Syllabus Esap Genre Process Writing Course

Appendix A:
Writing Research Articles Syllabus
Subject Name:
Writing Research Articles
Course Design:
Bianca van de Water
Credit Points:
Co-requisites:
To be undertaken concurrently with a research subject
Mode of Delivery:
Online
Contents
Course Description:
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Course Outcomes:
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Assessments:
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Required Readings:
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Course Schedule:
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Course Description:
Academics need effective writing skills to present research and communicate appropriately with the
discourse community. This thirteen-week course explores all aspects of writing research articles for
English-language scientific publications: the discipline-specific nature of genres; generic structure and
stages; communicative moves; social actions; academic language; and, the cognitive stages involved in
writing. How these concepts are realised within respective disciplines will be discovered by developing an
independent reading portfolio. Additionally, the consecutive stages in the writing process will be explored,
leading to the completion of a discipline-specific research article.
Writing Research Articles needs to be studied concurrently with a research subject and the final
assessment needs to be submitted to the lecturer for both subjects. Notwithstanding, this subject
focusses on writing skills only and does not assess research skills or subject-specific content knowledge.
However, it is strongly recommend to start developing an English-language glossary of discipline-specific
terminology to use in the writing assignments.
The subject involves twelve hours of study per week, including (i) studying a model text, (ii) reading the
coursebook, (iii) analysing portfolio readings, (iv) reading and writing tasks as per weekly worksheets, (v)
participating in the online forum, and (vi) planning, drafting, revising, editing and proofreading a research
article as per the weekly schedule below. Participation in the online forum is voluntary.
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Course Outcomes
Skills
Ability to:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Knowledge
Genre-specific knowledge of:
Attitudes
Demonstration of:
Write a discipline-specific
1.
Generic structure and stages
1.
research article
2.
Communicative moves
specific nature of research
Make appropriate language
3.
Social actions
articles
choices
4.
Academic language
Perform a basic genre analysis
5.
Discipline-specific lexis
on research articles
6.
Citation conventions
2.
An awareness of discipline-
An awareness of generic
varieties within the disciplines
3.
An awareness of writing as a
Plan, draft, revise, edit and
means of participating in the
proofread own research
discourse community
article
4.
A perception of writing as a
recursive process
5.
A critical perspective on the

role of English in a Dutchspoken discourse community
6.
A critical perspective on
whether Dutch discourse
conventions should be
included in an English
academic text
Assessments
Assessment 1:
Assessment 2:
Assessment 3:
Critical Essay
Case Study
Research Article
Due: End of week 6
Due: End of week 10
Due: End of week 13
World limit: 1500 words
Word limit: 1000 words
World limit: 3500
Weighting: 20%
Weighting: 30%
Weighting: 50%
Write a critical essay on the role of
Write a case study of the generic
Write a discipline-specific research
English language research articles in
characteristics of the research article
article on a research project
the Dutch-spoken discourse
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community. You need to read the text
in respective discipline based on the
subject. This assignment is planned,
by Phillipson English, a cuckoo in the
analysis chart.
drafted, revised, edited and proofread
European higher education nest of
throughout the duration of the course.
languages, provided in week 1.
Drafts can be posted on the discussion
Furthermore, you need to interview
forum for peer review.
two discourse community members.

Develop a critical perspective on:
-
whether some Dutch

discourse conventions should
be maintained or all English
language conventions should
be adopted,
whether the local discourse

community assigns identical
or diverging roles to the social
actions in the genre.
Required Readings
Coursebook:
Giltrow, J, Gooding, R, Burgoyne, D & Sawatsky, M 2014, Academic Writing: An Introduction, 3rd edn.,
Broadview Press, London, UK, pp. 1 467. Both print and ebook version acceptable.
Model Texts
Model Text 1: Rhli, F, Ikram, S & Bickel, S 2015, New Ancient Egyptian Human Mummies from
the Valley of the Kings, Luxor: Anthropological, Radiological, and Egyptological Investigations,
BioMed Research International, vol. 2015, pp. 1 8.
Model Text 2: Nerlich, AG, Riepertinger, A, Gillich, R, Panzer, S 2015, Paleopathology and
Nutritional Analysis of a South German Monastery Population, BioMed Research International,
vol. 2015, pp. 1 8.
Model Text 3: Smirnova, A, Aligning language to ideology: A socio-semantic analysis of communist

and democratic mass media language in Bulgaria, Journal of Language and Politics, vol. 1, no. 2,
pp. 205 232.
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Model Text 4: Stickley, A, Koyanagi, A, Roberts, B, Leinsalu, M, Goryakin, Y, McKee, M 2015,

Smoking status, nicotine dependence and happiness in nine countries of the former Soviet Union,
Tob Control, vol. 24, pp. 190 197.
Reading Portfolio:
Each week, three published discipline-specific research articles need to be read in order to identify
and analyse generic stages, social actions and language features. In total, 12 additional texts need
to be read. The texts can be used in multiple weeks.
Text for Assessment 1:
Phillipson, R 2006, English, a cuckoo in the European higher education nest of languages?,
European Journal of English Studies, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 13 32.
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Course Schedule
Week 1
Course Overview
Week 2
IMRD Structure
Week 3
IMRD Structure
Model Text
Model text 1
Model text 2
Coursebook
Chapter 11: Scholarly Styles

II: Messages about the
Argument, pp. 332 331.
Three research articles from
respective discipline

Reading Portfolio
1. Handout: Generic
structure research
articles
2. Worksheet: Exploring
model text
portfolio readings
1.
Generic Stages /
Communicative
Moves
Overview of IMRD structure:

- Introduction
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion
Overview of additional
stages:
- Abstract
- References List
- Acknowledgements
- Illustrations
Social Actions
1.
Additional
Materials
Language
Features
Explanation of genre as
a staged, goalorientated, disciplinespecific, social process
Learning / Writing
Tasks
Create and fill out

analysis chart
Fill out worksheets
Participate in forum
discussions
Process Writing
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Formal language:
- Passive constructions
- Syntax verbal groups
with copula
- Syntax of negations
-
Fill out analysis chart

Fill out worksheets
discussions
Free exploration of
ideas through
brainstorming
Tasks
Start English language

glossary of disciplinespecific lexis
3.
Topics
Reader-writer
relationship:
Self-reference
Discursive I
Use of personal
pronouns
Titles and subtitles
General citation
conventions
(Harvard/APA/MRHA)
Acronym conventions
2.
Worksheet: Exploring
model text
portfolio readings
Worksheet: Language
Practice: copulas,
negations, passives
Readings
Identify discipline-specific
English language academic
journals as a source for
reading portfolio
1. Handout:
- Overview of course
- Definition of genre
- Purpose of genre
analysis
- Explanation of
writing process
2. Critical perspectives:
English a cuckoo in the
European higher
education nest of
languages
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Model Text
Model text 1
Model text 3
Model text 1 & 2
Coursebook
Chapter 8: Introductions,
pp. 230 267.
Additional
Materials
1.
Chapter 2, Citation and

Summary, pp. 36 58; and,
Chapter 3, Summary, pp.
59 102.
1. Handout: Reporting
expressions
model text
portfolio readings
4. Worksheet: Language
practice: Writing
concise summaries
Chapter 7, Definition, pp.

201 - 229; and, Chapter 5,
Readers Reading I, pp. 159
165.
model texts
portfolio readings
practice: Writing
definitions


Positioning:
- Citation as a means of
entering the research
conversation
- In-text citations
- Reporting expressions
- Paraphrasing
- Create and fill out
analysis chart
- Fill out worksheets
- Participate in forum
discussions
- Write an outline based
on generic structure
Possible moves: How and

why research was
conducted; including:
- Research aims
- Subjects
- Materials
- Location
- Procedure
- Limitations
Positioning:
- Audience awareness:
Presupposing vs
asserting knowledge
- Nominalisation
- Pre-modifiers
- Post-modifiers
- Create and fill out
analysis chart
discussions
- Write the introduction
section
Reading Portfolio
Generic Stages /
Communicative
Moves
Handout: Collocations
and useful phrases for
moves in the CARS
model
2. Handout: Discourse
markers & temporal
adjuncts
model text
portfolio readings
CARS model including
variations:
- Move 1: Establishing a
Territory
- Move 2: Establishing a
Niche
- Move 3: Occupying the
Niche
Social Actions
Language Features -
Learning / Writing
Tasks
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Discourse markers
Temporal adjuncts
Create and fill out
analysis chart
Fill out worksheet s
discussions
Mind mapping and
planning
Tasks
Week 6
Methods
Topics
Week 5
Introduction
Readings
Week 4
Introduction
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Week 8
Results
Week 9
Results
Model Text
Model text 3 & 4
Model text 1
Model text 2
Coursebook
Chapter 12: Making and

Maintaining Knowledge I,
pp. 351 - 374.
model texts
portfolio readings
practice: clauses
Chapter 10: Scholarly Styles

I: Nominal Style, pp. 301 331.
1. Handout: Latin lexis
model text
portfolio readings
Chapter 13: Making and

Maintaining Knowledge II,
pp. 375 - 405.
1. Handout: Hedging
expressions
model text
portfolio readings
Additional
Materials
Reading Portfolio
Language Features
Latinate verbs
Latinate plurals
Latin abbreviations

Fill out worksheets
discussions
Hedging devices:
- Modal verbs
- Hedging expressions
- Adverbs
- Fill out analysis chart
discussions
First revision:
- Determine adherence to
discipline specific
generic structure and
stages
- Identify missing
information
Learning / Writing
Tasks
Process Writing
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Fill out worksheets
discussions
First draft:
- Write methods section
- Divide paragraphs into
communicative moves
Tasks
Positioning:
- Agentless expressions
- Methodological I
- Non-finite clauses
- Dependent clauses
- Appositives
Evaluative discussion of
results including:
- Highlighting data
- Comparing data
- Assessing data
- Commenting on data
Hedging vs boosting
Topics
Objective presentation of
data
Generic Stages /
Communicative
Moves
Social Actions

Readings
Week 7
Methods
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Week 12
Abstracts &
Acknowledgements
Model Text
Model text 1
Model text 4
Model text 1 & 4
Coursebook
Chapter 14: Conclusion and

the Moral Compass of the
Disciplines, pp. 406 - 430.
model text
portfolio readings
model text
portfolio readings
1.
2.
Reading Portfolio


Generic Stages /
Communicative
Moves
Summary
Statement of results
Hypothesis or claim
Recommendations for
further research
Justification
Justifying research
Positioning: comparison
with other research
Expressing uncertainty
Expressing uncertainty
Positioning:
comparison with other
research
Language
Features
Epistemic modality
Deontic modality
Future tenses
Learning / Writing
Tasks

Fill out worksheets
discussions
Second draft:
- Incorporate conclusions
from first revision
- Write results section
- Write discussion
section
Additional
Materials
Social Actions
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Fill out worksheets
discussions
Second revision:
- Evaluate logical flow
between paragraphs
- Evaluate cohesion
within paragraphs
Abstracts: Summary vs
synopsis:
- Statement of current
knowledge
- Presenting research
- Summary
- Conclusion
Acknowledgements:
- Demonstrating
membership of the
discourse community
- Expressing gratitude
- Punctuation

Fill out worksheets
discussions
Third draft:
- Incorporate conclusions
from second revision
- Write abstract,
acknowledgements,
references list
Tasks
Process Writing
(Un)expected results
Explanation of
unsatisfactory results
Comparison to other
research
Handout: Punctuation
model texts
portfolio readings
Topics
Week 11
Discussion
Readings
Week 10
Discussion
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Week 13
Presentation
Model text 2 & 3
Coursebook
Chapter 5: Readers Reading I,

pp. 127 157, and, Chapter 9:
Readers Reading II, pp. 268
300.
1. Worksheet: Exploring model
texts
portfolio readings
Additional
Materials
Reading Portfolio
Generic Stages /
Communicative
Moves
Language
Features
Learning /
Writing Tasks
Process Writing
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Topics
Social Actions
Multimodal presentations:
- Tables
- Graphs
- Imagery
Accurate representation of the
work of members of the discourse
community: References List
- In-text references to
illustrations
- Captions
- Reference list conventions
- Fill out analysis chart
discussions
Proofreading third draft:
- Appropriate generic structure
- Appropriate generic stages
- Logical flow of ideas
- Cohesive paragraphs
- Appropriate language choices
- Appropriate disciplinespecific lexis
- Correct punctuation
- Appropriate presentation
Readings
Model Text
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Appendix A:

Writing Research Articles Syllabus

Writing Research Articles

Bianca van de Water

To be undertaken concurrently with a research subject

Bianca van de Water

ESAP Writing Course Syllabus

Bianca van de Water

ESAP Writing Course Syllabus

Generic structure and stages

specific nature of research

Make appropriate language

Perform a basic genre analysis

Plan, draft, revise, edit and

means of participating in the

proofread own research

A critical perspective on the

Due: End of week 6

Due: End of week 10

Due: End of week 13

World limit: 1500 words

Word limit: 1000 words

World limit: 3500

Write a critical essay on the role of

Write a case study of the generic

Write a discipline-specific research

English language research articles in

characteristics of the research article

article on a research project

the Dutch-spoken discourse

Bianca van de Water

undertaken for the co-requisite

ESAP Writing Course Syllabus

community. You need to read the text

in respective discipline based on the

subject. This assignment is planned,

by Phillipson English, a cuckoo in the

drafted, revised, edited and proofread

European higher education nest of

throughout the duration of the course.

languages, provided in week 1.

Drafts can be posted on the discussion

Furthermore, you need to interview

forum for peer review.

two discourse community members.

whether some Dutch

whether the local discourse

Model Text 3: Smirnova, A, Aligning language to ideology: A socio-semantic analysis of communist

Bianca van de Water

ESAP Writing Course Syllabus

Model Text 4: Stickley, A, Koyanagi, A, Roberts, B, Leinsalu, M, Goryakin, Y, McKee, M 2015,

Text for Assessment 1:

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ESAP Writing Course Syllabus

Chapter 11: Scholarly Styles

Three research articles from

Overview of IMRD structure:

Create and fill out

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ESAP Writing Course Syllabus

Fill out analysis chart

Start English language

Model text 1 & 2