Dr.

Agus Wijaya, MHA ACADEMIC WRITING Academic writing is a process not a product its always possible to review and revise, again and again. 4 main stages in writing process : - Pre-writing - Planning - Writing and revising drafts - Writing the final copy to hand in

A. There are some steps in pre-writing process : 1. Choosing and narrowing a topic - General topic - Specific - Very specific 2. Brain storming 3 useful of brainstorming techniques : 1. Listing Example: Junk food Good diet 3 meals a day Regular exercise Lose weight Join health club Swim every day Jog before breakfast

Eating right Consume more fish

2. Free-writing Example:

3. C l u s t ering - Using clustering technique to generate ideas Example: use clustering technique for ten minutes to generate ideas about a persons who is close to you. - Grouping - Dialy schedules - Passion

B. Planning 1. 2. 3. Brainstorming by listing Grouping Writing the topic sentence

Example:
One problem is the citys unreliable public transportation

Or One of the citys biggest problems is the unreliability of its public transportation system

4.

Simple outlining

The form of simple writing is : - Topic sentence - Supporting point : - supporting detais

C. Writing and revising drafts

1.

Writing the first rough draft Revising content and organization Proof-reading the second draft for grammar and mechanics a. Check over each sentence for correctness: no fragments or choppy or run-on sentences b. Check over each sentence for a subject and a verb, subject-verb agreement, correct tense, etc
c.

2. 3.

Check the mechanics: punctuation, spelling, capitalization, typing errors, etc Change vocabulary words as necessary

d.

4. a. b.

Writing the final copy It must be written neatly and legibly in ink or typed Be sure that you make all the corrections that you noted on your second draft.

c. After rereading the final copy, do not be surprised if you decide to make a few minor or even major changes

D. Writing the final copy to hand in