for MA History programs at the Ural Federal University in order to ease the difficulties faced by students with non-history backgrounds. The essence of the redesign was to enhance the traditional teaching by demonstrating fundamental dissimilarities between history and other disciplines in terms of writing conventions. Teaching academic writing in that manner was supposed to facilitate students with both a history and non-history backgrounds to master the effective conventional writing of history texts. The efficiency of the redesigned course was estimated on the basis of students’ performance and feedback. This teaching practice can be of use for academic writing instructors who seek to help students from different backgrounds develop skills and competences that are necessary for a specific professional community.

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