Portal:Writing/Handouts

1 Key handouts

• Paraphrasing / summarizing techniques in writing
• Transitional devices
• Transitionals chart
• Transitionals guide
• Transitionals: Typical problems of Korean / ESL writers

2 General form & organization

2.1 Writing process

• The writing process
• ESL writing issues for Koreans [typical problems that Korean students have in English]

2.2 Academic genre, styles, and discourse

• Genre analysis guide
• Writing about your field's paradigm [in-class write-up about academic paradigms]
• Genre analysis essay
• Differences between academic & general writing
• Topical structure analysis [guide to coherence & flow in writing]
• Differences between academic & general writing
• Understanding research based articles

2.3 General form and style

• General paragraph format
• Title page and intro page sample for major assignments

2.4 Rhetorical structure

• Counter-argumentation
• Logical fallacies to avoid

3 Transitionals and coherence

• Transitional devices
• Transitionals chart [landscape version]
• Transitionals guide
• Transitional problems of Korean writers
• Inverted sentences [intro]
• Inversion handout [more grammatical details]

4 Word choice and word formation

4.1 Word choice

• Word choice issues among Koreans

4.2 Word formation

• English morphology: Problems to avoid
• English morphology: Morphemes in order of level or acquisition

4.3 Reporting & communication verbs

Use of verbs like reported, stated, mentioned...

• Reporting verbs: General intro
• Reporting verbs: Style and grammar notes

5 Source use

5.1 Finding & using sources

• Google search syntax & Google Scholar
• Quick guide to APA and MLA
• Complete guide to APA
• Paraphrasing structures

5.2 Plagiarism & ethics

• General handout: Plagiarism exercise, Paraphrasing techniques
• Misusing statistics
• Research ethics - notes and famous cases
• Research ethics - handout
• Research ethics - problematic scenarios [for class discussion]
• Plagiarism exercise #1 [exercise based on a popular source]
• Plagiarism exercise #2 [based on an academic article]
• Referencing and citations in APA format
• Rewording - paraphrasing and summarizing
• Prezi presentation file about using sources

6 Specialized genres - academic & professional

6.1 Business & professional writing

• Business letter samples
• Business letter samples, annotated
• Academic job cover letter #1 (linguistics / psychology)
• Academic job cover letter #2 (research position)
• Résumé lesson plan [for teachers]

7 Grammar & mechanics

7.1 Writing / discourse grammar

• Definite & indefinite articles
• Complement clauses [that-clauses]
• Relative clauses
• Gerunds and infinitives
• General tips for sentence clarity

7.2 Punctuation, spelling

• Punctuation symbols
• Colons