Academic english iii

1. Academic english iii November 12th 2012

2. Today • Introduction to our FINAL PAPER.

3. Look at this information Topic: Popularity of mosquito soup. • Was popular in the late 19th century – early 20th century as a cheap, quick, but nutritious meal. • Lost popularity in the 1910s. People started eating more pork and chicken for protein as prices of these meats dropped. • Mosquito soup almost non-existant from 1920s until 1950s (after Bearton War 2). • After the war, mosquito soup became popular again, as chicken and pork prices increased. • Popularity dropped again from 1960s until 2008, when the Bearton experienced an economic crisis. • Over the past 4 years, people have been eating more and more mosquito soup in Bearton as the unemployment rate remains high and the economy struggle to recover.

4. Look at this information Analyze the popularity of mosquito soup in Bearton. - Create a thesis statement and support it with the information.

5. Notice • Notice how we created the thesis statement AFTER doing the research. • This thesis statement was based on existing information. • In other words, we conducted an… ANALYSIS

6. Paper 4 (mini) Research Paper: • You will select a topic to research. • Look at the information available about the topic. • Analyze this information. • Form a thesis BASED on this information. • Write a paper. NOTE: This will be bigger than a 5-paragraph essay.

7. Paper 4: Note about topics Make sure you choose a topic that: • Interests you.  This is important! • Is researchable. Poor examples: • Why KAC is not fun. (doable, but you have to do your own research). • The sky is blue. (a simple fact) • Vegetables are better than fruit. (far too general)

8. Paper 4: Note about topics Make sure you choose a topic that: • Interests you.  This is important! • Is researchable. It is best to choose an event or situation that has a lot of available information. Be careful not to be too broad, though. i.e., Lee MyungBak’s Korean economy. Launch of the original ipod. Napoleon's military leadership.

9. Paper 4 Final submission: Friday December 21st • This will be a multi-stage paper: • Research. • Outline. • Rough draft. • Second draft. • Final draft.

10. Paper 4 • Think of this as early practice for a thesis (though not nearly as big).

11. Paper 4 For now: Think about a topic and start researching! E-mail me your proposed topic by Thursday.

12. The first thing you need for researching a topic is… Research.

13. Research We have already talked about WHY and HOW we use research. Today, we will talk about actually doing research.

14. Looking for Sources You want to consider: - Relevance (to your topic) - Quality - Bias

15. Looking for Sources: Quality Quality sources are: • Trustworthy facts. • Verifiable anecdotes (not, “My dad said…”). • Expert/Well-informed opinions. Also need to consider where the source got the information (first hand: primary or secondhand” secondary).

16. Looking for Sources: Quality Possibly Quality: • Journal articles. • News articles. • Books/ PROFESSIONAL magazines. • Organizations’ websites. • Videos (i.e., TED) Poor Quality: • Yahoo! Answers. • Wiki answers. • Wikipedia • Personal blogs. • Message boards. • Naver Cafes.

17. Looking for Sources: Bias Quality sources are: “Studying writing is awesome!” - Why did the author choose “awesome”? This may not necessarily be objective. Objective sources are more reliable because they rely less on peoples’ feelings and personal opinions.

18. Starting your research paper. • Identify a problem or topic (choose your topic) • i.e. Each day more and more pupils bring their cell phones, MP3s, and their cameras with them to school. Why is it that they do that? Should we do something to stop this? Is banning a good solution? Is allowing these devices a solution we should think of? If we do what will be the effects and consequences?

19. Starting your research paper. If using the Internet (of course): First, brainstorm some keywords.

20. Starting your research paper. Banning cell phones in schools Step1: Browse very general sites: Google (www.google.com) Google Scholar (scholar.google.com) Google Directory (http://www.google.com/dirhp)

21. Starting your research paper. Banning cell phones in schools Step1: Browse very general sites: • Do “keyword searches” Keywords = words or short phrases with a specific focus. i.e., school cell phone statistics. Cell phones in schools. School cell phone bans.

22. Keywords i.e., English-only study in Korean universities.

23. Starting your research paper. Banning cell phones in schools Step2: Browse specific educational sites: Educator’s Reference Desk:(www.eduref.org) Education.com (www.education.com) Teacher Vision (http://www.teachrevision.com)

24. Starting your research paper. Banning cell phones in schools Step3: Browse educational e-journals: Open Access Journals in the Field of Education http://aera-cr.asu.edu/ejournals/ .

25. Starting your research paper. Consequences: IT is a really broad topic: 3 perspectives: students/parents/school administration Diverse interrelated issues: • Risk of abuse • Health issues • Impact on their concentration • Coping with attitudes and psyche of the digital natives • Making use of modern Technology in education

26. Focus your topic • Be focused narrow your research • Be clear  do not use jargon language • Be realistic use accessible, available tools Focusing on the students’ perspective ONLY: How do students’ at school perceive the issue of having cell phones at school?

27. Finding Sources After you find a potential source: • Read the title to see if it looks useful. • Scan the text (read quickly) for words and phrases that look relevant. • Take notes and paraphrase anything you think could be useful.