Making Meaning With & Through Writing: An Approach to Research Writing
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Ilknur Sancak-Marusa, West Chester University
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Publisher: The Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT)
Language: English
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- General Education Requirements
- Chapter One: Theory of Writing
- Chapter Two: Rhetorical Situation
- Chapter Three:Writing Process Matters
- Chapter Four: Genre and Genre Conversations
- Chapter Five: Synthesis and Analysis in Research Writing
- Chapter Six: Academic Research Writing
- Chapter Seven: Understanding Scholarly Articles
- Closing: Just Keep Writing...
About the Book
Academic writing is an act of intellectual translation which converts raw ideas into academic discourse to bridge the gap between writer and reader. However, writing is often viewed as a mechanical skill rather than an intellectual craft. This brief text reframes academic writing as a translation process that transforms complex thoughts, research findings, and abstract concepts into purposeful, persuasive writing.
Using the writing process as the foundation, each chapter aims to provide a practice to navigate the recursive nature of writing. To that end, fundamental translation principles are utilized to analyze audience needs, understand scholarly articles, synthesize and craft arguments that resonate across disciplinary boundaries.
Writing isn’t separate from thinking as it allows us to refine our ideas and share them with others in meaningful ways. Embracing this connection between writing and its impact, positions an individual as an active participant rather than a passive observer in conversations that shape disciplines and the world-at-large. This writing guide seeks to equip students with the essential tools needed to engage meaningfully in the communities they serve and soon will discover.
About the Contributors
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Starting in 2005, Ilknur Sancak-Marusa has been a faculty member of West Chester University’s (WCU) English Department. Over that time, she has served as the First-Year Writing Director, contributed to multiple curricular efforts locally at WCU and at the state level through her active service on PASSHE committees. Sancak-Marusa currently serves as WCU’s Writing Center Director and continues to teach in the English Department.
As an English Language Learner herself, Sancak-Marusa centers her approach to teaching academic writing skills as acts of translation. Regardless of a student’s background or native language, academic writing is a competency that is learned and practiced, not a skill that is innate or intuitive. This brief text aims to position academic writing as a target language for students to acquire.