Academic writing skills for postgraduates

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Academic writing skills for postgraduates
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Aims of the session

• To help you develop and sharpen your academic
  writing skills.
• To help you identify the important
  characteristics of postgraduate academic writing
  skills.

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Why are academic writing skills necessary for
postgraduate study?

• Postgraduate studies entails you to be a more
  dynamic and captivated scholar.
• As a postgraduate student, it is your moral
  responsibility to contribute to your field of
  study.
• Four ways that impact postgraduate writing
• Critical thinking
• Research
• Academic integrity
• Academic style

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Critical thinking

• Critical thinking is the ability to think
  independently and rationally. Those acquainted
  with critical thinking skills are able to
  understand the logic and relationship between the
  ideas.
• When writing as a critical thinker the student
  would
• List down his/her original viewpoint on previous
  research.
• Establish a clear connection between
  ideas-your-work supplementary research.
• Information given must be well organized and to
  the point.
• Explain the examples/quotes wherever necessary.
• Remember citing down appropriate sources.

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Research

• Academic research is conducted under a
  conditioned environment, such as a university.
  Research conducted is presented in a specific
  format as listed in a style guide.
• For example A psychology research paper would
  abide the American Psychological Association
  style guide.
• Be updated and informed about your field of
  study.
• Penetrate into the depth of your research topic.
• Review research papers associated with your
  research study.
• Write down your ideas and present information in
  a new manner using relevant existing research
  works.

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Academic integrity

• Academic integrity is the ethical policy for
  academic writing. Academia moral codes ensure
  honesty is maintained, academic standards are
  followed, and plagiarism is not practiced.
• When writing the student must
• Give due credit for referencing, intellectual
  material borrowed, paraphrasing, and quotes.
• Be cautioned when reproducing intellectual work.
  Precede refurbishing activity only when you have
  secured the rights to that intellectual property.

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Academic writing style

• Writing must be objective and clear.
• Use a formal approach.
• Ideas should be crisp and presented sequentially.
• Analyze without being biased.
• English language , Grammar , Punctuation, and
  Format must be precise as required by your
  university/journal/publisher.
• Avoid any controversial language.

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THANK YOU