Content Acade mic Skills Strategies aper Writing Tasks Week I academic culture What is an academic paper? Needs discussion formal academic English Week 2 How People Make Decisions I *presentation skills(signpost language) Deciding on the topic of a small research format of an academic paper project *choosing a feasible research topic Week 3 How People make Decisions 2 tips for academic listening Writing introduction being polite in speaking Week 4 hinking like an economist I *formal and informal English Finding relevant literature Week 5 Thinking like an economist 2 paraphrase, summary, synthesis skills Summarizing literature on your chosen topIC Week 6 Unemployment I formal English rules Describing how you are going to ically collect and analyze data Week 7 Unemployment 2 *distinguishing different voices in reading Collecting data (criticizing Mankiw) Week 8 The Study of Society and People I*transition hooking and other basics of English Collecting data wrIting Week The Study of Society and People 2*describing graphs Reporting and analysing research results Week 10 Sociology matters navigating academia Discussing results Week 11 Change in Journalism signpost language for academic writing Discussing results *hedging in writing Week 12 First draft Week 13 Hard Power, Sof Power *a real writing case(Berkeley) of Economics Second or more draft(s) Week 14 The Study of Politics as a Science *round-up of the termWEEKLY SCHEDULE SPRING 2014 Content Academic Skills & Strategies Paper Writing Tasks Week 1 Induction:Ice-breaking Needs discussion *academic culture *formal academic English What is an academic paper? Week 2 How People Make Decisions 1 *presentation skills(signpost language) *format of an academic paper *choosing a feasible research topic Deciding on the topic of a small research project Week 3 How People Make Decisions 2 *tips for academic listening * being polite in speaking Writing introduction Week 4 Thinking like an economist 1 *formal and informal English Finding relevant literature Week 5 Thinking like an economist 2 *paraphrase,summary,synthesisskills Summarizing literature on your chosen topic Week 6 Unemployment 1 *formal English rules Describing how you are going to systematically collect and analyze data Week 7 Unemployment 2 *distinguishing different voices in reading (criticizing Mankiw) Collecting data Week 8 The Study of Society and People 1 *transition, hooking and other basics of English writing Collecting data Week 9 The Study of Society and People 2 *describing graphs Reporting and analysing research results Week 10 Sociology matters *navigating academia Discussing results Week 11 Change in Journalism *signpost language for academic writing *hedging in writing Discussing results Week 12 First draft Week 13 Hard Power, Soft Power *a real writing case (Berkeley) of Economics study Second or more draft(s) Week 14 The Study of Politics as a Science *round-up of the term Week 15 Tutorials