Chapter 2 - So What - Group 1

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Group 1:

• Le Thi Hoa

• Nguyen Thi Kim Thuan

• Tran Son Lam• Mai Thi Bach Yen

• Tran Thuy My

• Trinh Hoang Dong

• Phan Thi My Trang



Chapter 2:So What? Discovering Possibilities



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Beginnings are always difficult.

Brainstorming Activities

Keeping a Proposal Log

Interacting with Text- Partners

Keeping Track of Materials



Beginnings Are Always Difficult

Presenter: Ms Hoa



•Worries about a high-stakes writing

task

•Anxiety- provoking statements

•A wider audience of scholars

•Fear of open criticism

•The thesis has a particular function

within the academic world

•Fear of rejection

Unfamiliar genre

Potentially

judgmental readers

Inner fright

Why Are Beginnings Always Difficult?

•Bartholomae’s idea of “inventing the university”

• Difficulties of writing for a new discourse community

•Proposal Log of Jane, a post-graduate student

•Difficulties of getting stared on a new writing task and

barriers erection to avoid dealing with that task



Brainstorming Activities

Presenter: Ms Thuan



What’s brainstorming?

How to brainstorm?write down ideas that are relevant to the given topic

you come up with.

Generate the ideas about the topic



There are some ways to note down: mind map,

spaghetti map, outline (list of ordered points)

Topic: describe your favorite teacher

My favorite teacherWhat I

learnt

characteristics

appearance

attitudePsychology

diligent humorous

Kind to his

students

Wear the

same clothes

kindness

Not good-looking

helpful



Advantages of brainstorming

Help us out of struggling in writing

Avoid writing a discursive composition

Suggestions:

- Analyzing genres

- Build up the habit of generating ideas,

then read some other relevant articles,

books, other theses or dissertation toimprove our thoughts and notions



Keeping a Proposal Log

Presenter: Yen



Keeping a proposal log

1. What is a proposal log?

2. Why is writing a proposal log useful?

3. What can I write in a proposal log?





A proposal log is a journal in which you should write

two or three times a week about some aspect ofyour thesis or dissertation proposal.




Example: Entries in a proposal log

“... Having just finished my written exams, I am struggling

with staying motivated to return to the proposal-writingstage. What if I get stuck again?”

“In speaking with my advisor last night about my thesisproposal, she asked me to think about two words-"SO

WHAT?.......”




2. Why is writing a proposal log useful?

It helps you:

- come up with new ideas;

- focus your attention on aspects of the process you may

not have considered;

- keep your mind active.




3. What can I write on a proposal log? To begin, write about:

a. Issues concerned with your subject area

b. Issues concerned with writing

c. Other issues relevant to the process of writing athesis



3. What can I write on a proposal log?

Subjectarea

Controversies

among writers

Your own

idea

Why

important?




Writing

Your

writingprocess

DiffcultiesPotential

audience

Timetable




- Suggestions from your advisors.

- Suggestions from peers, friends, family members

- Factors affecting your writing schedule



Innovate for a Better World




Interacting withText-Partners

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What is a ‘text-partner’?

What is a suitable ‘text-partner’?

What is the purpose of using a ‘text-partner’?

How do we use a ‘text-partner’ effectively?

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What is a ‘text-partner’?

A text-partner

is an academic writing such as a book, an article or any

other thesis or dissertation.

relates to the field on which you are doing a research. So, we can understand it in a simpler way like this:

A ‘text - partner’ is a text which your thesis or dissertation is

responding to .

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What is a suitable ‘text-partner’? Eliminate potential text-partners that address too many

ideas.

Find those that contribute directly to the topic you want to

explore.





Referring to text-partners can help you:

generate ideas

discover ideasdevelop your thoughts more deeply

What is the purpose of using a‘text-partner’?





How do we use a ‘text-partner’

effectively?Select suitable text-partners and explore

them.

Figure out a problem that has not been dealt within your text-partners.

Begin to write.





Step 1. Select suitable text-partners and

explore them.





First, select three or four articles that you find particularly

interesting and that relate to the topic you are considering

as the main focus of your thesis/ dissertation.

Then, read these articles carefully and complete the

following information:

Step 1. Select suitable text-partners and

explore them.





Step 1. Select suitable text-partners

and explore them.The thesis of this article is:

The most interesting ideas in this article are:

Why do I find these ideas interesting?

What aspects of the topic does this article overlook ordistort?

If I were to write to the author of this article discussingthese ideas, I might say the following:

A potential use of this article for my thesis/ dissertation is:





Step 2. Figure out a problem that has not

been dealt with in your text-partners.





Focus on the following possibilities:

Locating a gap in the literature.

Finding an idea that is generallyacknowledged to be true but it has not

been established definitively.

Considering an idea that people may

think is true but that may not actually be

true.

Focusing on an unsatisfying condition

or problem that needs to be remedied.

Step 2. Figure out a problem that has not

been dealt with in your text-partners.





Here is an example:

Problem: First-year students often have difficulties

understanding assigned reading materials and do not seem

to be aware of critical reading strategies.Question: What critical reading strategies do first-year

students actually use?

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine which

critical reading strategies first-year students use when theyare assigned reading in their college classes.

If you have generated an idea for a thesis or dissertation,

try phrase it in terms of problem , question and purpose .

Step 2. Figure out a problem that has notbeen dealt with in your text-partners.





Step 3. Begin to write…





Step 3. Begin to write…

Some students think that they should not begin to write untilthey have read absolutely on the topic.

It is a misconception because there will always be more

articles and books to read and more ideas to consider.

So, if you keep waiting, you will never begin.

Get started early. Ideas build on ideas, and the process

of writing will enable you to discover new ones.




Keeping Track of Materials

Presenter: Ms My Trang



DISCUSS:

Topic:Games can help to learn a foreign language.

(Time limited: 2 weeks)

Questions:1. What materials do you need ?

2. Where can you find them?

3. How long will it take you to collect thematerials?



STEP 1:

CONTENTS:

Collect enough materials:



STEP 2:Problems:

- Finding a particular source mayhave difficulty.

- The information is in disorder.

- Take a lot of time.



STEP 3:

Solve the problems:

- Make a plan for the time you need tocollect the information.

- Find the information in various places.

- Organize the information.



STEP 4:

- Rereading.

- Active in your search.

- New ideas.


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