Writing for Research
CONTENTS
Part one: About writing
1: The nature of writing ................................................................................................. 5
The importance of writing .......................................................................................... 5
Writing as a practice .................................................................................................. 5
Writing as a social practice ....................................................................................... 7
2: Research communication, the social reality ............................................................. 8
3: The genres in writing for research .......................................................................... 12
Launch writing ......................................................................................................... 12
Internal writing ......................................................................................................... 13
Summative writing ................................................................................................... 15
Outreach writing ...................................................................................................... 16
Interactive writing .................................................................................................... 18
- Writing in English as a second language ................................................................ 19
Part two: How to write a journal article - practical steps
Introduction ................................................................................................................. 21
A: The Epitome ........................................................................................................... 22
B: The Argument-Outline ............................................................................................ 22
C: The First Draft ........................................................................................................ 26
D: Revision.................................................................................................................. 29
E: Presentation of your paper ..................................................................................... 31
F: Publication .............................................................................................................. 33
Part three: The big picture
1: Writing programmes ............................................................................................... 36
2: Why do it? What makes it worthwhile? ................................................................... 39
Meeting a social need ............................................................................................. 40
Practising the craft .................................................................................................. 41
The privilege ............................................................................................................ 42
3: Some resources ...................................................................................................... 42
