This course helps you grasp how to write journal articles in English. It covers wide-ranging topics, including classification of journal articles; generic structure of empirical articles; and method, principles and process of writing journal articles across disciplines. The course illustrates the method of and skills in writing empirical articles and review articles in the areas of applied linguistics and language economics. By the end of the course, you will be able to know the method and process of writing academic papers, skills in building arguments, general know-hows of documentation, and how to submit manuscripts to international journals. Join the course and learn the best practice of writing journal articles.
Overview
Syllabus
- 1. Where to Start to Write a Journal Article
- 0. Introduction
- 1.1 Why and How
- 1.2 Making an Outline
- 1.3 Writing Your Paper
- 2. Classification of Journal Articles
- 2.1 Overview
- 2.2 Empirical Articles
- 2.3 Review Articles
- 3. How to Write a Journal Article in Applied Linguistics
- 3.1 Lead-in--Questions for Discussion
- 3.2 Abstract
- 3.3 Introduction
- 3.4 Literature Review
- 3.5 Research Questions
- 3.5 Research Questions
- 3.6 Research Methods
- 3.7 Results
- 3.8 Discussion
- 3.9 Conclusion and Miscellany
- 4. Writing an Empirical Article of Economics
- 4.1 Writing an Empirical Article of Economics (1)
- 4.2 Writing an Empirical Article of Economics (2)
- 5. Writing a Review Article of Economics
- 5.1 Writing a Review Article of Economics (1)
- 5.2 Writing a Review Article of Economics (2)
- 6. Logical Fallacies
- 6. 1 Logical Fallacies (1)
- 6. 2 Logical Fallacies (2)
- 7. Formatting your references
- 7.1 General know-hows of documentation
- 7.2 Principles for citing sources
- 7.3 How to use Endnote
- 8. Submission and Response to Reviewer Feedback
- 8.1 Submission
- 8.2 How to respond to reviewer feedback
- Final Exam
Taught by
Jiang Guiying, Zhang Weiguo, and Zhang Kunkun
