Academic Writing

• Today we will look at some of the conventions of academic writing.
• If you write your thesis in English, you will need to pay close attention to this information.
• However, even if you do not write your whole thesis in English, you must write an English abstract.
• I will give you handouts containing the exercises below, but you may wish to look at them on-line before class.
• Academic Style
• Academic Verbs
• Academic Nouns
• Answer Key

Featured Compositions

• Today, we will look at one composition you might want to do.
• Technology: Good or Bad? A comparison/contrast essay.
•  You may, of course, do any other composition you wish from the Topics page.
• I would encourage you to write as much as possible about topics connected with your thesis.