8A001704 Research Design, Writing and Presentation: Advanced English Literacies

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School Writing Center (University Wide Courses for Graduate Students)

Lecture Code 8A001704 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name Research Design, Writing and Presentation: Advanced English Literacies

Subject Name
（Katakana）リサーチ　デザイン，ライティング　アンド　プレゼンテーション：アドバンスト　イングリッシュ　リテラシーズ

Subject Name in
English Research Design, Writing and Presentation: Advanced English Literacies

Instructor WANG TINGJIA

Instructor
(Katakana) ワン　ティンジア

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  Second Semester,  4Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (4T) Tues5-8：Online

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

Lecture, Discussion, Exercise

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction E : English

Course Level 5 : Graduate Basic

Course Area（Area） 21 : Fundamental Competencies for Working Persons

Course Area（Discipline） 06 : Globalization/International cooperation studies

Eligible Students All postgraduate students of all fields

Keywords Academic Writing, English skills, Thesis Writing, Research Papers Writing
Literature Review, Abstract, Introduction, Discussion, Skeleton Structure

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)

Class Objectives
/Class Outline This course aims to facilitate graduate students' writing of their theses and/or journal articles alongside the development of their academic writing skills in English. Students are encouraged to bring in their existing manuscripts, potential research ideas or developing a manuscript throughout the course. These manuscripts can be paragraphs or chapters of the on-going thesis, paragraphs or sections of a potential journal article, summaries of reviewed literature, summaries of a potential research ideas and so on. This course includes following topics: Identify Your Research Field, How to Write the Literature Review I & II, How to Plan the Skeleton Structure, How to Write the Introduction, How to write the Abstract, How to Scope Back the Discussion to the Introduction. This course will provide opportunities to students to practise academic writing at sentence, paragraph and section levels as well as to design a piece of academic writing at a general level.  Outcome of this course is expected to be a well-designed and relatively-developed manuscript.

Class Schedule lesson1 Introduction
The outline, the expectation, the assessment of this course and so on.

lesson2 Identify Your Research Field
In this lesson, we aim to identify students' research fields and discuss how to formulate it in written. Students will learn various ways of introducing their research fields in their writing.

lesson3 How to Write the Literature Review I
This lesson focuses on the paraphrasing of previous studies at a paragraph-length scale. Students will learn how to refer to a previous studies in terms of the theory, the method, the finding, and the implication.

lesson4 How to Write the Literature Review I
This lesson continues the discussion and practice of paraphrasing previous studies at a paragraph-length scale.

lesson5 How to Write the Literature Review II
This lesson aims to discuss how to paraphrase previous studies at a sentence-length scale, how to refer to a number of studies in one paragraph, and how to justify the relationship among these referred studies.

lesson6 How to Write the Literature Review II
This lesson continues the practice of referring to a number of previous studies in one paragraph and the justification of the relationship.

lesson7 How to Plan the Skeleton Structure
This lesson aims to discuss and practise the design of a piece of academic writing. The design is expected to be specified at the section level.

lesson8 How to Plan the Skeleton Structure
This lesson continues the practice of designing the skeleton structure of a piece of academic writing at the section level.

lesson9 How to Write the Introduction
This lesson focuses on the development of research questions and how to describe the research gap.

lesson10 How to Write the Introduction
This lesson continues the practice on how to justify the research gap and formulate research questions.

lesson11 How to Write the Abstract
This lesson focuses on the writing practice of the Abstract. Students are expected to write an Abstract at a relatively well-developed level.

lesson12 How to Write the Abstract
This lesson continues the practice of the writing of an Abstract.

lesson13 How to Scope Back the Discussion to the Introduction
This lesson focuses on the discussion about the structure of the Discussion and how to resonate the Discussion with the Introduction.

lesson14 How to Scope Back the Discussion to the Introduction
This lesson continues the practice on formulating the structure and thesis statements in the Discussion.

lesson15 Wrap-up
This lesson will recap previous lessons, respond to students' questions and provides further advice on academic writing in relation to common errors made in students' writing.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. No textbook will be used. Students are encouraged to bring in their own manuscripts to practice. Materials from the instructor will be provided during the class.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) PC – projector for PowerPoint - handouts - Microsoft Teams

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Lesson Instructions and relevant materials will be provided through email and/or uploaded on Teams before the class. Students are required to regularly check their Hiroshima email accounts and prepare each lesson before entering the class. Students are required to save the writing outcomes from each lesson, which will be needed for the final exam.

Requirements Students should have some experiences in academic writing and writing in English. Students should have knowledge of basic academic etiquettes, such as checking the university email regularly, preparing lessons before entering a class, bringing required materials to attend a class, actively participating in class activities and so on.

Registration limit of this course is 30.

Grading Method Preparation & Attitude: 20%; Finalised Writing Outcome: 50%; Reflective Writing: 30%

Finalised Writing Outcome (50%) will be a piece of academic writing that students add writing outcomes from previous lessons with some revision on the cohesion. The breakdown is presented below:
Abstract: 10%
Introduction: 10%
Literature Review - one paragraph: 10%
Overall Skeleton Structure: 20%

Reflective Writing (30%) is a 1000-1500 word writing to respond following topics: What did you learn from this course? What are the aspects in your writing that need to be improved after taking this lesson? Why? And how?

Self-evaluative skills are significant to the development of academic writing, especially in students' own practice. The reflective writing (30%) is designed to examine whether students have developed a certain level of self-evaluative capacity by learning and practising knowledge of academic writing in this lesson.  The content, the paragraphing and the grammar of the reflective writing will be assessed in the grading system.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message This course will be delivered and facilitated in English.

Other Students are encouraged to speak in this course, asking questions, participating in group discussions and so on.

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	Writing Center (University Wide Courses for Graduate Students)
Lecture Code	8A001704	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	Research Design, Writing and Presentation: Advanced English Literacies
Subject Name （Katakana）	リサーチ　デザイン，ライティング　アンド　プレゼンテーション：アドバンスト　イングリッシュ　リテラシーズ
Subject Name in English	Research Design, Writing and Presentation: Advanced English Literacies
Instructor	WANG TINGJIA
Instructor (Katakana)	ワン　ティンジア
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year, Second Semester, 4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(4T) Tues5-8：Online
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
Lecture, Discussion, Exercise
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	E : English
Course Level	5 : Graduate Basic
Course Area（Area）	21 : Fundamental Competencies for Working Persons
Course Area（Discipline）	06 : Globalization/International cooperation studies
Eligible Students	All postgraduate students of all fields
Keywords	Academic Writing, English skills, Thesis Writing, Research Papers Writing Literature Review, Abstract, Introduction, Discussion, Skeleton Structure
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	This course aims to facilitate graduate students' writing of their theses and/or journal articles alongside the development of their academic writing skills in English. Students are encouraged to bring in their existing manuscripts, potential research ideas or developing a manuscript throughout the course. These manuscripts can be paragraphs or chapters of the on-going thesis, paragraphs or sections of a potential journal article, summaries of reviewed literature, summaries of a potential research ideas and so on. This course includes following topics: Identify Your Research Field, How to Write the Literature Review I & II, How to Plan the Skeleton Structure, How to Write the Introduction, How to write the Abstract, How to Scope Back the Discussion to the Introduction. This course will provide opportunities to students to practise academic writing at sentence, paragraph and section levels as well as to design a piece of academic writing at a general level. Outcome of this course is expected to be a well-designed and relatively-developed manuscript.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Introduction The outline, the expectation, the assessment of this course and so on. lesson2 Identify Your Research Field In this lesson, we aim to identify students' research fields and discuss how to formulate it in written. Students will learn various ways of introducing their research fields in their writing. lesson3 How to Write the Literature Review I This lesson focuses on the paraphrasing of previous studies at a paragraph-length scale. Students will learn how to refer to a previous studies in terms of the theory, the method, the finding, and the implication. lesson4 How to Write the Literature Review I This lesson continues the discussion and practice of paraphrasing previous studies at a paragraph-length scale. lesson5 How to Write the Literature Review II This lesson aims to discuss how to paraphrase previous studies at a sentence-length scale, how to refer to a number of studies in one paragraph, and how to justify the relationship among these referred studies. lesson6 How to Write the Literature Review II This lesson continues the practice of referring to a number of previous studies in one paragraph and the justification of the relationship. lesson7 How to Plan the Skeleton Structure This lesson aims to discuss and practise the design of a piece of academic writing. The design is expected to be specified at the section level. lesson8 How to Plan the Skeleton Structure This lesson continues the practice of designing the skeleton structure of a piece of academic writing at the section level. lesson9 How to Write the Introduction This lesson focuses on the development of research questions and how to describe the research gap. lesson10 How to Write the Introduction This lesson continues the practice on how to justify the research gap and formulate research questions. lesson11 How to Write the Abstract This lesson focuses on the writing practice of the Abstract. Students are expected to write an Abstract at a relatively well-developed level. lesson12 How to Write the Abstract This lesson continues the practice of the writing of an Abstract. lesson13 How to Scope Back the Discussion to the Introduction This lesson focuses on the discussion about the structure of the Discussion and how to resonate the Discussion with the Introduction. lesson14 How to Scope Back the Discussion to the Introduction This lesson continues the practice on formulating the structure and thesis statements in the Discussion. lesson15 Wrap-up This lesson will recap previous lessons, respond to students' questions and provides further advice on academic writing in relation to common errors made in students' writing.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	No textbook will be used. Students are encouraged to bring in their own manuscripts to practice. Materials from the instructor will be provided during the class.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	PC – projector for PowerPoint - handouts - Microsoft Teams
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Lesson Instructions and relevant materials will be provided through email and/or uploaded on Teams before the class. Students are required to regularly check their Hiroshima email accounts and prepare each lesson before entering the class. Students are required to save the writing outcomes from each lesson, which will be needed for the final exam.
Requirements	Students should have some experiences in academic writing and writing in English. Students should have knowledge of basic academic etiquettes, such as checking the university email regularly, preparing lessons before entering a class, bringing required materials to attend a class, actively participating in class activities and so on. Registration limit of this course is 30.
Grading Method	Preparation & Attitude: 20%; Finalised Writing Outcome: 50%; Reflective Writing: 30% Finalised Writing Outcome (50%) will be a piece of academic writing that students add writing outcomes from previous lessons with some revision on the cohesion. The breakdown is presented below: Abstract: 10% Introduction: 10% Literature Review - one paragraph: 10% Overall Skeleton Structure: 20% Reflective Writing (30%) is a 1000-1500 word writing to respond following topics: What did you learn from this course? What are the aspects in your writing that need to be improved after taking this lesson? Why? And how? Self-evaluative skills are significant to the development of academic writing, especially in students' own practice. The reflective writing (30%) is designed to examine whether students have developed a certain level of self-evaluative capacity by learning and practising knowledge of academic writing in this lesson. The content, the paragraphing and the grammar of the reflective writing will be assessed in the grading system.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	This course will be delivered and facilitated in English.
Other	Students are encouraged to speak in this course, asking questions, participating in group discussions and so on.
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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