A Guide to Reading and Writing at University

dc.contributorStent, Stacey
dc.contributor.authorOjiambo, Melina
dc.contributor.authorChinaka, Michelle
dc.contributor.authorKarigambe, Frank
dc.coverage.spatialUniversity of Cape Townen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-24T09:12:40Z
dc.date.available2015-12-24T09:12:40Z
dc.date.issued2015-12-19
dc.description.abstractAt University you will be expected to write well thought out texts (or written assignments). The goal of writing is to communicate ideas clearly and concisely. Right from the beginning, the reader should have a good understanding of what your text is about and why you are writing it. They should be able to see the central idea (or argument) of your text (assignment) and be able to identify the main ideas or points in your argument. Therefore, your text needs to have a clear structure from the beginning to the end with a strong introduction, a well-structured body (with paragraphs) and a clear conclusion. The ideas in your assignment should flow logically from one to the next and support your central argument. At university you will also be expected to integrate the thoughts and ideas of other authors in your texts (assignments). It is therefore important to know how to select, read and understand different kinds of academic texts (e.g. journal articles and textbooks). It is also important to know how to integrate the ideas of other authors in your text. The first two chapters of this workbook look at these key issues. The chapters that follow look at how to achieve clarity in your writing and begin by looking at how to plan your assignments (chapter 3) and how to develop a strong argument (chapter 4). Following this, chapter 5 discusses how to write strong introductions and conclusions, while chapter 6 looks at how to structure the body of your assignments and improve the flow of ideas within your text. The final chapter in this workbook (chapter 7) looks at how you can make your thoughts (or opinions) clear to the reader as you write texts.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitation 2015. <i>A Guide to Reading and Writing at University.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15939en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation. 2015. <i>A Guide to Reading and Writing at University.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15939en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationOjiambo, M., Chinaka, M., Karigambe, F. 2015-12-19. A Guide to Reading and Writing at University. Lesson plan. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Other AU - Ojiambo, Melina AU - Chinaka, Michelle AU - Karigambe, Frank AB - At University you will be expected to write well thought out texts (or written assignments). The goal of writing is to communicate ideas clearly and concisely. Right from the beginning, the reader should have a good understanding of what your text is about and why you are writing it. They should be able to see the central idea (or argument) of your text (assignment) and be able to identify the main ideas or points in your argument. Therefore, your text needs to have a clear structure from the beginning to the end with a strong introduction, a well-structured body (with paragraphs) and a clear conclusion. The ideas in your assignment should flow logically from one to the next and support your central argument. At university you will also be expected to integrate the thoughts and ideas of other authors in your texts (assignments). It is therefore important to know how to select, read and understand different kinds of academic texts (e.g. journal articles and textbooks). It is also important to know how to integrate the ideas of other authors in your text. The first two chapters of this workbook look at these key issues. The chapters that follow look at how to achieve clarity in your writing and begin by looking at how to plan your assignments (chapter 3) and how to develop a strong argument (chapter 4). Following this, chapter 5 discusses how to write strong introductions and conclusions, while chapter 6 looks at how to structure the body of your assignments and improve the flow of ideas within your text. The final chapter in this workbook (chapter 7) looks at how you can make your thoughts (or opinions) clear to the reader as you write texts. DA - 2015-12-19 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - academic writing KW - communication KW - academic literacy KW - developing arguments KW - essay structuring LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - A Guide to Reading and Writing at University TI - A Guide to Reading and Writing at University UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15939 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/15939
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation. 2015. <i>A Guide to Reading and Writing at University.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15939en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/en_ZA
dc.subjectacademic writingen_ZA
dc.subjectcommunicationen_ZA
dc.subjectacademic literacyen_ZA
dc.subjectdeveloping argumentsen_ZA
dc.subjectessay structuringen_ZA
dc.titleA Guide to Reading and Writing at Universityen_ZA
dc.typeOtheren_ZA
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uct.type.publicationTeaching and Learningen_ZA
uct.type.resourceLesson planen_ZA
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