Academic writing for professional success is a course book prescribed for the ug students of University of Calicut.

1. Writing for
Academic and
Professional
SUCCESS!

2. Writing skill
expectations change
as a student moves
from school to
college.

3. You are in a college now,
Students of a
professional Course;

4. Understand the expectations for
reading and writing assignments in
post-secondary (university, college,
institute) courses.

5. സെക്കണ്ടറി
തലവിദ്യാഭ്യാെം
വിജയകരമായി
പൂർത്തിയാക്കിയ നിങ്ങൾ
കകാകേജ് തല
വിദ്യാഭ്ാെഘട്ടത്തികലക്കു
പ്പകവശിച്ചിരിക്കയാണ്.

6. വായിക്കുക, മന
െിലാക്കുക, മന
െിലാക്കുക, എഴു
തുക, പറയുക മന
സ്സിലാക്കിക്കുക,
അർത്ഥപൂർവ്വം
ചിന്തിച്ചുറച്ചു നലല
തീരുമാനങ്ങൾ എ
ടുക്കുക.

7. ഇതിനുള്ള കഴിവ് ആർജ്ജിച്ചുകവാ
നിങ്ങൾ?

8. ഇതിനു നലല ഭ്ാഷാ
ജ്ഞാനം ആവശയമാ
ണ്.
പ്പകതയകിച്ച് ഇംഗ്ലീഷ്
ഭ്ാഷയിൽ.

9. Academic writing
skill is needed
for success in
higher education.

10. Only through
constant and
deliberate practice
one can master
academic writing.

11. Academic writers
are not expected
to make subjective
judgments,
categorical
remarks and use
information from
unreliable sources.

12. Writing tasks
assigned to
students at
college/universit
y is referred to
as academic
writing.

13. Academic
writing is
formal and
follows a well-
defined pattern.

14. Non-academic
writing is
informal and
without any
predictable
pattern.

15. Students, teachers and
researchers who
engage in academic
writing at college or
university are called
‘scholars’ or
‘academicians’.

16. Papers sent for
publication in a
scholarly journal
undergo peer
reviewing and
evaluation.

17. Academicians are
expected to
adhere to certain
basic ethics, and
they have to
conduct
themselves in a
responsible
manner.

18. Answer the
following
questions

19. Skill expectations change significantly as you move
from school to college. College students are expected
to write a range of written works as a part of their
studies and developing written communication is
essential for studies at the tertiary level. School
students often write in informal, simple and non-
technical language. There is a chance for creative
writing (the writers personal feelings and self-
expression). Writing skills expected at the college
level mainly involves the ability to write clearly and
logically following certain techniques, conventions
and styles.

20. 2. What are the
prerequisites
for learning
academic
writing?

21. Academic writing is to be understood as higher order
of writing skill. It is apparent that to learn academic
writing one should possess basic skills to use writing
for communication. The following are the
prerequisites for learning academic writing. 1. Start
free writing: Write continuously without worrying
about the correctness, grammar mistakes, or logical
order. You need to encourage yourself to write
something. 2. Keep a journal: Make it a habit to write
something in a notebook specifically meant for the
purpose. Keeping a personal journal can be used as a
practice for developing academic writing as well.

22. 3. Reading and writing: Reading is an
important prerequisite for aspiring
writers. If you take into account others’
opinions and findings it will help you to
improve your writing skill.

23. 4. Think critically: It is a process of inspecting
something closely and reflecting on it. Writing and
thinking are complementing each other; that is,
thinking will refine your writings and writing will
strengthen your thoughts. 5. Develop research
skills: Developing research skills will help you to
find out and make use of the sources of
information. 6. Learn language of your discipline:
To write on your discipline you need to get a
systematic initiation into the fundamentals of your
discipline. The fundamentals include the key words
and phrases frequently used in that discipline.

24. By now you
might've
got a basic
idea about.

25. Thank you,
PRACTICE
EVERY DAY.