Class 02: The Research Process
Summary: In both classes, collaboratively, we made sure you know more about the steps of the research process, the key terms of academic writing, narrowing down a research topic, finding reliable and solid research material, and taking useful notes.
Attachments: Academic Essay Writing Overview, Talking About Academic Writing, Finding Research/Successful Paper
Homework due on Session 03:
1. Please, research the SAME research issue using 2 Internet, book, newspaper, or journal articles about a topic that you are passionate to write. Then take one to two pages of notes for each article using the keywords on the pages. Remember to write the author's name(s), the date, and page or paragraph numbers if you use direct quotations. Try to summarize your work. I did not mention in writing, but could you put the pictures of your notes in one MS Word document, so I can edit your Work Cited? Note-taking Sample on a Right to an Education:
Note-taking Sample on Age Discrimination: Free Database Engines off Campus to collect research for your APA Paper:
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): DOAJ is a community designed and maintained online journal directory that provides you access to robust, open access, peer-reviewed journals. This search engine is independent, and it is free including being indexed in DOAJ. Please use this engine for topical issues and authors, and you might find research that provides evidential content for your academic essay. DOAJ is an educational outreach search engine that focusses on high-quality applications and submissions. Google Scholar: Google scholar helps you do a broad or narrow search of articles. It also helps you cite your "references" for APA and "work cited" for MLA! CORE Research Engine UK: This research search engine claims to be the largest open-access research database in the world giving free-access to 1-This website is very informative and easy to understand, where you might find research on your issue from Professor Andy Barfield:
Global Issues Resources -Specifically in relation to Chuo University Faculty of Law English courses, this website has been designed by Andy Barfield and his research team for supporting student research from 2014 in the Basic Research and Writing (English 'C') and Introduction to Communication and Research (Listening and Speaking 'P' Level). More generally, his team hopes that this website is useful for students and other people in Japan (and in other countries) to develop our knowledge and critical understanding of different global issues. Thank you, Andy! |
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