Academic writing

HELLO! We are going to have an interactive lesson using PEAR DECK platform! There is a link :
https://app.peardeck.com/student/tevrtgagm kmauoq WILL YOU ANSWER TO THE BRAINSTORMING questions:
1. What are the pictures and words meant for you? 2. Predict the content of the lesson, please.You are given 5 minutes! Write your responses!
neighbour
neighbor
fall
autumn
trunk
boot (of car)
thesis
dissertation is for a PhD
is for a PhD
Master’s degree is a postgraduate
a graduate student
teaching is mainly done by professors and assistant professors.
is done by lecturers

AIMS ARE:
-to develop critical thinking, discuss, practice by doing, or teach others. -to truly tap into higher-order learning and thinking, analyzing, evaluating and creating. Learning Objectives: -understanding the subject and the Written British and American English; - mastering the key differences of written British and American English.
a) Vocabulary b) Spelling c) Academic language d) Punctuation Learning Outcomes: By the end of the lesson Doctoral students will be able to: - understand the subject;
-remember the differences of the Written British and American English:
a) Vocabulary b) Spelling c) Academic language d) Punctuation - enrich academic vocabulary and extend grammar range;

LESSON PLAN
1.Introduction to the subject. Academic Writing Quiz
2.Development of speaking skills (Brainstorming)
3. Work with vocabulary differences between Written British and American English.
4. Academic language differences between Written British and American English.
5.Conclusion
6.Feedback
7.Home-work

Introduction to the subject. How much do you know about academic
writing? Let`s write Academic Writing Quiz:
1.The main difference between academic writing and other writing is that
academic writing:
a) uses longer words b) tries to be precise and unbiased
c) is harder to understand
2 The difference between a project and an essay is:
a) essays are longer b) projects are longer
c) students choose projects’ subjects
3 Teachers frequently complain about students:
a) not answering the question given b) not writing enough
c) writing in pencil
4 The best time to write an introduction is often:
a) first b) last c) after writing the main body

Procedure of the Lesson:
Introduction to the subject. How much do you know about academic
writing? Let`s write Academic Writing Quiz:
1.The main difference between academic writing and other writing is that
academic writing:
a) uses longer words b) tries to be precise and unbiased
c) is harder to understand
2 The difference between a project and an essay is:
a) essays are longer b) projects are longer
c) students choose projects’ subjects
3 Teachers frequently complain about students:
a) not answering the question given b) not writing enough
c) writing in pencil
4 The best time to write an introduction is often:
a) first b) last c) after writing the main body

5 The purpose of an introduction is:
a) to give your aims and methods b) to excite the reader c) to summarise your ideas
6 Making careful notes is essential for:
a) writing essays b) revising for exams c) all academic work 7 An in-text citation looks like: a) (Manton, 2008) b) (Richard Manton, 2008) c) (Manton, R. 2008) 8 Paraphrasing a text means:
a) making it shorter b) changing a lot of the vocabulary c) adding mor e detail 9 Paragraphs always contain:
a) six or more sentences b) an example c) a topic sentence

10 Proof reading means:
a) getting a friend to check your work b) checking for minor errors
c) rewriting 11 Teachers expect students to adopt a critical approach to their sources: a) sometimes b) only for Master’s work c) always 12 This punctuation mark(’) is called:
a) comma b) colon c) apostrophe
13 A suitable synonym for ‘business’is:
a) firm b) organization c) outfit
14‘Progress’ and ‘research’are both nouns. What kind of noun?
a) countable b) uncountable c) proper 15 An abstract is normally found:
a)on the back cover of books b)before journal articles c) in exam questions

16 The word‘unreliable’ contains: a) A prefix b)a suffix c) both

SPEAKING
1.Discuss the following
a. Do academic writers in Australia, New Zealand and many other English-speaking areas tend to use British English or American English?
b. In what country American English is more common?
VOCABULARY
1. Write down as many list of words and word phrases as you can and know associate with `academic writing`. Work individually, in pairs, in groups, and remember. For example: purpose, types,/ a piece of research/….

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Are there are any vocabulary differences between Written British and American English? Predict.
2. 1. Write true ? (T) or false? (F). Choose the vocabulary items British (UK) or American (US) English.

Let`s see some the vocabulary differences between British (UK) and American (US) English
1 There are many vocabulary items which (e.g. autumn [UK] and fall [US]). However, these are mainly well known and widely understood. But the two main problematic variations in everyday vocabulary are:
a) words which are not commonly understood in both countries (e.g. tap [UK] and faucet [US]). Other examples: boot (of car) (UK) and trunk (US)/nappy (UK) and diaper (US).
b) Words with different meanings in each country (e.g.vest is worn under a shirt in the UK, but in the US it is the part of a three-piece suit worn under a jacket). For a full list of differences see:
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/usage/britishand-american-terms
https://vk.com/video-93166146_456240934

Spelling differences between Written British and American English. Remember!
a) In American English the‘u’is commonly dropped from words ending in-our (e.g. neighbour becomes neighbor).
b)Words ending in -ise or –yse in British English(e.g.sanitise, modernise) change to sanitize and modernize in American English. c)A group of technical nouns such as haemophiliac and foetus lose the‘ae’or ‘oe’in American English and become hemophiliac andfetus. d) British English spells the noun practice but the verb practise.In American English both forms are spelt with a‘c’. e) Many words ending in -re in British English (e.g. metre, theatre) become meter and theater in American English. For more information: https://yandex.kz/video/preview?text=Spelling%20differences%20between%20Written%20British%20and%20American%20English.&path=wizard&parent-reqid=1600596174092779-1043170989524447799600188-production-app-host-man-web-yp-64&wiz_type=vital&filmId=10685647552871002479

Academic language differences between Written
British and American English.
There are many minor variations between the language of the educational systems of Britain and the US. These are some of the more important: a) In Britain students read/do/study a subject. In the US they study or major in a subject (the latter as the main part of a two-part degree).
b) Most teaching in UK universities is done by lecturers, while a professor is a senior position. In US colleges and universities teaching is mainly done by professors and assistant professors.
c)In Britain a thesis is the paper submitted for a PhD. This is called a
Dissertation in the US. (In the UK a dissertation may be written for a Master’s degree).

d)A college in the UK is usually any post-school institution which provides mainly vocational training, but doesn’t award degrees (but a few universities such as Oxford are organized in colleges). In the US a college is usually part of university and does give first degrees.
e) Someone studying for a Master’s degree in the UK is a postgraduate, while in the US they are a graduate student.
f)Students in Britain sit or take exams, in America exams are just taken.
Before taking an exam, British students may revise the subject, but in the US they review the topic. UK students generally receive marks for their work, while American students get grades.

PUNCTUATION DIFFERENCE OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH
a)In Britain quotations are shown by single quotation marks, while nested quotations(those inside quotations) use double. In the US the convention is the opposite. UK: As Kauffman remarked:‘His concept of “internal space” requires close analysis’. US:As Kauffman remarked:“His concept of ‘internal space’ requires close analysis.” Note that in British English the full stop comes after the quotation marks, while in the US it is inside. b) In American English the‘Oxford comma’is standard (i.e. the comma before the final ‘and’ in a list): … typhus, cholera, tuberculosis, and smallpox were all endemic in the nineteenth-century slum.

CONCLUSION
Let`s conclude our topic.
1.You wrote Academic Writing Quiz to know How much do you know about academic writing.
2.You developed speaking skills by discussing the brainstorming questions which you were asked:Do academic writers in Australia, New Zealand and many other English-speaking areas tend to use British English or American English? In what country American English is more common?
3. We worked with vocabulary. You enriched your vocabulary by writing down list of words and word phrases and doing exercises associate with `academic writing`. 4. We discussed about Academic language differences between Written British and American English and vocabulary, punctuation, spelling, differences of British and American English.

HOME WORK: TASK 1
Watch and listen the videos , using these videos write a short essay about “American and British English differences”
https://vk.com/video-93166146_456240934
&text=PUNCTUATION+DIFFERENCE+OF+BRITISH+AND+AMERICAN+ENGLISH&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DHwygSItDv9Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdJQdt3xkFQ

HOME WORK WORK 2 READING
1. Read the texts from textbook “A Handbook for International Students” Fifth edition Stephen Bailey, 2018 pages 40-55.
Speak of brainstorming questions:
1. Do academic writers in Australia, New Zealand and many other English-speaking areas tend to use British English or American English?
2.In what country American English is more common?
3.Do you know the purpose of AW?
4. What features of academic writing do you know?
5. What common types of academic writing can you name?
6. Do you know the format of short and long writing tasks?
7. What components of academic writing do you know?