From looking at everyone’s Padlet responses in Activity 1 I think I can safely say that academic writing on everyone’s mind, for better or worse. I can say that I’m in the same boat since I was never brimming with confidence in my writing either. Admitting this is a bit embarrassing, since I actually work in research! I find I am more confident working on the quantitative side of research, but that is a topic for another time.<\/p>\n
Moving on to resources, I see my classmates have recommended some great online resources. I see Purdue OWL<\/a> coming up quite a bit and it is a favourite of mine as well. I’ll be the odd one out and recommend some print texts.<\/p>\n The first resource is our textbook from LRNT 521: Publication manual for the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). While it’s not the most exciting to read, beyond being an excellent APA resource, there are also sections on writing and style which are clear and helpful.<\/p>\n The second resource is a book I’ve used in the past called Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences (8th ed.) by Bruce L. Berg and Howard Lune (somehow I feel this text will come in handy later as well…). This is a great book for those who want to learn more about qualitative research, but also there is a chapter on writing research with a very fitting title “Sorting the Noodles from the Soup”. It covers everything from how not to plagerize to how to set up a research report.<\/p>\n Unfortunately the second book I recommended isn’t as easily accessible as a web resource, but it should be useful if you can get your hands on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From looking at everyone’s Padlet responses in Activity 1 I think I can safely say that academic writing on everyone’s mind, for better or worse. I can say that I’m in the same boat since I was never brimming with confidence in my writing either. Admitting this is a bit embarrassing, since I actually work… Continue reading My Academic Writing<\/span>