Full name: Nguyễn Thị Trà My

Class code: 420300316708

Assignment Unit 1 - Extended Definition
Choose ONE key term/ concept from the given list: writing skills, academic writing,
or peer review. Find at least two journal articles related to the concept. Read the
articles and find out the answer to eight questions to get information for an extended
definition.
Writing skill
Concept Sources
1. What is it? Writing is one (Durga, 2018)
of the four
skills –LSRW
(listening,
speaking,
reading, and
writing) in
language.
learning.
2. What is it Not only does https://www.goabroad.com/articles/
not? it help us to language-study-abroad/why-is-it-
convey a important-to-learn-a-foreign-language
message, but
it also helps us
master a new
language

3. What is it (Durga, 2018)

similar/ It's like any https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-
dissimilar to? other skill that improve-your-vocabulary-writing-
requires daily speaking-success-brian-tracy/
vocabulary
improvement.

4. What does it Contents, (Durga, 2018)

consist of? format,
sentence
structure,
vocabulary,
spelling, and
letter
formation.

5. What are its At the (Durga, 2018)

characteristics sentence level,
? these include
 control
of contents,
format,
sentence
structure,
vocabulary,
spelling, and
letter
formation.
Beyond the
sentence, the
writer must be
able to
structure and
integrate
information
into cohesive
and coherent
paragraphs
and text.

6. What are To write (Durga, 2018)

some technical
examples? documents
and research
papers, and
put forth the
right facts and
information.
• In searching
and obtaining
a job.
• To make
presentations
and reports,
etc.
• For
improving
communicatio
n skills.
• For
improving
creativity,
exploration,
and essential
for self-
understanding.
7. How does it It is meant for (Durga, 2018)
work? conveying
How is it thoughts,
used? ideas, and
facts in easy
and lucid
language

8. Why is it Writing is (Durga, 2018)

important? very important
that
communicatio
n is
transmitted
more through
writing
than any other
type of media.