Aen Ibu07

Academic English
Session 1: Course Introduction and Beginning university studies
swale.annette@isb.edu.vn
Which 5 words
describe you?
Me:
Organised
Realistic
Creative
Traveller
Mother
A bit about me
I love:
● I am from New Zealand
● I left New Zealand in 2008 ● Family/Friends
● I have lived in England, Brazil, Vietnam,
● Travelling
Uruguay, Rwanda, and Cambodia
● I used to live in Vietnam 10 years ago ● Restaurants
● My two children were born in Brazil and ● Shopping
Vietnam ● Crafts
● I have 4 university degrees
● Netflix
● Coffee
My degrees (across science, arts, and business):
I have published 2 articles in scientific journals
Any questions about me?
In class I really encourage questions and also answers to my questions

Today we will discuss…
● Syllabus & important dates

● What the assessments are
● What each session will be about
● How to communicate via email
● Managing university life and group work
Course outline
1. Introduction (today’s session)
2. Critical thinking
3. Preparing to write
4. Reliable sources (plagiarism) & APA
5. Academic reading & notetaking
6. Essay development
➢ Brainstorming & mindmapping ideas
➢ Finding evidence
➢ Topic sentences & organising paragraphs
7. Debating
8. Final presentation (group reflection)
9. Final essay (individual)
Course textbook
Unistep - Academic Skills Guide (on e-learning)

E-learning
E-learning Guide (on e-learning)

In your groups
Unit Guide analysis
Work in your groups to analyse
the Unit Guide for our course.
Find the answers for my
questions (see next slide).
Unit Guide is on e-learning

Find answers to these questions in the
Unit Guide:
1. How can you pass this course? How can you fail this course?
2. How many classes must you attend? What else is important to know about attendance
policy? 16/20 sessions (minimum of 80%)
1.weekly presentations
3. How many assessments will youresearch
work assigned
on withtopic
your group?
& develop outline => fb
weekly blog
2. debates
4. What are the stages of working inon the group essay assessment?
class from Turnitin gr essay outlines
final group presentations
5. How will the final group presentation be conducted?
6. What are the team presentations in class?
7. What referencing system should you use in this class?
8. What textbooks are used and where do you find them? Wikipedia.org, about.com, and ask.com
9. What will happen if your assignments are found to be plagiarized? assignments will be rejected
and received grade of 0
Assignments
1. Weekly presentations - reading list articles OR assigned chapter
a. Weeks 1 - 5: Topics 1 -3 (Group essays)
b. Weeks 7 - 9: Topics 4 - 6 (Individual essays)
2. Group essays (weeks 1 - 5)
3. Debates (week 6) + group essay outline due
4. Individual essays (weeks 7 - 10)
Assessment Sumary:
Schedule of activities
Weekly presentations
Weekly presentations are 40 minutes, prepared by the groups,
and cover the Reading List & Unistep Chapters.
Group leaders will upload the presentation slides in PDF file to

the Google Drive link (on e-learing) in the folder for your
corresponding topic BEFORE THE SESSION STARTS.
FILE NAME FORMAT - "Class number_Group

number_Topic" e.g. AEn01_G1_Business Ethics"
Weekly presentations
Deadline - Submit:
Week 2: Critical Thinking (Group 1) - chapters 2 & 3
Week 3: Business Ethics (Group 2) - essay topic
Week 4: Academic reading & note-making (Group 3) - chapter 5
Week 5: The Academic Essay & Other Academic Genres (Group 5) - chapters 6 & 7 AND
(Groups 4 & 6) - essay topics: Diversity at the workplace & informal economy in Asia
Week 7: Features of Academic Writing (Group 2) - chapter 9
Week 8: Academic Argument & Evidence (Group 4) - chapter 8 AND (Group 1) - essay topic:
Are Entrepreneurs born or made?
Week 9: Grammar in academic writing (Group 6) - chapters 10 & 11
Week 11: (Group 3) - essay topic: The Economic Impact of Climate Change AND (Group 5) -
essay topic: Economic Growth & Prosperity in Asia
Course outline
1. Introduction
4. Reliable sources (plagiarism) & APA
5. Academic reading & notetaking
➢ Brainstorming & mindmapping ideas
➢ Finding evidence
➢ Topic sentences & organising paragraphs
7. Debating
8. Final presentation (group reflection)
9. Final essay (individual)
1. Introduction
● Improve writing skills & pronunciation

● Analyse arguments (essay)
● Read & research for scholarly & popular texts
● Improve communication skills for academic environment
● Challenge your beliefs
● Examine your ideas
● Consider multiple perspectives
● Suspend judgment
● Objective reasoning
● Using evidence to resolve disagreements
● Learn & implement strategies

● Forming an argument
● Evaluating Sources
● Organization techniques
● Identifying the audience
● Writing style
4. Reliable sources & APA
● APA method (Harvard, Chicago & Vancouver)
● Integrating quotations seamlessly
● Benefits of different methods
● Reliable sources (references)
A recent study shows that… (Adderley, 2019)

Anwar & Nguyen’s (2010) research highlights...
4. Reliable sources (business sources)
DO NOT TRUST ALL MEDIA! Why?
4. Reliable sources (reliable news sources)
Reliable sources (for ALL assignments)
• Academic articles
• Books
• Scholarly journals
• Government and corporate
websites
• WIKIPEDIA OR BLOGS are not
accepted as sources
4. Reliable sources - proquest for academic
papers
http://search.proquest.com/login
Username:uehcmc2010
Password: thuvien0810
UEH Smart Library Database
Log in with your WSU student email

and password
OTHER POPULAR RESEARCH DATABASES
(to look for academic research):
1. academia.edu
2. researchgate.net
3. sciencedirect.com
5. Academic reading & writing
● Reading effectively
● Critical reading
● Note taking
● Structure of texts
● Academic essay
● The academic essay

● Planning and organisation
● Structure & purpose
● Writing style
● Paragraphs
7. Debating
● Argue effectively
● Highlight key points
● Support with reasoning and facts
● Active audience
8. Presentations
● Delivery
● Etiquette
● Engaging your audience
● Time management
● Telling a story from the reading list
9. Final individual essay
● Outline (key arguments)

● Draft (swap with a friend)
● Final (submit)
10. Tips to survive
What do you think is most important?

1. Plagiarism (rewrite + cite)
2. Quality over quantity
3. Pre-reading/ reviewing
4. Note-taking (by hand)
15 minute break!
Basic email format
Subject line
Salutation
Text
Sign-off
*attachment
Subject line: concise & relevant
Subject line: concise & relevant
Recipient: ……………….
CC (computer copy): everyone knows I am
reading this
BCC (blind computer copy): no one knows
I am reading this
Subject: Re: Group Essay

When sending an
attachment…
→ make sure it is necessary

→ introduce it in the body of email
→ name files appropriately!
SOME of the rules
1. No angry/rude/anxious messages (sleep on it! Ask a friend to proofread)
2. Send messages when needed
3. Avoid SHOUTING AT PPL WITH CAPS
4. Avoid abusing text message (SMS) formatting
Use PAIBOC - always
Group task
Improve students’ emails to their teacher.
Include subject line and all necessary parts.
Think PAIBOC + use correct organizing patterns!

Original email #1:
Original email #2:
Original email #3:
Original email #4:
Original email #5:
Original email #6:
Answers to revised emails…
Writing emails takes time!
plan, write, revise
11. Group division
Speaking Activity: Get to know each other!
Ask and answer the following questions.
1. Remind your team what your name is. Tell them 5 words that describe you
and why?
2. Tell your team what your previous experience with academic skills is
(writing, reading, public speaking, research)?
3. Tell your team how good you are at soft skills (teamwork, critical thinking,
problem-solving, communication, independent learning)?
11. Group discussion
1. What is the end goal of this course?
2. How do you plan to keep organised & minimise your stress?
3. Google Drive & e-learning - how confident are you feeling?
4. How will you keep healthy & happy this trimester?
5. What’s your favourite drink?
11. Group discussion
1. How will you meet as a group (zoom/in-person)?
2. When you meet will you have agenda?
3. When you meet will someone take minutes?
4. How will you manage documents as a group?
5. How will you assign tasks in your group?
These are all important things to know/plan before starting group
work.
Homework for next week
Read the Unit Guide
Read the Student Handbook
Read Unistep chapters 2 and 3
Plan your first group meeting
Set a plan/timetable for your group work (check the deadlines for assessments)
For fun: tell Annette where the closest best coffee shop is to this class!
Group 1: send your presentation on Unistep chapters 2 & 3

Thank you
and
see you next week!
swale.annette@isb.edu.vn

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Academic English

Session 1: Course Introduction and Beginning university studies

In class I really encourage questions and also answers to my questions

● Syllabus & important dates

Unistep - Academic Skills Guide (on e-learning)

E-learning Guide (on e-learning)

Unit Guide is on e-learning

Group leaders will upload the presentation slides in PDF file to

FILE NAME FORMAT - "Class number_Group

● Improve writing skills & pronunciation

● Examine your ideas

● Consider multiple perspectives

● Using evidence to resolve disagreements

● Learn & implement strategies

● Identifying the audience

● APA method (Harvard, Chicago & Vancouver)

● Integrating quotations seamlessly

● Benefits of different methods

● Reliable sources (references)

A recent study shows that… (Adderley, 2019)

Log in with your WSU student email

● The academic essay

● Outline (key arguments)

What do you think is most important?

Subject: Re: Group Essay

→ make sure it is necessary

Improve students’ emails to their teacher.

Include subject line and all necessary parts.

Think PAIBOC + use correct organizing patterns!

Read the Student Handbook

Read Unistep chapters 2 and 3

Plan your first group meeting

Group 1: send your presentation on Unistep chapters 2 & 3

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