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• Start here
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/#
• AWELU contents
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/start-here/student-writing-resources/
• Writing at university
• Different kinds of student texts
• Understanding instructions and stylesheets
• Understanding essay/exam questions
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/start-here/student-writing-resources/peer-review/
• Peer review instructions
• Dealing with feedback
• Checklist for writers
• Research writing resources
• Administrative writing resources
• LU language policy
• Genres
• Introduction
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/genres/the-nature-of-academic-writing/
• What characterises academic writing?
• The heterogeneity of academic writing
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/genres/student-writing-genres/
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/genres/student-writing-genres/the-essay-format/
• Three-part essays
• IMRaD essays
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/genres/student-writing-genres/response-paper/
• How to get started on your response paper
• Student literature review
• Annotated bibliography
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/genres/writing-in-academic-genres/
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/genres/writing-in-academic-genres/research-articles-ras/
• Three versions of the RA
• Examples of specificity within disciplines
• Textbooks
• Abstracts
• Reviews (review articles and book reviews)
• PhD Theses
• Popular science writing
• Research posters
• Grant proposals
• Writing for Publication
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/genres/writing-for-administrative-purposes/
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/genres/writing-for-administrative-purposes/writing-emails/
• Salutations
• Structuring your email
• Direct and indirect approaches
• Useful email phrases
• Language tips for email writers
• Writing memos
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/genres/writing-for-administrative-purposes/writing-minutes-and-agendas/
• Meeting terminology
• Writing
• The writing process
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/writing/pre-writing-stage/
• Identifying your audience
• Using invention techniques
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/writing/pre-writing-stage/research-question-and-thesis-statement/
• Research question
• Thesis statement
• Developing reading strategies
• Taking notes
• Identifying language resources
• Choosing a writing tool
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/writing/writing-stage/
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/writing/writing-stage/structuring-the-text/
• Framing the text: Title and reference list
• Structure of the whole text
• Structuring the argument
• Structure of introductions
• Structure within sections of the text
• Structure within paragraphs
• Signposting the structure
• Using sources
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/writing/rewriting-stage/
• What needs to be revised?
• How to revise
• Language
• Introduction
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/language/common-problems-and-how-to-avoid-them/
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/language/common-problems-and-how-to-avoid-them/many-or-much-on-the-use-of-quantifiers-1/
• Many vs. much
• Other quantifiers
• Quantifiers in a table
• Miscellaneous quantifiers
• Adjectives and adverbs
• Capitalisation
• Sentence fragment
• Run-on sentences
• What or which?
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/language/common-problems-and-how-to-avoid-them/subject-verb-agreement/
• Singular noun phrases connected by "or"
• Singular noun phrases connected by "either/or"
• Connected singular and plural noun phrases
• Noun phrases conjoined by "and"
• Subjects containing "along with", "as well as", and "besides"
• Indefinite pronouns and agreement
• Sums of money and periods of time
• Words that indicate portions
• Uncountable nouns
• Dependent clauses and agreement
• Agreement with the right noun phrase
• Some important exceptions and words of advice
• Atypical nouns
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/language/selective-mini-grammar/
• The major word classes
• The morphology of the major word classes
• Words and phrases
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/language/selective-mini-grammar/noun-phrases/
• Elements in the noun phrase
• Classes of nouns
• Determiners
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/language/selective-mini-grammar/verb-phrases/
• Elements in the verb phrase
• Classes of main verbs
• Auxiliary verbs
• Primary auxiliary verbs
• Modal auxiliary verbs
• Meanings of modal auxiliaries
• Marginal auxiliary verbs
• Time and tense
• Simple and progressive forms
• The perfect
• Active and passive voice
• Adjective phrases
• Adverb phrases
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/language/selective-mini-grammar/pronouns/
• Personal pronouns
• Dummy pronouns
• Possessive pronouns
• Interrogative pronouns
• Indefinite pronouns
• Quantifiers
• Prepositions and prepositional phrases
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/language/selective-mini-grammar/clauses-and-their-parts/
• More on adverbials
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/language/selective-mini-grammar/subjects-and-predicate-verbs/
• The order of subjects and verbs
• Subject-Verb agreement
• Coherence
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/language/punctuation/
• Comma
• Semicolon
• Colon
• Apostrophe
• Hyphen and dash
• Brackets
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/language/spelling/
• English spelling rules
• Commonly confused words
• Differences between British and American spelling
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/language/focus-on-vocabulary/
• Vocabulary awareness
• Useful words and phrases
• Using abbreviations
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/language/register-and-style/
• Register types
• Formal vs. informal
• DOs & DON'Ts
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/language/dictionaries/
• General information on dictionary use
• Online dictionary resources
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/language/corpora-resources-for-writer-autonomy/
• What is a corpus?
• Examples of the usefulness of a corpus
• Using the World Wide Web as a corpus
• Online corpus resources
• References
• Referencing
• Introduction
• Different kinds of sources
• The functions of references
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/referencing/how-to-give-references/
• Quoting
• Paraphrasing
• Summarising
• Reference accuracy
• Reference management tools
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/referencing/using-a-reference-style/
• Different kinds of reference styles
• Style format
• Elements of the reference list
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/referencing/quick-guides-to-reference-styles/
• APA
• Documentary note style
• Harvard
• MLA
• Vancouver
• Writing acknowledgements
• Academic integrity
• What is academic integrity?
• Academic integrity and writing
• Academic integrity at LU
• http://www.awelu.lu.se/academic-integrity/plagiarism/
• Different kinds of plagiarism
• Avoiding plagiarism
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