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N A G O YA U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A RY W O R K S H O P S 2 0 1 5
Academic Writing &
Logical Thinking教養教育院
May 20 ~ June 17, 2015 Instructor: Dr. Paul Lai
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Contact: Nagoya University Central Library Tel: 052-789-3679 E-mail: [email protected]
At: Discovery Square (Central Library 2F)Target: All students of Nagoya University
Reservation
May 20 3:00pm - 4:30pmWhy is important to think logically for your writing
Academic Writing and Logical Thinking Skills
May 27 3:00pm - 4:30pm How to make your writing clear
Nagoya University Library Workshops in 2015
June 10 3:00pm - 4:30pm How to make your writing convincing
June 3 3:00pm - 4:30pm How to use logic practically
Instructor: Paul Lai, Ph.D(Director, Mei-Writing Nagoya University)
June 17 3:00pm - 4:30pmFinal presentations by students (friends and classmates are welcome to join!)
After completing all the workshops, you will be given a Certificate of Completion!
http://www.nul.nagoya-u.ac.jp/guide/literacy/guidance.html#writing
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Nagoya University Central LibraryCertificate of Completion
This is to certify that
has successfully completed a series of workshops onAcademic Writing
and Logical Thinking Skills
Date June 24, 2015
Director, Nagoya University Library(Workshop instructor)
Director, Mei-Writing Nagoya University
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N A G O YA U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A RY W O R K S H O P S 2 0 1 5
Why it is important to think logically for academic writing
教養教育院May 20, 2015 Instructor: Dr. Paul Lai
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Writing is a process of communicating thoughts
through the arrangement of texts
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Words express thoughts
“Dog”
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Writing is a process of communicating thoughts
through the arrangement of texts
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How words can be properly arranged to express the thoughts.
How thoughts can be properly arranged so that they can be communicated to the readers in a clear & convincing manner.
The Writing Requirement
The Thinking Requirement
All academic writers are required to know
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The ultimate purpose of writing an academic paper, especially a research paper, is to communicate your research idea, and convince the readers (e.g. reviewers) to accept it.
The Thinking Requirement
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The ultimate purpose of writing an academic paper, especially a research paper, is to communicate your research idea, and convince the readers (e.g. reviewers) to accept it.
The Thinking Requirement
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What is “convincing”?
According to Oxford Dictionary of English, “convincing” means the following:
capable of causing someone to believe that something is true
Thus, to make X convincing is to have the capability of causing someone to believe that X is true.
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The condition for being convincing?
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Peter lives in Nagoya.
because
Peter has a house in Nagoya.
Consider the following examples
Peter lives in Nagoya.
because
Peter does not live in Tokyo.
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Think about the truth conditions!!
L I V E S I N
N A G O YA
H A S A H O U S E I N
N A G O YA
Peter lives in Nagoya because he has a house there.
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L I V E S I N
N A G O YA
L I V E S I N
S A K A E
Peter lives in Nagoya because he lives in Sakae.
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L I V E S I N
N A G O YA
L I V E S I N
S A K A E
Peter lives in Nagoya because he lives in Sakae.
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S A K A E
N A G O YA
Peter lives in Nagoya because he lives in Sakae.
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Consider another example:
Peter cannot come to school todaybecause his car broke down.
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Peter cannot come to school today
his car broke down
N O D I R E C T R E L AT I O N ! ! !
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Peter cannot come to school today
his car broke down
H O W T O C O N N E C T T H E T W O ?
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Peter’s car broke down
Peter cannot come to school today
Peter needs to come to school by car
No other car is available
Peter’s car cannot be repaired
Impossible to get a new car
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Writing is a process of communicating thoughts
through the arrangement of texts
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Research writing is a process of communicating the original ideas
through the particular arrangement of texts, namely logical argumentation!!
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Main Research Idea
Support (e.g. evidence)
Abstract Introduction Others
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Build&a&&Thesis&Statement&
Build&a&&Logical&Argument&
Compile&an&&Abstract&
Elabora1on&into&a&Full&Paper&&
3 Build&a&one3sentence&thesis&statement&with&a&non3compound&sentence&structure.&&
3 Find&and&eliminate&the&linguis1c&&&structural&ambigui1es.&
3 Build&an&inferen1al&rela1on&that&connects&the&thesis&statement&with&its&suppor1ng&premise(s).&
3 Find&and&eliminate&the&known&counterarguments.&
3 Integrate&the&thesis&statement&and&argument&into&a&succinct&logical&structure&(abstract)&by&specifying&the&following:&(i)&mo1va1on,&(ii)&main&task,&(iii)&method,&(iv)&results.&
3 Elaborate&each&of&the&abstract&components&into&a&full3blown&paper&sec1on&.&
3 Modify&the&thesis&statement,&argument,&abstract&again&and&again.&
By&Paul&W.&L.&Lai&&&Copyright&2015&
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Clear & Convincing Paper
Logical Thinking Skills
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What is a Clear & Convincing paper?
A paper with a (clear) Thesis Statement and a (convincing) Logical Argument for the statement.
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Exercises
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Try to make the following reason convincing:
Peter cannot submit the assignment todaybecause his computer broke down.
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Try to provide ONE Convincing reason for the following statement:
Peter is a professional teacher.
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Homework
Think about the following topic, and write down a summary of your view.
(about 100 Words)
Education in Japan