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Advanced Academic

Writing

Prof. Kumiko Morimura

Center for Global Education

Institute for Innovation in International

Engineering Education, IIIEE

The University of Tokyo

[email protected]

13:00-14:45, Wednesday, Sept. 25th, 2019

Eng. 2nd bldg. Room 211

Common Lecture for Engineering

Graduate School

Autumn term 1, 2019

3799-027

2019 Autumn Term 1

Engineering Common Lecture

Advanced Academic Writing (lectures) 3799-027(Graduate school), 1 credit

Advanced Academic Presentation(practice)

3799-028(Graduate school),1 credit

• Lecturer: Prof. Kumiko Morimura, Ph.D.

Prof. Asako Uchibori, Ph.D.


• Wednesdays, 3rd period, 13:00-14:45

• Duration AAW: 09/25- 11/06 (Proficiency Test on Oct. 9th)

AAP : 11/20- 01/15

• Evaluation AAW: Reports 70%, Participation 30%

AAP: Practice 60%, Participation 40%

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Course Schedule AAW

09/25 Course Guidance

10/02 What’s Academic Writing?

10/09 Proficiency Test

10/16 Science and communication

10/23 Elements of a good paper

10/30 Research papers and review articles

11/06 Style and composition


Course Schedule AAP

11/20 How to give a good Presentation

11/27 Group Lesson of Presentation 1







Lecture

09/25, 10/02, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06

Note: Proficiency test on Oct.9

・ What’s communication?

・ How to write a journal paper, Good example

・ Style template, Journal Manuscript Guide

・ Copyright, Intellectual Property, Plagiarism

Requirements

1. Be present and participate in all 7 lectures (30%)

2. Take a proficiency test on Oct.9th (must)

3. Submit 3 assignments (70%)


Advanced Academic Writing

Advanced Academic

PresentationPresentation lecture+practice ( 7 weeks)

11/20, 11/27, 12/04, 12/11, 12/18, 1/08, 1/15

• Coached by native English speaking instructors

• Group lessons with 10 people in each group

• Give a presentation of your research

• Give some comments and ask questions

• Follow the advice from the instructor and colleagues and

revise your presentation for the second performance

Requirements for the credit

1. Presence and participation in all 6 practice classes

2. Modification and improvement in the 2nd presentation

3. Ask some questions and give some comments

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Students who wish to take Advanced

Academic Presentation (AAP)

-must have finished Advanced Academic

Writing (AAW)

-must turn in all assignments

-must take Proficiency Test on 10/09

-names of the selected students who can

take AAP would be posted at 12:30 on

11/20 in front of the room 2112019/09/25 Advanced Academic Writing 7

Scientific communication

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Journal Papers

Conferences

Applications

Thesis

Workshops

Teaching

Publication

What is this class about?

The content will be adjusted based on survey

results, but it’ll mainly cover:

• Logical and argumentative writing

• Thesis statement, transitions, evidential

support and conclusion

• Content, organization and clarity of a paper

• Ethics

• Review process


What do I need

• Your computer with internet access

• Word processor (Office Word, LaTeX, etc.)

• Journal papers in your area

Requirements for getting credits

1. Attendance and participation (30%)2. Take a proficiency test on Oct.09th（must）3. Submit assignments（70%）


Our website


All the required readings will be in our website

https://ericseut.wordpress.com

https://ericseut.wordpress.com/

https://ericseut.wordpress.com/

Assignments

You will choose a topic of your preference to start writing a

paper. The length will be a minimum of 2 pages.

The assignments will be sent to [email protected]


Assign Content Deadline Grade

1A Provide the topic of your paper and

tentative title

October 4, 11:59 pm 5

1B Draft of the structure of your paper October 11, 11:59 pm 10

2A Write methodology, results, discussion

in draft

October 18, 11:59 pm 5

2B Submit first draft of the paper with

methodology, results, discussion

October 25, 11:59 pm 15

3A Write title, abstract, introduction and

conclusion

November 1, 11:59 pm 5

3B Submit the final version of your paper November 12, 11:59 pm 30

mailto:[email protected]

What will be graded in your

paper


• Structure

• Completeness

• Cohesion

• Coherence

• Style

• Use of the template provided

Participation

To get the final 30% of your grade, you need

to attend and participate in class:

• Do the required reading on the website

before coming to the class

• Ask questions during the class, either to

the instructor or the TAs

• Submit the exercises after each class

• Work on your paper during the assigned

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Proficiency test

• October 09th

• Required for everyone taking Advanced

Academic Writing Class

• The results will be used for Advanced

Academic Presentation

• No need to prepare for the test

• Similar to TOEIC

➢Grammar/structure & Aural

• If you will be absent on that day, send an

email in advance to [email protected]/09/25 Advanced Academic Writing 15

Kumiko Morimura, Ph.D.

2010-2017

Project Manager of Global Ware Project (GWP)

Professor at the Institute for Innovation in International

Engineering Education (IIIEE)

2006-2010

Lecturer at GWP

2000-2006

Doctoral Course at the Institute for Interdisciplinary

Information Studies, The University of Tokyo

Ph. D of Interdisciplinary Information Studies


Textbook

• Writing, Discussion,

Presentation skills

• Can be purchased at

the COOP Book

Store.

• 東京大学出版会ISBN978-4-13-

062315-5


• 理系研究者の英語

• A useful and empowering

handbook for researchers

in engineering and science

• With MP3 download

• ISBN 4872179293


Presentation and Discussion Textbook for

Scientists and Researchers

はじめての英語

コミュニケーション

Ask Publishers

ISBN 978-4-87217-996-5



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Athira and Joelle

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International

Lounge（IL)

TA

Special English Lessons

- Demo lessons are available

- Various kinds of classes

depending on levels and needs

Starts from 17th of October

TOEFL iBT, TOEFL ITP, TOEFL prep

Conversation, intermediate, advanced, upper

Discussion, Negotiation, Presentation class

Orientation 18:45-20:45

(1) 4 Oct, Fri @E8-83

(2) 9 Oct, Wed @E8-83

(3) 15 Oct, Tue @E2-211

http://gwp.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index.en


2019A Semester TA Wanted!

Final Presentation Night


International Lounge

Lunch time, Fridays

At the Go Global Center,

Science. 1st bldg.

Starting from Oct. 04


新しいポスターがあれば貼ってください

• Any questions?


Activity

• Dear Dolores

Let’s form groups of 5 people and everyone will introduce themselves with an adjective that starts with the same letter of their names, for example: Yawning Yolanda, Smart Singh, Heroic Hiro

What is an adjective?

A word that modifies or describes a noun to denote a quality or an attribute, or to give extra information about it; e.g. red, technical, boring,

obvious, happy, etc.


Deepen your Thoughts

Second

Language

Moth

er to

ngue

Daily Life

Talk・listen

write

Think knowledge Write a paper

２０１０５１５Age

express yourself

Speak・listen・read・write

read


0

Academic Life

If you can speak English,…

6,500,000,000 Total population of the world

• 400,000,000 English as their mother tongue

• 380,000,000 English as their 2nd language

• 750,000,000 English as a foreign language

You can communicate with

¼ of people in the world.

Lingua-franca


1,530,000,000

Academic writing

• Full papers

Complete piece of significant research

• Academic proposals

Documents with your intended research

projects for grants or scholarships

• Resume, cover letters and research and

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How to publish?

• Contribution

• Overall style

• Objectives of the paper

• References and figures

• The data is technically sound

• The paper provides strong evidence for its

conclusions

• The results are novel.

Well written, so reviewers can concentrate on the

content


How to achieve that?


What you write

Content must be original, new, and valid.

How you write

Writing is clear,

logical and

understandable

.

How to write a good paper?

1. Preparation before starting

2. Construction of an article

3. Technical details


Argumentative writingToulmin Method


Thesis or

claim Warrant or bridgeConclusion

Data

Evidence

that

supports

the claim

Backing or foundation

The general

thesis that

the writer will

argue for

Confirmation of the

thesis or claim

Why or how the data supports the

claim, what is the underlying

assumption

Additional reasoning or logic to support the bridge

Counterclaim: A

claim that negates or

disagrees with the

claim

Rebuttal: evidence

that negates or

disagrees with the

counterclaim

Example

• Claim: Harry is British

• Data: Harry was born in Bermuda

• Warrant or bridge: Bermuda is a British

overseas territory

• Backing or foundation: People born in

British territory is a national of the United

Kingdom

• Conclusion: Harry is a British citizen


Example• Claim: Congress should ban animal research

• Data: 1 million animals are tortured and killed in

cosmetic research

• Warrant or bridge: Unless there is a law against it,

cosmetic companies will continue testing on animals to

save money

• Backing or foundation: Only congress has authority to

make those laws

• Counterclaim: A law to ban all animal research would go

too far

• Rebuttal: This ban should not apply to medical research

• Conclusion: Congress should ban animal research not

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Let’s play:


https://create.kahoot.it/details/aaw2019-1/2589122c-

1ba0-4f4e-b039-095423166cfc

https://www.liveslides.com/download

Word choice

• Preciseness

• Level of sophistication

• Watch out for misused words

• Adverbs and adjectives


Let me ask your opinion

• What have you not been well taught?

-Grammar

-Speaking (Conversation, Disucssion)

-Listening

-Reading

-Writing (email, academic paper, others)

-Presentation

-Critical thinking

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