Academic Language Development Program

Monday, July 17, 2006

Welcome to the Academic Language Development site



Hi All

I really enjoyed Monday morning's session with you - lots of challenging questions and discussion.

Here are three key points from this morning:

  • Remember Nancy's principle about being self-directed and critical in all that we write. In other words, you need to explore and judge rather than taking material at face value.
  • Remember TREC. A simple writing formula to get you started with paragraph writing. Topic Sentence --- Reference --- Example --- Concluding sentence.
  • Join the club. That is, join the literature club. Use the key theorists and researchers around your topic area to show your lecturer that you can participate in the conversation.

Here is a little home which contains links to today's powerpoint.

http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/learn/LearningConnection/?PATH=/Resources/la/Academic+Language+Development+Program/&default=ALDP+Resources.htm

I look forward to your comments and wish you well in your studies.

Andrea

posted by Andrea Duff at 2:32 PM

6 Comments:

  • Dear Ms. Duff,

    Thanks for your excellent lecture! I have more confidence now regards academic writing. And I really appreciate that we can access to your blog and explore more.

    Sincerely Yours,

    Nancy Chunxia

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:19 PM  

  • You are most welcome, Nancy! Best of luck with your studies. You can access more academic writing materials via Ask Learning Connection (see what happens when you enter 'Essay')

    http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/learningconnection/askLearningConnection/index.asp

    Andrea

    By Blogger Andrea Duff, at 7:55 AM  

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    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:19 AM  

  • This is fantastic. Thanks for creating the blog, Andrea!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:00 PM  

  • Dear Andrea Duff,

    Thank you for your useful presentation!

    Yours sincerely,

    Yunfei

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:10 PM  

  • Thanks for this kind of resource, very handy for academic purposes.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:30 PM  

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