INTRODUCTION OF

ACADEMIC WRITING
Miss Preeti Das
Assistant Professor
Rai School of Management Studies
 LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR THIS SESSION

At the completion of this session, you will :

Know :
• What the requirement for academic writing are.
• The difference between common forms of academic writing ( such as
essay, lab reports, case studies, and journal articles).
Be able to do :
• Identify in-text and end text referencing.
• Identify plagiarism in academic writing.
WHAT IS ACADEMIC WRITING
Is based on facts and data
Uses (and references) expert sources
• When we research (i.e. we find the facts and data that we want to use in
our assignments), we need to be careful to take note of whose
work/information we are using, so that we can get acknowledge (i.e.
reference) their contributions.
• In different part of the world, there are different approaches to how we
use other people’s information, and show respect to those who wrote it.
We always acknowledge the original author with a citation/ reference.
WHAT DOES ACADEMIC WRITING LOOK
LIKE ?
 But I normally write like that !
• Nobody does, so don’t worry – you can learn how to do it (this will be
one of the outcomes of your degree)
• It won’t happen overnight, but you will develop these skills throughout
your course starting today
 we will start by :
 Discussing what plagiarism is
 Looking at different academic writing formats (such as essays, reports
and case studies) to get a good picture of what “academic writing”
really is
 AVOIDING PLAGIARISM

• Plagiarism is a form of cheating, and it is not acceptable. A student’s

writing contain plagiarism if they have done any of the following:
1. Copied writing from someone else work (a book, a website, another
student’s essay, etc)
2. Used ides that someone else researched or developed without
referencing the original source
3. Made mistakes with their referencing
 WRITING STRUCTURES

• Essays
• Reports
• Lab report
• Annotated bibliography
• Case study
PREPARING AN ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENT TAKES
TIME

• There are many steps involved- from finding the facts and
figures to answer the essay question (researching), to writing
a draft (which will be in your everyday ‘voice’ or vocabulary),
to ‘making it sound academic’ and then editing/formatting.
• If you leave it until the last minute to do your assignment, you
will not get the best mark that you are capable of (research
shows that a ‘rough draft’ generally scores 20% less than a
‘final copy’).
 WORDS TO ADD TO YOUR ACADEMIC
WORDLIST (WITH DEFINITIONS):

• Plagiarism
• Citing (also called “In-text referencing”)
• Quoting
• Referencing
• In-text referencing; End text referencing