scholarly journals The Story of Writing: From Classical Rhetoric to Rhetoric and Composition

2022 ◽  
Vol 30 (12) ◽  
pp. 75-86
Author(s):  
I. B. Korotkina
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Rhetoric And Composition ◽  
Classical Rhetoric ◽  
10Th Anniversary ◽  
Academic Texts ◽  
Writing Research ◽  
Research Competences ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
The Impact

Written to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the rubric “Academic Writing and Research Competences” established by the journal’s late editor-in-chief Mikhail Sapunov, the paper focuses on the origins of academic writing and traces its development in terms of rhetoric. The five stages of classical rhetoric are interpreted as five key components of academic writing: research, logic, culture, knowledge, and language. This approach helps visualize academic writing as a wholesome model composed of cognitive and linguistic elements, describe the impact of this model on the rhetorical and publishing conventions of the global academic discourse, and define the problems in knowledge construction as deviations from the model’s unity in various sociocultural contexts. The study concludes that the low quality of an academic text may result from either losing the predominance of the first two stages of rhetoric (invention and arrangement) or of the other three (style, memory, and delivery). The former signifies an ideological pressure on researchers to substitute their own rhetoric with quotes from canonized sources, whereas the latter provokes them to disregard language and style as inferior to research, because of which texts diminish in clarity. In either case, communication lacks in efficiency. The study of academic writing in the historical perspective contributes to better understanding of the latest trends in its development and elicits the problems which impede the quality of Russian scholarly and academic texts.

The interaction of discipline and culture in academic writing

2002 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zosia Golebiowski ◽  
Anthony J. Liddicoat
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Contrastive Rhetoric ◽  
Just Culture ◽  
Academic Texts ◽  
Text Production ◽  
Culturally Based ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Text Construction

Abstract Work in contrastive rhetoric has often sought to examine the impact of culturally-based writing conventions on text production and has outlined cultural differences in texts in different languages. At the same time, the study of specialised languages has often claimed a degree of uniformity in text construction both at the level of culture and at the level of the discipline. It appears however that approaches which consider just culture or just discipline miss part of the picture. This paper argues that considerations of discipline and culture are complex and interrelated and that this complexity and interrelationship can be seen at several different levels in specialised academic texts.

scholarly journals Reading Autoethnography: The Impact of Writing Through the Body

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina Tuinamuana ◽  
Joanne Yoo
Keyword(s):  
Creative Nonfiction ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
The Body ◽  
Time Space ◽  
Writing Research ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Academic Discourses

In this paper, we explore alternative ways in which academic writing can have impact, specifically in how it can move from the clearly measured to the deeply felt. We do this by writing a creative nonfiction narrative of our experimentation with autoethnography, detailing our responses to four published autoethnographic articles. We found that reading and engaging with these papers meant that we also had to listen and reconnect to our bodies in ways that initially seemed foreign to us as academics. But we persevered, and this project strengthened our resolve to create time/space to engage writing/research that deeply moves and transforms us. Within our experience, this writing offers alternatives to the dominant techno-rationalistic certainty of academic discourses that work to artificially separate mind from body.

scholarly journals INCREASING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATION QUALITY THROUGH COMMITTEE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION APPROACH

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 428-438
Author(s):  
Lukman Hakim
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
School Education ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Elementary School Education ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Education Process

The aim of study was to find out the approach of to develop of community participation in improving the quality of education process. Community had the important role in education because the community gave the impact on education quality progress. The research used descriptive qualitative approach. Data collection techniques consisted of observation, interviews, and documentation. Data analysis was carried out in two stages, namely (1) data analysis in single or individual cases and (2) cross-case data analysis. The results of the study concluded that the approach of community participation in the implementation of elementary school education programs in Mataram is the school as a community center. The implication of the results is the concept of developing the community in the process of elementary school education in Mataram and increasing awareness of all parties in formulating the concept of education process.

scholarly journals Peer Review: A Tool to Enhance the Quality of Academic Written Productions

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Maria Fernanda Poveda de Brusa ◽  
Liliya Harutyunyan
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Future Research ◽  
English Class ◽  
Individual Knowledge ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
The Impact

Higher education focuses on promoting the training of autonomous, critical professionals who adapt to the ever-more demanding labor market. To achieve these objectives, it is necessary to rethink teaching practices in order to allow the student to be the main actor and modeler for their learning process. Previous studies based on Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory have shown that learning should be treated as a socio-cultural activity. Indeed, according to this approach, individual knowledge is firstly constructed at a social level. Peer review, for its part, is a learning tool based on the sociocultural approach. It allows students to achieve higher levels of autonomy and critical thinking. This research’s aim is, on the one hand, to analyze the effect of peer review on the quality of academic essays and, on the other, to examine the way in which linguistic and communicative competence in academic writing are affected. This experimental study was carried out with 68 level B1 + students (32 men and 36 women) in a private university in Ecuador during one academic year. After the statistical analysis, it is concluded that peer review has a positive impact on academic writing. However, the impact is higher in the communicative competence than in the linguistic competence. This result is aligned with previous research, which shows that students tend to prioritize message over form. Future research should investigate peer review’s long-term impact upon students and their ability to transfer skills acquired in English class to other subjects, or even to professional contexts.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the quality of life and the impact of pain in patients with temporomandibular disorder

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-220
Author(s):  
Claudio Marcio Rodrigues Santana Junior ◽  
Victor Augusto Alves Bento ◽  
Edilson José Zafalon ◽  
Maria Cristina Mesquita ◽  
Daisilene Baena Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Temporomandibular Disorder ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
The Impact

Objective: To evaluate the quality of life and the impact of pain in patients with Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD) Muscle/joint TMJ of a public institution in Brazil. Methods: The study consisted of two stages: the first step was the application of the Ohip-14 questionnaires, Fonseca's Anamnestic Questionnaire and the McGill Questinionaire (Br-MPQ). In the next step, after the clinical treatment, only the Ohip-14 questionnaire was applied to compare the results after the treatment. The significance level was set at α = 0,05. Results: Overall, 100 individuals were examined and diagnosis with TMD Muscle/joint TMJ. The score OHIP-14 scale before the treatment was 30.02 ± 1.26 (mean ± standard error of the mean) points, being that after treatment it was 8.94 ± 0.63 points, statistically significant (p<0,001). The mean score in the Fonseca scale was 73.25 ± 1.93 points. Regarding the Br-MPQ, the results showed that TMD pain affects the patient in the area of work, leisure, home activities, family relationships, relationships with friends, sleep and appetite. Conclusion: SERDOF-DTM patients had severe TMD with a negative impact on quality of life, directly affecting their daily activities. The treatment proved to be effective in improving this condition.

scholarly journals The Impact of Physical Education Classes on Health and Quality of Life during the COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 8813
Author(s):  
Jiceh-Der Dong Fang ◽  
Pi-Cheng Teng ◽  
Fong-Jia Wang
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
College Students ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Physical Education Class ◽  
Effective Activity ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being and the quality of life of college students participating in physical education classes. We consider this study to be relevant because during the COVID-19 pandemic we tested whether the boost in effective activity among physical education class participants affected well-being and quality of life. A sectional questionnaire survey was conducted across Taiwan in 2019–2020. Data were collected in two stages within 6 months from a sample of 1011 university students in Taiwan (328 male, 683 female). A series of one-way ANOVAs was adopted to examine each outcome across groups and time phases. The results provide support for a positive relationship between well-being (β = 0.25, p < 0.001), and quality of life (β = 0.92, p < 0.001), supporting our expectations. Findings from our study suggest that physical activity was positively associated with mental health; and participation in physical activity had an effect on the well-being and quality of life in college students.

scholarly journals Analysis of the operation characteristics of a selected wind power plant

2018 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 01016
Author(s):  
Karol Tucki ◽  
Anna Bączyk ◽  
Izabela Wielewska ◽  
Michał Piątkowski
Keyword(s):  
Wind Farm ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
Wind Power Plant ◽  
Method Of Calculation ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
Total Capacity ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Operation Characteristics

The purpose of this paper was to analyse the operation of a wind farm and the wind turbine yields with a total capacity of 46.5 MW. The analysis was divided into two stages: (1) the general characteristics of the facility, which included: a) distribution of wind speeds and the method of calculation and visualisation of the estimated electricity production, b) evaluation of the wind farm operation as per type of tested turbine and the wind farm terrain and (2) the impact of the facility on the quality of electricity in the distribution network.

scholarly journals Culture-Bound Web-Based Institutional Academic Texts. The Case of Some Romance Language University Websites in English

Linguaculture ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-131
Author(s):  
Ioana-Carmen Păștinaru
Keyword(s):  
Web Based ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Romance Language ◽  
University Websites ◽  
The Past ◽  
Academic Texts ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Impact

The internationalisation process of European higher education over the past years largely encouraged the translation into English of many university websites. However, the (deliberate or nondeliberate) presence of culture-bound terms on the English version of university websites represents an issue of debate, considering the worldwide provenance of visitors accessing the websites and the purpose of these texts. The main goal of this article is to analyse the appropriateness of translation strategies used for the culture-bound terms on university websites. The practical part of this research uses Aixelá’s classification of translation strategies for the analysis of the culture-bound terms identified on some Romance language university webpages translated into English, allowing a series of suggestions and recommendations in each case. The study results have demonstrated that the strategy of conservation through repetition is used most often. Last but not least, this paper intends to raise awareness as to the translator’s role and the impact of the quality of translations of university webpages into English as a lingua franca.

scholarly journals The Impact of Teacher Feedback Via Google Doc in L2 Learners’ Writing

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 170-194
Author(s):  
Mohammed Abdullah Alharbi ◽  
Abdulrahman Nasser Alqefari
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Teacher Feedback ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
Academic Texts ◽  
Written Comments ◽  
Writing Revision ◽  
Direct Feedback ◽  
The Impact

Academic writing of assignments is challenging for many undergraduate students of English, and therefore, instructors' written evaluative comments are needed to help students obtain information about their performance in such academic written tasks. As a qualitative case study, this study was carried out on one undergraduate course, specifically on the instructor's written comments on 10 learners' peer academic writing of article reports, how students revise their texts in responding to written comments and how they view such comments and academic writing via Google Docs. The data was collected from the written comments, students’ text revisions and a focus group interview. The findings show that the instructor commented on issues and errors at the global and local levels of academic texts directly and indirectly. Quantification of the data illustrated that the instructor provided the five pairs of learners with an overall number of 1440 which targeted 373 (25%) global issues and 1067 (75%) local issues in the writing of the five pairs. In terms of direction, 977 (68%) accounted for direct feedback, while 463 (32%) accounted for indirect feedback. Distribution of the feedback received by the learners varied across the five pairs of students. The findings indicate that most of the learners’ text revisions were made based on teacher feedback (1187/93%), while only 95 (7%) revisions were self-made revisions. The thematic analysis of the follow-up interview underlies students’ perceived value of teacher feedback in improving their writing, their preference for direct feedback on their writing, their perceived role of Google doc in editing their written assignments. Yet, a few students reported a few restrictions of Google Dos-peer writing and editing. The current study implied that teachers should act as mediators, be aware of the role of feedback in facilitating their students’ development of writing and misinterpretation and confusion their feedback can cause to our students in the process of writing revision, and decide what issues their feedback needs to target, focus on what issues actually challenge their learners in writing. Finally, feedback practices should be made innovative through integration of technological tools.

scholarly journals Against Amateur Economies: Spec Work Competitions and the Anti-spec Movement

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Creative Workers ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
The Impact

The rise and rise of the amateur cultural producer has been greeted with a spectacular amount of celebratory rhetoric, in both popular and academic writing . It has also been criticised, often for the inferior quality of amateur productions compared to the fruits of professional labour. But apart from that by a small number of journalism scholars, little empirical research has been carried out with professional creative labourers about the impact of amateur economies on their work, and their responses to amateur production practices. This article addresses that gap, and also counterbalances the dominant celebratory discourse by focusing on an initiative that is critical of amateur economies and that emerges from creative workers themselves: the anti-spec movement within design industries. Anti-spec activists campaign against speculative (or spec) work, which is seen as one problematic materialisation of crowdsourced, amateur economies. Here, it is argued that responses to spec work can be understood in relation to designers’ ethics and values and the extent to which they feel that these are thrown into question by amateur activity.

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