LINGUA INGLESA ESCRITA IV (HE285)
Professor: Dr. Ron Martinez
Office: 1014 (Reitoria)

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CLASS DOCUMENTS

Syllabus (ementa)

Sample final assignment


Reading Engagement Log

Essay Submission Form

Midterm Submission Form

Essay 1 Rubric
Essay 2 Rubric
Essay 3 Rubric
Essay 4 Rubric
Essay 5 Rubric
Essay 6 Rubric
Essay 7 Rubric
Essay 8 Rubric
Essay 9 Rubric
Essay 10 Rubric
Essay 11 Rubric
MIDTERM Rubric
FINAL Rubric

VIDEO TUTORIAL:How to do a "lexical profile" (find word frequency
 information) for your essays:

LIBRARY
Link to "Portal de Periódicos" CAPES
Instructions for "conexão doméstica" (to access research portals)
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.    
Miller, T., & Parker, D. (2012). Writing for the reader: a problem-solution approach.  English Teaching Forum, 3, 21-27.
Swales, J., & Najjar, H. (1987).  The writing of research article introductions.  Written Communication, 4(2), 175-191. 
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)


LINKS
APA Formatting (Purdue University)
ABNT Formatting
Meaning and use of Latin abbreviations
Vocabulary Frequency Profiler (LexTutor)
Sketch Engine for Language Learning

CLASS CALENDAR

WEEK 1 (2 & 4 MARCH 2015)

COURSE INTRO

Course introduction (week 1) from Ron Martinez

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QUIZ: WHAT ARE YOUR BELIEFS ABOUT ACADEMIC WRITING?

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"SUBTEXT" -- THE STORY OF AN EMAIL
Watch the video and then reflect on the questions (below the video).

1.  Can you relate to this video?  Have you had a similar experience?
2.  What insights does this video provide into the writing process?

HIGH OR LOW SCORERS?

Look at the two columns of language samples [DOWNLOAD HERE] from two different group of students: one that got high scores on a test of academic English writing, and another one that did not do as well on the same test.  Decide which column is the High Score group, and try to find linguistic patterns that distinguish the two groups.

ACADEMIC ENGLISH?

OPTIONAL HW:  Read the article (link below).  What characterizes this article as being (non) Academic?

Article: "Brazil has the best nutritional guidelines in the world"

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MILLER AND PARKER (2012) "WRITING FOR THE READER": QUESTIONS

Be prepared to discuss the following questions about the article.
1, According to the authors, what is the importance of the  Introduction section of an essay/article?
2. What are the typical "moves" that Swales identified, and which Miller and Parker describe in the article?
3. Can you locate where those "moves" are in the Miller and Parker article (in the introduction)?

Word cloud of answers to the question "what makes good academic writing"(from the in-class quiz)

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WEEK 2 (9 & 11 MARCH 2015)

THE ESSAY INTRODUCTION (1)

EX. 1 - WHERE IS THE "NICHE"?

There are two "however"s in the Introduction below.  Which one represents the beginning of the author's establishment of niche?  Or are there  two niches?

EX. 2 - ANALYSIS OF ESSAY INTRODUCTIONS

Read the three essay introductions and identify where the authors establish territory, establish niche, and occupy niche.   DOWNLOAD HERE

EX. 3 - THE GRAMMAR OF INTRODUCTIONS

Read the introduction and choose the "best" grammatical form.  DOWNLOAD HERE

EX. 4 - TO CITE OR NOT TO CITE?

Without looking at the original article (!!!), download the introduction and find the the missing in-text citations.  (There are 6 of them.)  DOWNLOAD HERE

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WEEK 3 (16 & 18 MARCH 2015) - ARGUMENTATION 1

1. DECIDE THE SCORE

Click on the document (below) and decide what score each student received.
SAMPLE ESSAYS

2. "ARGUING WITH THE READER": Quantifying the burden of writing research articles in a second language.  Download the full article here, and the worksheet here.

3.  ARGUMENTATION: Responding to the "reader-in-the-text" - Download worksheet here.

4. LESSONS FROM ESSAY 1

Download and complete the worksheet.

AM Turma:  The completed worksheet done together in class can be found here.

5. PLEASE TAKE THE QUESTIONNAIRE!

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CLASS VOCABULARY LIST

further
hence
in order to
widely
pinpoint
hedge
slant
bias
overt
novice
skillfully
stance
entail
warrant

OOPS (mistakes to avoid)

"researches" (research is not usually countable)
"related with" (related to)
"incorporate to" (incorporate into)
"the problem about" (the problem with)
"the effect of ___ in ____" (the effect of ___ on ___)

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WEEK 4 (23 & 25 MARCH 2015) 
- SYNTHESIS 1

1. THE "STIGMA" DEBATE - WORKSHEET

2. HOW TO MAKE THIS ARGUMENT STRONGER?

This text [DOWNLOAD HERE] is based on different students' essays.  Discuss how to make the argument(s) stronger.

3. NEW SciELO JOURNAL CRITERIA - DOWNLOAD HERE 

4. SciELO "INTERNACIONALIZAÇÃO" BLOG POST

DOWNLOAD ESSAY 3 SAMPLE HERE

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WEEK 5 (MARCH 30 - APRIL 1 2015) 
- MAKING YOUR POINT

1. “Publication of the Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica in English and the expansion of scientific horizons”

2. "Artigos em inglês nos Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia: um resultado da globalização"

3. WORKSHEET: Lessons from Essay 2 -- CORRECTED WORKSHEET HERE

4. WHICH IS THE "EXPERT" REVISION?  Download two versions of the Engineering manuscript (HERE and HERE).  Which one is better?  Why?  Underline and/or highlight what makes one version better than the other, and bring to class.  You only need to focus on the Abstract and Introduction.

5. ESSAY 4 SAMPLE (Also see rubric!)

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WEEK 6 (6 & 8 April 2015) 
- FINISHING TOUCHES

1. APA REFERENCING WORKSHEET (Download HERE)

2. APA REFERENCING EXAMPLE ARTICLE -- HERE.

3, ESSAY 5 SAMPLE HERE.

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WEEK 7 (13 & 15 April 2015) 
- MIDTERM

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WEEK 8/9 (22 April 2015) 
- OVER TO YOU!

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SAMPLE COVER (OR 'COVERING') LETTER

cover_letter_martinez_murphy_2009.docx
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File Type:	docx

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WEEK 10 (4 May 2015) 
- NEW BEGINNINGS

1.  WORTHY OF PUBLICATION?

Download the ELT Journal manuscript submission here, and decide if it is deserving of publication by using these ELT-J Review Criteria.  Be sure to add a rationale for your decision in the "Comments" section.  (See sample comments here for examples.)

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WEEK 12-15 (2015) 
- THE FINAL STRETCH

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1. WHY THE DELETION?

This student's essay received a good score, but there is a section in the essay that I felt should be deleted.  Why?  Download the sample here.

2. SCREENCAST-O-MATIC DEMO

Access the demonstration here.

3. DEALING WITH COLOR CODES

Download the worksheet here and work with a partner to identify why the codes have been used, and what needs to be changed (and how).

4. ENHANCING YOUR VOICE

Remember the importance of lexical diversity and cohesion.  Download the worksheet here.