Lecture Summaries 4:The Introduction

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Please find below links to the Lecture Summaries for Week 4:
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Lecture 1: The Introduction [i]
Lecture 2: The Introduction [ii]
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Additional Reading 4: The Introduction

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Please find below links to some additonal material on the topic for Lesson 1: Week 4 - "The Introduction [Part I]"
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1. The Scientific Paper: Introduction [George Mason University]
2. The Literature Review: A Few Tips On Conducting It [University of Toronto]
3. The Literature Review [University of Queensland]
4. Literature Review [Wikipedia]
5. Academic Writer [VLC Hong Kong]
6. What is the purpose of research? Virginia Cano
7. Writing and Introduction: [Online Writing Lab]
8. Introductions To Research Papers [Central European University]
9. The Scientific Paper: Introduction [George Mason University]
10. The Literature Review: A Few Tips On Conducting It [University of Toronto]
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Powerpoint Presentations 4:The Introduction [i] & [ii]

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Please find below links to the Powerpoint Presentations for Week 4.

Lecture 1: The Introduction [i]
Lecture 2: The Introduction [ii]
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Lecture Summaries 3:Titles & Abstracts

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Please find below links to the Lecture Summaries for week 3

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Lecture 1: Titles

Lecture 2: Abstracts

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Assessment Task 1:Author Blurb

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Write an 'author blurb' about yourself.

The blurb should:
1. be between 100 and 150 words.
2. contain and the information about your qualifications and where they were obtained
3. conclude with your email address.
Copies of the blurbs will be put up on the web page.

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If you'd like to read up on author blurbs, see for example:

1. How to write an Authur Blurb [The Penguin Blog]

2. Writing Great Blurbs [Mayra Calvani]

3. Learn to Market Yourself: How to Write an “About the Author” for Your Book [freeself-publishing.com]

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Powerpoint Presentations 3:Titles & Abstracts

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Please find below links to the Powerpoint Presentations for Week 2.

Lecture 1: Titles
Lecture 2: Abstracts
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Additional Reading 3:Titles & Abstracts

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Please find below links to some additonal material on the topics for Week 3.

Titles:

1. Choosing Newsletter Article Titles [Alexander]

2. Choosing Winning Article Titles [Hunt]

3. The importance of writing a good title and abstract [BioMed Central]

4. Writing a Scientific Paper Titles and Abstracts [Thrower]

5. What Every Good Writer Needs To Know About Titles [Cohen]

6. The Value of Article Titles in Bibliographic Citations [Editor: Current Contents]

Abstracts:
1. Science Fair Abstract [Science Buddies]
2. Abstract [Wikipedia]
3. Abstracts[BioMed Central]
4. Abstract Section [Dodd, J.S]
5. Abstracts [University of North Carolina]

Additional Readings: 2The Scientific Article

For additonal material on this weeks topic you may choose to look at:
The Scientific Article: From Galileo's New Science to the Human Genome
Also have a look at the introductory chapters of the following books at the amazon.com website:
- Medical and Scientific Writing in Late Medieval English (Studies in English Language) by Irma Taavitsainen and Päivi Pahta
- Communicating Science: The Scientific Article from the 17th Century to the Present by Alan G. Gross, Joseph E. Harmon, and Michael S. Reidy
- The Scientific Literature: A Guided Tour by Joseph E. Harmon & Alan G. Gross (Editors)
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Lecture Summaries 2:The Scientific Article

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Please find below links to the Lecture Summaries for Week 2:
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Lecture 1: The Scientific Articile
Lecture 2: History of the Scientific Article
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Powerpoint Presentations: Week 2The Science Article: Definition & History

Please find below links to the Powerpoint for Week 2.

Lecture 1: The Science Article: A Definition

Lecture 2: The Science Article: A History

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Lecture Summaries 1:Introductions & Definitions

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Please find below links to the Lecture Summaries for Week 1.

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Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Definitions
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Powerpoint Presentations 1:Introductions & Definitions

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Please find below links to Powerpoint Presentations for Week 1.

Lecture 1: Introductions
Lecture 2: Definitions

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Welcome From Simon:07 September 2008

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Welcome to the blogspot for Science Writing in English at the Korea Advanced Institute of cience and Technology [KAIST] located in the Korean city of Daejeon. The aim of this blogsite is - in addition to providing copies of the powerpoints and lecture summaries of each learning session / lecture - to provide you links to resources from the internet related to each topic covered during th course of the semester. Spend a little time navigating around the site to see what is avaible. You can also check in the left hand collumn to see links to the posting for past writing courses. For now, all that is left me to do is to say "Welcome" again and to wish that you have a great semester.

Simon.

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