An introduction to Academic Writing. For ENGL 163 students (Writing Skills Course)

1. ACADEMIC
WRITING
Mr. Abdul Aziz Assanosi
azizsanosi@gmail.com
Main Source:
First Steps in AcademicWriting (Level 2)
Second Edition
By: Ann Hogue
Pearson, Longman

2. Some types of writing
 Descriptive writing (about details)
 Persuasive writing (opinions and
perspectives)
 Narrative writing (stories and novels,
poetic with imagination)
 Academic writing (What we are going to
study in this course)

3. Academic Writing

4. What is academic writing?
o It is the kind of writing you do in college.
• :Its purpose is to
• Explain something
• or to
• give information about something
• Its audience is
• Your teacher and your classmates

5. Academic Writing, Skills Needed
• Sentence structure
• Organization
• Grammar
• punctuation

6. Sentence Structure
• How to arrange words in a sentence
• Like my friend football very.
• My friend likes football very much.
• The weather hot today and humid.
• The weather is hot and humid today

7. Organization
• How to arrange ideas in a paragraph.
• It is quite and convenient. My friends and relatives
live there. I like My hometown for many reasons.
The weather is good. My town is a good place to
live in. I can find everything I need there.
• I like my hometown very much. First, I can find
every thing I need there. Second, the weather is
good. Third, it is quite and convenient. Finally, my
friend and relatives live there. In short, my town is a
good place to live in.

8. Grammar & Punctuation
• Is very hot today
• The weather is very hot today.
• when Summer comes we, will go to dubai.
• When summer comes, we will go to Dubai.

9. Pre writing
• Pre writing activities are the activities you do
before writing to help you compose ideas
about what you are going to write.

10. Asking questions and taking notes
• Ask questions and write down the important
facts.
• Do not write complete sentences.
• Example
• Where are you from?
• Riyadh.
• Write complete sentences later.

11. Ask your classmate the following
 What is your first name?
 What is your family name?
 Where are you from?
 What is your hobby?
 What telephone brand do you like?
 Where did you go in the holiday?
 Check your book on page 3 for Proper and improper
questions.