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GB6012 ACADEMIC

WRITING


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DEFINITIONS:

A severe abridgement, which makes a brief summaryf the !rinci!a" ideas r arguments, advanced in a

much "nger wrk# $A Handbook to Literature, %#&ugh &"man, Odyssey 'ress: New (rk, )*+-

A brief, cm!rehensive summary f the cntents fthe artic"e $'ub"icatin .anua" f the American'sych"gica" Assciatin, /thEditin, 0ashingtn,D%, 11)-


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A condensed version or summary of alonger piece of writing that highlightsthe major points covered, concisely

describes the content and scope of thewriting and reviewsthe writingscontents in abbreviated form. (Literacy

Education Online, !!"#


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". $escriptive Abstracts %ell readers what information the

report, article, paper contains

&nclude the purpose, methods, andscope of the report, article, paper

$o not provide results, conclusions, or

recommendations Are always very short, usually under

"!! words


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&ntroduce the subject to readers, whomust then read the report, article, orpaper to 'nd out the authors results,

conclusions, or recommendations


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. &nformative Abstracts ommunicate speci'c information from the

report, article, or paper)thesis &nclude the purpose, methods, and scope of

the written material *rovide the materials results, conclusions, and

recommendations Are short, usually informative abstracts are

"!+ or less of the original wor Allow readers to decide whether they want to

read the report, article, paper)thesis


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Limited length)-o of words

/A0A 123 !!45!! words

A*A -ot more than !! words

Accurate correctly re6ects the purposeand content of thepaper)thesis)manuscript7 contains ey

words7do not include information not inthe body of the paper7 compare withheadings of the paper to verify accuracy


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8elf4contained contains only the necessaryinformation

oncise and speci'c each sentence should

be ma9imally informative especially thelead sentence7 :e brief as possible7 :eginwith the most important information (do notrepeat the title# ; purpose or thesis7 &nclude

only the important concepts, 'ndings,implications7 use the active voice, but notpersonal pronouns


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>eport and not evaluate ; not a criti?ue oherent and readable 1se clear and

vigorous prose7 1se verbs not noun

e?uivalents7 1se present tense to describeresults with continuing applicability orconclusions drawn7 use past tense todescribe speci'c variables manipulated ortests applied7 use third person not the 'rstperson7 Avoid empty , meaninglesssentences e.g.


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>eport of an empirical study shouldcontain

%he problem under investigation, in one

sentence if possible. *articipants or subjects, specifying

pertinent characteristics number, type,age, gender, species, etc

%he e9perimental method, instruments,data4gathering procedures, complete testnames, etc


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%he 'ndings, including statisticalsigni'cance levels

onclusions and implications or

applicationsor case studies, include 8ubject and relevant characteristics of

the individual or organiBation7 nature ofor solution to a problem illustrated by thecase e9ample7 ?uestions raised foradditional research or theory


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". Chat to includeD

Objectives and aims of the study

>esearch design, methodology and

instruments :rief summary of research 'ndings ; a new

theory, assessment, evaluation

. Chat -O% to include

Additional content)comments, corrections orany information not in the te9t of the thesis


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Additional tables, illustrations andreferences

$etails of e9periment, library

search)review, standardprocedures,techni?ues, instruments

>eferences to other parts of the thesis

and bibliographic references


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%hesis written in :3 should havetranslated English version, vice versa.

%he translated version should have a

title. %he title in English should be typed

5!mm from the top edge of the page7single4spacing7 in inverted pyramid style

above the word A:8%>A%. or Arabic language, see details in /A0A

123 manual of style.


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*lease refer to /A0A 123 and selected,


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THANK YOU!

Nooreiny Maarof

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