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#12 - Articles and Abstracts

octubre 12, 2020

ARTICLES CAE (CPE) CLICK TO OPEN Some exercises to solve... Abstracts: Academic Articles are part of the genres that teachers can write if they want to do research, if they want to study from "authentic material". We are going to analyse them, so get ready for an interesting description of ARTICLES. Not only do FORMAL (academic) ARTICLES share these features, but also they are headed by ABSTRACTS. So, let's delve into this "new genre". An abstract is an independent text that comprises the most important concepts of the paper, the purpose of the research, the state of the art, what is missing, and the results of the investigation. When writing an abstract avoid: Long background information, parahrased sentences, too many adverbs or adjectives, Acronyms or abbreviations, quotes or references from other sources, e.g. "studies have indicate that..."figures, statistics, tables, etc. There are four types of abstracts: Critical, descriptive, informativ

#11 Writing strategies: HEDGING and BOOSTING.

septiembre 29, 2020

THE IMPORTANCE OF HEDGING / (Inc) Retrieved from: https://youtu.be/N_gM_GNU0Rw Last visited October 12nd 2020. HEDGING is the expression of tentativeness and possibility in language use. It represents an absence of certainty. Features used in HEDGING: Lexical verbs: indicate - propose - assumne - estimate - suggest - appear - tend to - argue Adverbial constructions : often - almost - occasionally - sometimes - quite - usually - probably - certainly Modal verbs: must - will/would - should - may - can/could - might Writers/ Researchers use hedging techniques for two reasons: 1) To tone down their statements in order to reduce the threat of opposition from other researchers. 2) To avoid overstating their results as they are aware that theirs may not be the final word on the issue. Examples: A) Categorical claim: The issues highlighted in this study are applicable to all participating institutions. Hedged claim: The issues highlighted in this study

#10 ESSAY

septiembre 26, 2020

Between unavoidable mistakes and an excellent title… It has been a hard week for me, the experience of writing and essay for the first time in my life, is not a piece of cake. As I wrote before, in my last metacognitive analysis, a deep sensation of endless revision makes us struggle all day long. We cannot disconnect from a part of our brain that still doubts about what we have handed in. In my case, I can assure I gathered information about refugees, from videos, articles and audios. I have got involved with the work and perhaps, as the way I delved into the theme, the issues seemed so unfair that I ended feeling sad and empathetic. I cried many times, I couldn´t believe this world we live in, is such a horrific place for many innocent people. I decided to express all these in my writing, as much as it was possible. First, to explain to myself why refugees are being expelled into nothingness in order to feed the mouth of voracious war beasts. Then, due to research, it wa

#9 WRITING PROJECT Refugees - Part 3.

septiembre 25, 2020

DECONSTRUCTION PROCESS: "I've spent the whole morning correcting a text, and actually I removed only one comma. In the afternoon, I added it." Oscar Wilde. "Publico, para dejar de corregir." Jorge Luis Borges. "Writing is very easy. You simply have to remove the incorrect words." Mark Twain. Un corazón simple, Gustave Flaubert The Tiger, William Blake Finnegan's Wake, by James Joyce. 1984, by George Orwell. Retrieved from: https://isfd41-bue.infd.edu.ar/aula/prg_texto.cgi?wAccion=ver_texto&id_texto=3738&id_unidad=4504&id_curso=170 Last visited September 24st 2020. These texts correspond to two different text types (informative, descriptive text types) and three genres. They are written genres, formal; the first one is a piece of news, the second one is an academic paper and the third one is a chapter from a book. Needless to say, these are all excerpts. Retrieved from: https://isfd41-bue.infd.edu.ar/aula/prg_texto.cgi?wAccion=ve

#9 WRITING PROJECT Refugees - Part 2.

septiembre 15, 2020

Academic genres include essays, articles, papers, abstracts, among many others. Let's focus our attention on the first one: ESSAY . As you know there are different kinds of essays: descriptive, narrative, persuasion, expository, comparative, opinion, argumentative essays . Basically they are 5-paragraph long formal texts (although they can be longer, of course). HOW TO WRITE A 5-PARAGRAPH ESSAY Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwjmMtTVO1g&t=3s Last visited September 24st 2020. Interactive board please click to open * Thesis statements: How to improve them. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R0ivCaLtnY Last visited September 24st 2020. Interactive board click to open * GROUP WORK : Laura Costa, Leticia Flocco, Marcela Mannella SOME WORDS AFTER THE STORM After you wrote your first essay you might feel confused and unsure that what you have done is properly done…You can doubt in front of every single word you have chosen. Headaches

#9 WRITING PROJECT Refugees - Part 1.

septiembre 15, 2020

"WE REFUGEES" - Benjamin Zephaniah It is a daily issue that people swarm from one place to another all over the world. Although there are vague reasons to choose how to name a human being, calling them “migrant” or “refugee” will depend on the place they arrive and remain. Benjamin Zephaniah does not doubt in calling his poem “We refugees”, he is blunty aware of what he wants to transmit. While he describes multiple situations why people are pushed out from their homelands, he also emphasizes that everyone can be a refugee. Wars, racism, hazardous weather, religious, political and ideological motives, sexual harassment, mainly any human right violation, are some of the causes hundreds of people throng to knock on the door of wealthy and safer countries. Nowadays, society´s lack of empathy makes refugees feel even worst than the problem that originated their expulsion. Wisely, the poet states that no one is safe anywhere and inevitably reality can change in the blink