IGS Research Writing Skill Seminar UiTM Shah Alam Part 1

Seminar hold by Institute of Postgraduate Studies:

A pleasant speech by Prof Datin Dr Hajibah Osman. Now I know she is very funny.
Here, the 1st part of the seminar which i would like to share with those who need it =]..


INTRODUCTION TO THESIS WRITING

1. Academic writing can be classified into:

• Thesis
• Dissertation
• Research article
• Research proposal
• Research grant

2. The important skill for academic writing is to fulfill the language requirements

• Structured
• Formal
• Informative
• Persuasive

3. Language skill covers 

• Writing effectively
• Writing logically
• Summarizing the article or the source
• Pharaphrasing
• Citing/quoting

Summarizing the article is a critical part for me personally because most of the time the article is reading my face..heh..(terkena batang hidung sendiri~)

*you should read the article, not the article is reading you* Prof Hajibah

4. We should know our  type of research very well.Is it ...

• Quantitative approach
• Qualitative approach or 
• Both!

5. Writing procedures (Early stages of research work)

• Preliminaries
• Collecting data
• Taking notes
• Writing the paper/thesis

6. Part of the thesis or chapters
-I-L-M-R-D-M (Nwogu's model, 1997)

I:   INTRODUCTION
L:  LITERATURE REVIEW
M: METHODOLOGY
R:  RESULT
D:  DISCUSSION
C:  CONCLUSION