ACADEMIC WRITING

AND PUBLISHING
Dony Abdul Chalid
Sesi 1
 About the Course
• 10 Sessions (Attendance: Minimum 80% of the total sessions)
• The students are required to actively participate
• Assessment:
• Participation : 30%
• Midterm Assignment : 35%
• Final Assignment : 35%
 About the Course
• Focus on Research Writing, not on Conducting a Research
• How to prepare a research paper
• Writing skill should be developed continuously
• References:
• James Hartley (2010), Academic Writing and Publishing: A Practical Handbook,
Routledge, London, UK
• Hilary Glasman-Deal (2010), Science Research Writing: For Non-Native Speakers of
English, Imperial College, London, UK
 Scope of Course
• Introduction to Research Writing
• Developing Research Question
• Literature Review
• Methods and Data
• Publishing
 Variety of ways of validating truth
• Personal experience
• Intuition
• Social and/or cultural consensus
• Religious scripture and interpretation
• Philosophy and logical reasoning
• Science and the scientific method
 Understanding Research

• Research is a process to discover new knowledge.

• Research: Knowledge acquisition gained through the use
of appropriate methods
• The Scientific Method consists of observing the world
around you and creating a hypothesis about relationships
in the world.
 Basic Elements of the Scientific Method
• Empiricism: enquiry is conducted through observation and knowledge
verified through evidence.

• Determinism: events occur according to regular laws and causes.

• Scepticism: any proposition is open to analysis and critique

 Type of Researches
• Quantitative
• Deductive
• General

• Qualitative
• Inductive
• Specific
 Understanding Research Paper
• Research paper should present your own thinking backed up by others' ideas,
data and information.
• A research paper analyzes a perspective or argues a point.
• Research Paper have a systematic structure
Academic Writing
 Publication
• Working Paper
• Seminar/ Conference
• Repository

• Outlets: Book, Book Chapter, Scientific journal

• The Main Point: Review Process