Academic writing
1. Academic writing Class video presentation (9:10 mins)
Video presentation intended for students, narrated by Dr Shashi Nallaya. Introduces the concept of academic writing to students. It looks at different genres of writing, and the appropriate style for academic writing.
Watch the video
in the Panopto viewer (It will open in a new browser window, and you may need to log in with your UniSA login details).
Give this link to a class to watch individually (more information) - https://unisa.au.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=0a2c0576-7298-4330-9c4d-aa690188851f (27 MB). You can also download the presentation (27 MB) as a video file from this link (more information)
Download the slides (you can adjust to suit your class) (223 KB)
Download the script (you can adjust to suit your class) (27 KB)
2. Academic writing Class presentation handout
Slides from a workshop, covering:
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- writing for an audience
- writing with a purpose
- organising the text
- using an appropriate style
- writing cohesively and coherently
- evaluating the writing
- acknowledging sources of information
Download the word document (547 KB)
3. Academic writing Class activity
Class activity in which students complete exercises:
- rewriting a text to make it more academic
- identifying focus in writing
- improving flow in writing
Download the word document (51 KB)
