Academic Writing

1 Introduction to Academic Writing 71.1 Genre awareness: Conventions, contexts and creativity 71.2 Academic collectives 81.3 How to use this book 92 General writing conventions 132.1 Key structures: Writing with paragraphs and topic sentences 132.2 Key directions: Using signposts 152.3 Key persons: Writing "I", "we" or in passive voice 172.4 Key actions: More verbs, less nouns 182.5 Key genders: Using gender-inclusive language 192.6 Key sources: Citing other research 203 Abstracts: Summarizing your study 233.1 OHE: Observe - hypothesize - experiment 233.2 Abstracts: The five-finger pattern in science 243.3 Abstracts: Five-finger patterns in the humanities 293.4 The language of opening sentences 333.5 The language of aims and objectives 353.6 The language of methods 383.7 The language of findings 403.8 The language of conclusions and implications 413.9 An exsample from the field 434 Introductions: Beginning your paper 474.1 The general 'moves' of academic Introductions 474.2 The specific 'steps' of academic Introductions 524.3 Establishing and occupying a niche 534.4 Writing hypotheses 605 Empirical research papers: Presenting empirical research 675.1 IMRAD 675.2 Methods 685.3 Results 735.4 Discussion 765.5 Figures 816 Contents6 Theoretical, interpretative and analytical writing 876.1 Developing an argument 886.2 Selecting relevant information from sources 896.3 Establishing your position I: Finding an authorial 'voice' 896.4 Establishing your position II: Engaging with sources 936.5 Presenting your argument in a coherent manner 1026.6 Conclusions 1077 Posters: Visualising your abstract 1137.1 The purpose of posters 1137.2 Attractive, compelling and professional 1147.3 How much information? 1187.4 Titling your poster 1207.5 Including images, diagrams and graphs 1227.6 Using clear language 1268 Research proposals: Making plans for future studies 1318.1 A basic model structure 1328.2 Stating objectives and research question(s) 1338.3 Stating potential significance

Macgilchrist, Felicitas
Felicitas Macgilchrist ist Leiterin der Abteilung Schulbuch als Medium am Georg-Eckert-Institut für internationale Schulbuchforschung in Braunschweig und ist Professorin für Medienforschung mit dem Schwerpunkt Bildungsmedien an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.