04 Sharing finders with group

Discuss the Introduction Sections of the research papers you analysed before the Workshop

• Are these Introductions well-written? Badly written? Why?

• How did you evaluate your perceived quality of these research papers?

• Share your thoughts within your writing group?• As a group, please write a short text (about three-five sentences) on what constitutes a 'good'

Introduction in research articles in your discipline.

• Are Literature well-written or clearly incorporated? Badly written or unclear which literature background is relevant and important? Why?

• How did you evaluate your perceived quality of the integration of Literature?

• Share your thoughts within your writing group?

As a group, please write a short text (about three-five sentences) on what constitutes 'good'

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Analysing the Introduction Sections of Research Papers (from the papers you brought in)

Pre-activity task. What is Swales' (1990) Create a Research Space (CARS) model?

As a group, ensure you all understand what the CARS model is and how it can apply to your own writing.

After you are all familiar with the CARs Model, we suggest the following procedure:

1. As a group, agree on ONE Introduction of a research paper to analyse

2. What does the text do? What functions can you find? Locate the specific passages.

3. First work by yourself for seven minutes

4. Then discuss as a group for seven minutes

5. Be ready to report back (or better still, post your analysis on Discord)

6. Repeat process by yourself with your own research paper

7. Apply this model (or part of it) when drafting your own introduction

Analysing the Audience of the literature review of Research Papers (from the papers you brought in)

Pre-activity task: Think of the audience when writing / reading the research papers you read and

review. Answer the following question based on the following handout: Freewriting — Audience

analysis (Acknowledgement Rowena Murray and Penn State Handbook)

• What is the audience’s attitude towards my topic?

• What does the audience know about my subject?

• What do I know that my audience doesn’t?

• How accurate and up-to-date is their knowledge?

• Do I have a new perspective on my topic?

• Where is their knowledge lacking?

• Can I correct their misconception?

• How can I make them see it in a new way?

• What new information can I use to do that?

• What new information will they find useful? Why?

• What old knowledge can I build on?

• What effect will this knowledge have on them?

• What effect do I want it to have?