Part 4 – Language of value, costs and benefits

1. What makes your text valuable?

Watch the following 2 pieces of the video (1. 13m45sec-16min30sec; 2. 30min-33min) from the University of Chicago Academic Writing Department on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIzMaLkCaM

Look at the text the lecturer is referring to:

Retrieved from the Ohio State University Website on Oct 25, 2021, page 2  https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/5/7046/files/2014/10/UnivChic_WritingProg-1grt232.pdf

1.1. Useful tips

Make sure to ask yourself the following questions as you check for paragraph links while preparing for an academic discussion/writing a paper (Gillett, Hammond, & Martala, 2009):

·        Does the start of my paragraph/speech give my reader enough information about what the paragraph will be about?

·        Does my paragraph/speech add to or elaborate on a point made previously and, if so, have I made this explicit with an appropriate linking word / phrase?

·        Does my paragraph/speech introduce a completely new point or a different viewpoint to before and, if so, have I explicitly shown this with a suitable connective?

1.2. Additional resouces and other relevant references

1.      A quiz for you to do on the New Zealand’s academic writing practice websitehttps://www.learninghub.ac.nz/cautious-language/

2.      A list of transition words can be found at the Scibbr website: https://www.scribbr.com/academic-writing/transition-words/

3.      An example of a successful academic discussion on YouTube (start the video at 2m13sec): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPq0YezRzy8

4.      Gillett, A.; Hammond, A.; Martala-Lockett, M. „Successful Academic Writing“ (2009) Pearson Education retrieved from https://books.google.cz/books?id=9AttPgAACAAJ on Oct 21, 2021