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Academic Writing - 1 - Pre-Writing Getting Ready To Write

The document discusses the pre-writing stage of the academic writing process. It covers choosing and narrowing a topic, gathering ideas, and editing ideas. Specifically, it explains techniques for brainstorming such as making lists, freewriting, and mapping. It provides exercises for students to practice these pre-writing techniques as part of developing their academic writing skills.

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Academic Writing - 1 - Pre-Writing Getting Ready To Write

The document discusses the pre-writing stage of the academic writing process. It covers choosing and narrowing a topic, gathering ideas, and editing ideas. Specifically, it explains techniques for brainstorming such as making lists, freewriting, and mapping. It provides exercises for students to practice these pre-writing techniques as part of developing their academic writing skills.

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Academic Writing

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Unit1: Pre-writing: Getting Ready to Write
• Choose and narrow a topic
• Gather ideas
• Edit ideas

Presented by Mr PHON Vannak


Email: [email protected] Contact: 015 653 053
Review
1. What are the six steps of process writing? Briefly explain each step.

2. What steps are in Pre-Writing, Drafting, Reviewing and Revising and


Rewriting?

3. In which steps, you may need to repeat many time?


Pre-Writing: Getting Ready to Write
In this unit you will learn how to:
• choose and narrow a topic.
• gather ideas.
• edit ideas.
What is Pre-Writing?
Prewriting is the first stage of the writing process, typically followed by
drafting, revision, editing and publishing.

Before you begin writing, you decide what you are going to write about. Then
you plan what you are going to write. This process is called pre-writing.
Choosing and narrowing a topic
Choosing and narrowing a topic

Exercise 1
Brainstorming
What is brainstorming?
Brainstorming Techniques
• Making a list (Listing)
• Freewriting
• Mapping (clustering/mind mapping/idea mapping)
Making a list
Making a list
Exercise 2

Exercise 3
Freewriting
Freewriting
Freewriting
Freewriting
Exercise 4
Mapping
Mapping
Mapping
Exercise 5
What’s the best way of brainstorming?
Editing
How to edit
Editing
Editing
Editing
Exercise 6
Review
Exercise 7: Complete the crossword puzzle
Review
Exercise 8
Enjoy your course!

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