ACADEMIC WRITING IN ENGLISH (PRPPG7000)
Professor: Dr. Ron Martinez
Dúvidas?  prppg7000duvidas@gmail.com (favor tentar tirar dúvidas AQUI primeiro)

AGENDAR ATENDIMENTO

NEWS REPORT ON OUR CLASS:

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CLASS DOCUMENTS

Ementa ("syllabus")
F.A.Q.
Avaliação 1: Submission Form
​Avaliação 1: Critérios
​Peer Feedback Submission Form
​Link para AVALIAÇÃO FINAL - Orientador

LINKS
Formative (website with homework tasks)
Grammarly
AntConc
APA Formatting (Purdue University)
ABNT Formatting
Vocabulary Frequency Profiler (LexTutor)
SKELL - Sketch Engine for Language Learning
Write and Improve (automated writing feedback)
Free Paper Grader ("PaperRater.com")
"OneLook" Dictionary
"OneLook" Thesaurus
Turnitin White Paper on Plagiarism
"Instrução Normativa" sobre ética (plágio, etc.) da PRPPG

LIBRARY
Link to "Portal de Periódicos" CAPES
Instructions for accessing journals through CAFe
"Treinamento no uso do Portal de Periódicos"

READINGS

Casanave, C. P. (2008). ‘‘The stigmatizing effect of Goffman’s stigma label: a response to John Flowerdew’’.  Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 7, 264-267. 
Flowerdew, J. (2008) Scholarly writers who use English as an Additional Language: What can Goffman’s ‘‘Stigma’’ tell us?  Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 7, 77-86.
Flowerdew, J. (2009) Goffman’s stigma and EAL writers: The author responds to Casanave.  Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 8, 69-72.
Hanauer, D.I., & Englander, K. (2011). Quantifying the burden of writing research articles in a second language: Data From Mexican scientists.  Written Communication, 28(4), 403-416.
Hirano, E. (2009). Research article introductions in English for specific purposes: A comparison between Brazilian Portuguese and English. English for specific purposes, 28(4), 240-250.
Hyland, K. (2012). Welcome to the machine: thoughts on writing for scholarly publication. Journal of Second Language Teaching & Research, 1(1), 58-68.
Martinez, R. (2018). “Specially in the last years…”: Evidence of ELF and non-native English forms in international journals. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 33, 40-52.   
Miller, T., & Parker, D. (2012). Writing for the reader: a problem-solution approach.  English Teaching Forum, 3, 21-27.
Perlin, M. S., Imasato, T., & Borenstein, D. (2018). Is predatory publishing a real threat? Evidence from a large database study. Scientometrics, 116(1), 255-273.
Swales, J., & Najjar, H. (1987).  The writing of research article introductions.  Written Communication, 4(2), 175-191.
​Ter Riet, G., Chesley, P., Gross, A. G., Siebeling, L., Muggensturm, P., Heller, N., ... & Brewster, L. (2013). All that glitters isn't gold: a survey on acknowledgment of limitations in biomedical studies. PloS one, 8(11), e73623. 
Thompson, G. (2001).  Interaction in academic writing: Learning to argue with the reader.  Applied Linguistics, 22(1), 58-78.
Wingate, U. (2012).  'Argument!'  helping students understand what essay writing is about.  Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 11, 145-154.

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY LISTS
The Phrasal Expressions List (Martinez & Schmitt, 2012)
The Academic Collocations List (Ackermann & Chen, 2013)
The New Academic Vocabulary List (Gardner & Davies, 2013)
The Academic Formulas List (Ellis & Simpson-Vlach, 2010)



CLASSES

MODULE 1 - 

COURSE INTRO

VIDEO OF MODULE 1 CLASS

HOMEWORK

  1. Complete this questionnaire!
  2. Register on Formative and insert class code: MZQXBJ
  3. Complete module 1 on GoFormative.
Class Summary in English: CLIQUE AQUI
Resumo da Aula em Português CLIQUE AQUI

MODULE 2 - 

RESOLVING LANGUAGE ISSUES

Class summary in English CLICK HERE
Resumo da aula em português CLIQUE AQUI

VIDEO OF MODULE 2 CLASS

MODULE 3 - 

PLANNING YOUR WRITING

Class summary in English - CLICK HERE
Resumo da aula em português - CLIQUE AQUI

VIDEO OF MODULE 3 CLASS

MODULE 4 - 

TITLE, ABSTRACT AND INTRO

Class summary in English - (to be posted)
Resumo da aula em português - (to be posted)

VIDEO OF MODULE 4 CLASS

MODULE 5 - 

WRITING YOUR INTRODUCTION

Download PORTUGUESE Introduction here
Download ENGLISH Introduction here

CLASS SUMMARY: CLICK HERE
RESUMO DA AULA: CLIQUE  AQUI

GRAVAÇÃO DA AULA:

MODULE 6 - 

MAKING YOUR MESSAGE CLEAR

Class summary (English): CLICK HERE
Resumo da Aula (português): CLIQUE AQUI

    --SUBMISSIONS NOW CLOSED--

Video of Module 6 class

MODULE 7 - 

PRESENTING YOUR RESULTS

ARTICLES FOR "DISCUSSION" ANALYSIS

DISCUSSION 1
DISCUSSION 2
DISCUSSION 3
DISCUSSION 4

Class summary (English) - CLICK HERE
Resumo da Aula (português) - CLIQUE AQUI

Video of Module 7 class

MODULE 8 - 

THE DISCUSSION SECTION

A REJECTED ARTICLE

Download (HERE) the article to analyze the Discussion seection.

Class summary (in English) CLICK HERE
Resumo da aula (em português) CLIQUE AQUI

MODULE 9 - 
DISCUSSING AND CONCLUDING

Article: "Effect of meat consumption on body odor attractiveness"

CLASS SUMMARY (HERE)
RESUMO DA AULA (AQUI)

MODULE 10 - PLAGIARISM

CLASS SUMMARIES
- Summary of the class in English (HERE)
- Resumo da aula em português (AQUI)

PLAGIARISM QUIZ!
If you do not see the quiz below, click here.

MODULE 11 - PREDATORY JOURNALS

1. Report and video summary of the talk.

2. Highlights from the talk itself.

OTHER MATERIAL

VIDEO: "Os bastidores da publicação acadêmica: 7 editores contam seus segredos"

VIDEO: The stress of writing for post-graduate degree work
VIDEO:  The non-linear way good writers write

VIDEO: Cuidado com os "periódicos predatórios"!

VIDEO: How scholarly publishing has become big business

VIDEO: Example of how to use SKELL

VIDEO: USING ANTCONC TO ANALYZE A CORPUS OF SPECIALIZED SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Did Melania Trump plagiarize Michelle Obama? 

Como "controlar alterações" em Word

MODULE 12 - COMMUNICATING WITH JOURNALS

Cover Letter Template - Download here

- Sample replies to reviewers:
SAMPLE 1
SAMPLE 2
SAMPLE 3