Advanced Academic Composition

Week One: Course Introduction


Lecture Resources:
  1. Academic Womxn Amplified Podcast
  2. Trello Project Management Tools
  3. Trello Academic Project Management Tutorials
  4. Bullet Journal and Bullet Journal Tutorial
  5. Minimalist Bullet Journal Tutorial
 
Week One Activities:
  1. Student Writing Sample: https://forms.gle/iSGthEtFVhKmg1wC6 
  2. Lecture 1A: How to Successfully Complete a Graduate Degree without Going Insane.
  3. Exit Survey: https://forms.gle/hnznVjxQg2oh2NBT9 

Week One Assignment Checklist:
  1. Create an account and successfully log in to the university library database: ​https://library.donga.ac.kr/en/
  2. ​Create a Google Drive account: https://accounts.google.com/
  3. Choose a project management task scheduling system and begin learning how to use it. I don't care which one you choose but I will be meeting with you individually to review your project management tools so get to work and make a plan.
  4. Carefully read pages 15-36 in the Turabian Manual and pages 1-35 in the Academic Writing Handbook. There will be a test over this material at the beginning of class next week.

​Week One Zoom Save:
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Week Two: Research and Method


Lecture Resources:​
  1. Link: www.zotero.org/
  2. Video: McGill University Zotero Tutorial
  3. Video: Using Google Drive and Zotero to Organize Research
  4. Link: Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) Reference Guide

Week Two Activities:
  1. Zoom Class Guidelines
  2. Productivity Tip 2: Eliminating Distractions + Breakout Session
  3. Comprehension Quiz 1
  4. Final Exam Project: Annotated Bibliography
  5. Lecture 2: Research Theory and Methodology + Breakout Session
  6. Workshop: Organizing and Citing Sources using Google Drive and Zotero
  7. Week Two Assignment Checklist

Week Two Assignment Checklist:
  1. Download and install Zotero 5.0 WebApp and the Zotero Connector browser tool. It works best with the Google Chrome web browser. Link: https://www.zotero.org/download/​
  2. ​Begin collecting articles and books about your area of research (semantics, for example) in your Zotero collection. Try to find at least one article and at least one book. If possible, attach a .pdf file to one of your entries.
  3. Carefully study pages 1-57 in the Academic Writing Handbook. Next week we will have another quiz over the contents and we will begin discussing the effective use of sources in our writing, including: efficient note-taking strategies; summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting; and avoiding plagiarism.
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Week Three: Processing Source Material


Lecture Resources:
  1. Link: Grammarly and Video: Grammarly Tutorial
  2. Video: McGill University Zotero Tutorial
  3. Video: York University Zotero Tutorial
  4. Link: AI Paraphraser and Summarizer

Week Three Activities:
  1. Week Two Wrap-up
  2. Comprehension Quiz 2
  3. Productivity Tip 3: Grammarly
  4. Lecture 3: Processing Source Materials
  5. Class Activity: Finding and Notating Source Materials​
  6. Class Assignment Checklist
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Week Three Assignment Checklist:
  1. Download and install Grammarly for your web browser. (Works best with Chrome)
  2. Find and annotate 10 sources for your general area (ESL education, for example). This is the beginning of your Final Exam Project for this class, so make sure you save all of your references and your account name and password. 
  3. Carefully read Hacker P. 1-50. We will have a quiz over this material next week.

Week Three Zoom Save: 
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 Week Four: The Rhetorical Framework I


Lecture Resources:
  1. DongA University Library Database: Proquest Central
  2. Zotfile PDF Manager and Tutorial
  3. York University Library Zotero Note-taking Tutorial​

Week Four Activities:
  1. Review of Week Three assignments and student research progress check
  2. Comprehension Quiz 3
  3. Lecture 4: The Rhetorical Framework
  4. Class Activity: Practice Paragraph One

Week Four Assignment Checklist:
  1. Find, evaluate, download, and annotate 10 more sources for your general area. Add your 10 sources with notes to your group folder by 6pm on Tuesday 9/28.
  2. Readings: A Concise Guide 1-45 and Hacker 539-556. 
  3. Complete the Practice Paragraph One activity. Create a "Class Assignments" folder in your class Google Drive and create a Google Document titled "AACF21 - Practice Paragraph One - [name] - [ID]". Write your 11 sentence paragraph in this document using the topic sentence "Teaching is the best job ever."

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Week Five: Overview of Organization I


Lecture Resources:
  1. Sample Practice Paragraph One
  2. Oxford Bibliographies
  3. IE Languages Bibliography
  4. Grafiati Bibliographies
  5. Dora Bibliography (2001)
  6. US Army Bibliography (1994)​
Week Five Activities:
  1. Week Four Wrap-up
  2. ​Comprehension Quiz 4
  3. Student Practice Paragraph One + Peer-Review Breakout 1
  4. Review of Student Research + Peer-Review Breakout 2
  5. Productivity Tip 5A: Topical Bibliographies
  6. Productivity Tip 5B: Workflow with Folders
  7. Lecture 5: Overview of the Organization of Theses and Dissertations​
  8. Class Activity: Paragraph Revision Instructions
  9. Class Assignment Checklist
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Week Five Assignment Checklist:
  1. Find one topical bibliography that is specific to your area of interest and send a link to the class KakaoTalk chatroom by 10pm SLT tomorrow (SLT = student's local time).
  2. Add "To Read," "Archive Unread," "To Annotate," and "Research Collection" folders to your Zotero library. Add only your ANNOTATED sources to your "Research Collection" folder by 10pm SLT tomorrow.
  3. Find, evaluate, download, and annotate 10 more sources for your general area. Add your 10 sources with notes to your group folder by 6pm SLT on Tuesday 9/28. 
  4. Using the suggestions from your peer-review session today, create a copy of your Practice Paragraph One document and revise it. Please complete this assignment by 6pm SLT on Tuesday 9/28.
  5. Readings: Hacker 556-565 (Quiz)

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Week Six: Overview of Organization II


Sample Dissertation:
Sample Dissertation.docx
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Dissertation and Thesis Timeline and Official Formatting Guide:
donga_graduate_timeline.docx
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Week Six Activities:
  1. Week Five Wrap-up
  2. Review of APA Citations (Books and Articles)
  3. Comprehension Quiz 5
  4. Peer-review of Student Research
  5. Lecture 5: Overview of the Organization of Theses and Dissertations
  6. Class Assignment Checklist

Week Six Assignment Checklist:
  1. Find, evaluate, download, and annotate 10 more sources for your general area. Add your 10 sources with notes to your group "Research Collection" folder by 6pm SLT on Tuesday 9/28. You should have 40 annotated sources total at the end of Week 6.
  2. Use the suggestions from your peer-review session today to improve your notation, folder, and tag systems in your Zotero Notebook.
  3. ​Readings: Hacker 565-578 (Quiz 6)

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Week Seven: The Rhetorical Framework II



Lecture Resources:
  1. ​ Writer's Handbook (Andy Schmitz).​
  2. Mini Lit Review (Example)​

Week Seven Activities:
  1. Week Six Wrap-up
  2. ​Review of APA Citations (cont’)
  3. Comprehension Quiz 6
  4. Lecture 6: The Rhetorical Framework II: The Essay​
  5. Week Seven Assignment Checklist

Week Seven Assignment Checklist:
  1. Reading: Chapters 15, 16, 17, and 20, and Appendix A in Writer's Handbook (Andy Schmitz). This will be the subject of our next quiz.
  2. Send your detailed and specific Lit Review topic to me before I wake up on Friday morning (tomorrow). Late submissions will not be accepted.
  3. Find your sources and organize your ideas using a mindmap.
  4. Create a detailed outline for your Lit Review project by Tuesday at 6pm. (One point will be deducted for each hour you are late.)​​

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Week Eight: The Writing Process I


Lecture Resources:
  1. ​Conditional Student Grade Sheet
  2. Mini Lit Review (Example)​

Week Eight Activities:
  1. Week Seven Wrap-up
  2. Writing Workshop 1: Advanced Sentence Structures
  3. Writing Workshop 2: Searching with Intention
  4. Writing Workshop 3: Open Session
  5. Week Eight Assignment Checklist

Week Eight Assignment Checklist:
  1. Create a detailed outline for your Lit Review project by the next class.

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Week Nine: The Writing Process II


Week Nine Activities:
  1. Open Q and A Session Continued from Last Week
  2. ​Student Writing Workshop and Discussion: Student Outlines
  3. Lecture 7: From Outline to Essay
  4. Mini Literature Review Writing Assignment 2: Body Paragraph 1
  5. Week Nine Assignment Checklist

Week Nine Assignment Checklist:
  1. Complete the introduction and  body paragraph 1 of your Mini Literature Review by Tuesday, November 2nd at 6pm.
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Sample Dissertation.docx
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longman_3000_list.pdf
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Week Ten: The Writing Process III


Lecture Resources:
  1. OWL (Purdue University Online Writing Lab)
  2. Writer's Handbook (Andy Schmitz)
  3. Grammarly

Week Ten Activities:
  1. Week Nine Wrap Up
  2. Lecture 7: Editing Skills
  3. Peer Review Activity
  4. Writing Assignment 3: Mini Lit Review Body Paragraphs 2 and 3
  5. Open Q and A

Week Ten Assignment Checklist:
  1. Complete Body Paragraphs 2 and 3 for your Mini Literature Review Project
  2. Continue to add sources to your Annotated Bibliography (100 sources minimum)

​Week Ten ZOOM Save:
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Week Eleven: The Writing Process IV


Lecture Resources:
  1. SPSS for Beginners
  2. Structural Analysis using AMOS
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Week Eleven Activities:
  1. Week Ten Wrap Up
  2. Week Eleven Annotated Bibliography Check
  3. Mini Lit Review Peer Editing Activity
  4. Group Edit Workshop
  5. Lecture 8: The Methodology Chapter

Week Eleven Assignment Checklist:
  1. Make a copy of your document and rename it "AACF21 - Mini Lit Review V3 - [name] - [ID]" and complete the final edit for your Mini Literature Review Project. 
  2. Continue to add sources to your Annotated Bibliography (100 sources minimum).

​Week Eleven ZOOM Save:
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Week Twelve: The Method Chapter I


Lecture Resources:
  1. SPSS for Beginners
  2. Structural Analysis using AMOS
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Week Twelve Activities:
  1. Annotated Bibliography Check-Up
  2. Lecture 8: The Method Chapter (Part 1)
  3. Overview of Sample Method Chapter
  4. ​Mini Literature Review Q and A Session
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Week Twelve Assignment Checklist:
  1. Complete the final edit for your Mini Literature Review Project. This will be due at 9am on November 20th (Busan Time).
  2. Continue to add sources to your Annotated Bibliography (100 sources minimum). Create a new Google document titled “Annotated Bibliography” and begin to create your final outline for your Annotated Bibliography, adding sources and notes.
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​Week Twelve ZOOM Save:
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Week Thirteen: The Method Chapter II


Week Thirteen Activities:
  1. Mini Literature Review - Final Q and A
  2. Lecture 8: The Method Chapter (Part 2): Overview of the Sample "Method" Chapter; The Eight Elements of the Scientific Method; and Frequently Used (and Confused) Terms
  3. Annotated Bibliography Check-up

Week Thirteen Assignment Checklist:
  1. Complete the final edit for your Mini Literature Review Project. This will be due at 9am on November 27th (Busan Time).
  2. Continue to add sources to your Annotated Bibliography (100 sources minimum). Create a new Google document titled “Annotated Bibliography” and begin to create your final outline for your Annotated Bibliography, adding sources and notes.
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Week Thirteen ZOOM Feed:
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Week Fourteen: The Method Chapter III


Week Fourteen Activities:
  1. Mini Literature Review Presentations
  2. Lecture 8: The Method Chapter (Part 3): The Eight Elements of the Scientific Method; and Frequently Used (and Confused) Terms
  3. Annotated Bibliography Check-up

Week Fourteen Assignment Checklist:
  1. Continue to add sources to your Annotated Bibliography (100 sources minimum). Create a new Google document titled “Annotated Bibliography” and begin to create your final outline for your Annotated Bibliography, adding sources and notes.
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Week Fourteen ZOOM Feed:
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Week Fifteen: Formatting 


Week Fifteen Class Resources:
Sample Dissertation.docx
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Sample Dissertation.pdf
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donga_formatting_guide_-_2021.pdf
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 Week Fifteen Activities:​
  1. Finish Lecture 8
  2. Lecture 9: Formatting the Abstract, Introduction, Body, Conclusion, References, Tables, Titles, Headings, and Ephemera
  3. Annotated Bibliography Check-up

Final Exam Instructions:​
Continue to add sources to your Annotated Bibliography (100 sources minimum). 
  • If you are creating an outline using your sources and notes (recommended but optional), create a new Google document titled “Annotated Bibliography” and make an outline for your Annotated Bibliography, adding sources and notes. 
  • If you choose not to use Google Docs to create an outline, make sure that all of the sources for your Annotated Bibliography are inside your shared library (the one shared with me). Do not include sources that you haven’t read and created notes and tags for. Organize your references into the appropriate folders and subfolders and make sure that you have a well-organized tag system.
​​The annotated bibliography is due December 22nd at 11:59.

Week Fifteen ZOOM Feed:
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Course Resources

Link: DongA University Library Homepage
Link: Course Syllabus and Outline

Primary Texts

turabian_manual_9th_ed.pdf
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hacker_-_2012_rules_for_writers_7th_edition.pdf
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Supplemental Texts

writing_a_dissertation.pdf
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a_concise_guide.pdf
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writing_literature_reviews.pdf
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Methodology Texts

social_research_methods.pdf
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essentials_of_research_design.pdf
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practical_research_methods.pdf
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dissertation_and_scholarly_research.pdf
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Online Research Databases

  1. https://openlibrary.org/
  2. https://www.gutenberg.org/
  3. https://archive.org/​
  4. https://scholar.google.com/​
  5. ​books.google.com/

Corpora

  1. https://www.english-corpora.org/coca/​
  2. https://www.english-corpora.org/bnc/​

Editing Resources

  1. OWL (Purdue University Online Writing Lab)
  2. Writer's Handbook (Andy Schmitz)
  3. Grammarly 
the_elements_of_style.pdf
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Research Resources

  1. Video: McGill University Zotero Tutorial
  2. Video: York University Zotero Tutorial
  3. Link: AI Paraphraser and Summarizer​
  4. Zotfile PDF Manager and Tutorial

 Project Management Tools

  1. Academic Womxn Amplified Podcast
  2. Trello Project Management Tools
  3. Trello Academic Project Management Tutorials
  4. Bullet Journal and Bullet Journal Tutorial
  5. Minimalist Bullet Journal Tutorial
fifteen_minutes_a_day.epub
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Bibliography Resources

  1. Oxford Bibliographies
  2. IE Languages Bibliography
  3. Grafiati Bibliographies
  4. Dora Bibliography (2001)
  5. US Army Bibliography (1994)

Data and Statistics 

  1. SPSS for Beginners
  2. Structural Analysis using AMOS