Vlog 231 - Quick fixes to improve your academic writing

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  • @KaisaKylakoski
    @KaisaKylakoski 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Please watch or listen the video from beginning to end, but if you need to come back to a single piece of advice, here are the signposts.
    1. 1:04 Increase your academic reading
    2. 3:18 Learn by doing
    3. 4:24 References are a gift
    4. 6:33 Use headings
    5. 9:26 Continually explain the significance of your research
    6. 11:06 Examiners are your audience
    7. 12:32 Learn from great feedback
    8. 13:34 Signal originality
    9. 15:55 Keep it formal
    10. 17:17 If you can remove a word from a sentence...
    11. 19:05 Read your work aloud
    12. 20:03 Use strong transitional phrases
    13. 22:09 Don't use a comma, if you can a use a full stop
    14. 23:27 Avoid repetition
    15. 24:27 Remember that you write for a living
    16. 28:13 Use journals or blogging...
    17. 30:07 Use librarians
    18. 32:19 Work through the diversity of writing genres
    19. 33:39 Put your life around writing
    20. 35:38 Be patient

  • @joanneng389
    @joanneng389 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much, Tara! Your examples and liveliness have made an essential, hard-to-digest academic topic come alive.

  • @starfishxxl229
    @starfishxxl229 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you Tara! I am your big fan from China. I studied Mechanical Engineering in China, and transferred to Engineering Education in the UK. Writing was extremely difficult for me as I had never written professionally in English, I could not pick up the exact vocabulary that fits into the context, neither could I manage my logic flows as I was never trained in a western system about critical writing/ debates. I want to say what you have introduced was so inspiring, I had a lot of reflections on similar experiences, and I had struggles as a foreign learner, too. But now I think I should not 'build the wall' myself, and it must be very rewarding to focus on everyday deliberate practice, develop appreciation for my lifetime professional artwork of writing! Thanksss, love from CHN

  • @olufemioladejo4342
    @olufemioladejo4342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    You are indeed a graet teacher. You have just demystified academic writing in these two episodes . I just want to say thank you for a job well done. More grace.

  • @jeanrooney8941
    @jeanrooney8941 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Tara you are a legend. The glamour and the positive energy and the rigour. So appreciate you telling it like it is.

  • @akinkunmiakinlade5364
    @akinkunmiakinlade5364 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really great one. Thank you especially for the tip on prioritising writing every week. Practice is the best form of learning, after all.

  • @jonnybest9857
    @jonnybest9857 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're such a great teacher. Thank you for these vlogs.

  • @aditigupta3199
    @aditigupta3199 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "It's a privilege to take innovative ideas and move them to an audience and maybe just change their lives!" Amazing. WOW.

  • @mohdaloufi
    @mohdaloufi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    what a wonderful advices. love it

  • @ManojJinadasa
    @ManojJinadasa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    PUT your life around your writing, be patient and daily practise, and make the originality in every instance and phase of writing on highlighting why you are and what you write so that this makes the significance...

  • @deewu2088
    @deewu2088 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is a great presentation that will change my life.

  • @kenaddoh4693
    @kenaddoh4693 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing this advice.

  • @juliekolokotsa3643
    @juliekolokotsa3643 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You get me, Tara, every single time I watch the last 25 seconds. Brilliant!

  • @openabox2150
    @openabox2150 ปีที่แล้ว

    useful tips and very encouraging! Thank you!

  • @productivesoma1315
    @productivesoma1315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best video I've seen till date in this topic. Every word is a wisdom. Beautifully tailored video.

  • @heatherernst
    @heatherernst 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you, best blog yet. Should be compulsory for all students.

  • @rafaqathussain7259
    @rafaqathussain7259 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent. Million dollars

  • @tonyaagostini7574
    @tonyaagostini7574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Tara, you are absolutely fabulous! Thank you so much for these videos. I am forever passing the links on to PhD students. This is terrific advice and well worth listening to.

  • @TheAARSAA
    @TheAARSAA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    thanks,,, dr. Tara... you are really working hard, just to give us very important and useful information... thank you again ... I am recently struggling with writing and it is all because of wrong ideas associated with it,,, like it is an art, infact it is just a craft as you just said...

  • @joshuak8710
    @joshuak8710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for this fabulous vlog! This will benefit students such as myself by drastically improving our academic writing. I am so fortunate to have recently discovered this for the following academic year.

  • @kennethbaptiste
    @kennethbaptiste 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excellent. Thank you.

  • @merianagrace-hare2243
    @merianagrace-hare2243 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOVE LOVE LOVEDDDDD this video thank you so much

  • @shivs2629
    @shivs2629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

  • @070707SAM
    @070707SAM 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so much better the second time around, Professor Tara. Spot on!
    (I suspect that I will watch it again.)

  • @annadinneen3794
    @annadinneen3794 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you!! I came back to this one after being stuck in a writing rut. So helpful! Feeling inspired to keep writing now - one paragraph at a time...

  • @thefrancophilereader8943
    @thefrancophilereader8943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love the headings idea. I'm going to implement it. I've done something similar in the past but never as systematically as you propose. I'm always feeling like my paper is not as focused as it could be (despite being an underwriter).

  • @bienraneses3242
    @bienraneses3242 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much for sharing your amazing knowlege and wisdom for free. You're a gift to the academic world. Please continue sharing generously. Blessings.

  • @ManojJinadasa
    @ManojJinadasa 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant, Incredible, Awesome---- I do not have words to release my Ecstacy upon how I truly enjoyed this teacher and her teaching.. It is like experiencing a stage drama- that is involving every taste and pleasure, yet this makes a big change within its audiences.

  • @haninda10
    @haninda10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your pearl prof Tara, can't take off my eyes from it😍💕

  • @andreabryk4079
    @andreabryk4079 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This has come at such a good time for me- I really needed to hear about cutting 'yet, however' and use more bridging- the music reference was gold!! Thank you for continued public dissemination of your knowledge! ^_^

  • @Jaden1249
    @Jaden1249 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    God bless you thanks for your wisdom. I'm a undergrad looking for some tips and I saw your video. I was blessed by the content now to applying the info. I'm going to read books of my interest as well as academic books and articles. Once again, thank you and May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you with peace and grace.

  • @mukwakungu
    @mukwakungu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am in love with the energy and I am now a fan 😍
    Thank you for sharing these tips!🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @laurawitherington4441
    @laurawitherington4441 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, I'm loving all these videos! Thanks so much! I'm sending my English students to watch these as they write seminar papers!

  • @franciscocamachoherrera1392
    @franciscocamachoherrera1392 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh Jesus I love this person!

  • @a.e.5075
    @a.e.5075 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely inspiring and practical! Thank you, amazing professor Brabazon!!! 🌹

  • @ShivaShikha787
    @ShivaShikha787 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Tara 😊 🥰❤

  • @englishamy3071
    @englishamy3071 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's it! On my thesis, I am acknowledging your help instead of my supervise's. I owe you!

  • @aborgeshonorato
    @aborgeshonorato 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is so refreshing to listen you Dean Tara Brabazon. 💕💕💕thank you🙏

  • @maramezina1094
    @maramezina1094 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    As an EFL student, I find this video very beneficial. To learn something you have to practice it. Indeed, writing is a craft that is learnt through practice and patience. Thank you dear Tara for these useful information.

  • @rafaqathussain7259
    @rafaqathussain7259 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    excellent

  • @joybaker9164
    @joybaker9164 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks so much for taking the time to produce this. As always, a great vlog.

  • @dougboothey4890
    @dougboothey4890 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you Tara for this instalment in the academic writing trilogy. I noticed that some of the suggestions that you made have been a central component of some earlier vlogs, with ideas carrying through to this one at number 231. Great vlog. Again thank you, Doug.

  • @richardmansbridge9000
    @richardmansbridge9000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bloody brilliant.

  • @jaybarnhisel1
    @jaybarnhisel1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are awesome. I'm watching your videos taking notes. Thank you.

  • @beclear2473
    @beclear2473 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are amazing! Thank you so very much for sharing your knowledge and insights with us.

  • @davidgerard5792
    @davidgerard5792 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow, this was great. Thank you :)

  • @QualityControla
    @QualityControla 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for this!
    Please expand on your suggestion about the relationship with a librarian. This sounded like it was super useful for you but I do not how to utilise such a relationship.
    I would not know how to start one, develop one or how one could help me.

  • @TheAbdirahman2012
    @TheAbdirahman2012 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tara, you are amazing! Incredibly super advice about academic writing. I wish the Vlog was there when I was a PhD candidate. Thanks.

  • @krystalmcknight1834
    @krystalmcknight1834 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    TH-cam notifications - a wonderful thing (also, the only notifications I allow on my phone)!
    Saving for this evening - however, you've sucked me in already TB - I am eager to know your 20 tips... 💥💥💥

  • @ruthcampbell-hicks8144
    @ruthcampbell-hicks8144 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Academic writing and workplace writing are so different. Any tips for how to get my head in these two different places? Thank you so so much for your wonderful tips and enthusiastic presentations

  • @reuttersusan
    @reuttersusan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you. You are a blessing.

  • @asyk1010
    @asyk1010 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "When did burpees become a thing?". Love this.

  • @chrisogonas
    @chrisogonas 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tremendously useful! Thanks Tara.

  • @beclear2473
    @beclear2473 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Extremely helpful information. Thank you.

  • @mystifier9878
    @mystifier9878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some pertinent advice here but it leaves me wondering why universities don’t offer complete units on academic writing. Surely it is more logical to teach these skills from the outset, especially if the aim of a university education is to transform a student into a professional writer. The current system of handing out little snippets of advice in class and then expecting students to decipher rubrics and craft their work accordingly leaves a lot to be desired.
    The content of this video is so valuable I feel it should be expanded into an undergraduate unit suitable for all disciplines. Imagine the time it would save down the track, when PhD supervisors wouldn’t need to waste their time teaching candidates academic writing 101!

    • @TaraBrabazonLegacyContent
      @TaraBrabazonLegacyContent  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mystifier - good afternoon. Thank you so much for your message. I will take you up on this one. I'll try to craft this into a book as soon as I can - and create a seminar series. Thank you for your support and advice - always. txxx

    • @mystifier9878
      @mystifier9878 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Office of Graduate Research Flinders University this is the best news I’ve received all day. How exciting!! I’m subscribing to your channel and will eagerly await the release of your tome 😊

  • @jamalnuman
    @jamalnuman 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Many thanks for the great conten?
    - what is the difference between orginality, significance, contribution, gap, novelity, innovation,
    - does the 95,000 include everthing including referencing, table of contents, list of figures, etc.

  • @taufikafdal8015
    @taufikafdal8015 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the way you deliver the material

  • @bellamouna7265
    @bellamouna7265 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like you and i like your vibes, thank you for your sincere explanation.

  • @FrederickFNNoronha
    @FrederickFNNoronha 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very insightful. Sharing with colleagues and friends in academia.

  • @darrenedkins8291
    @darrenedkins8291 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a great person! Wish I had her as my mentor.

  • @haddabenaissa6296
    @haddabenaissa6296 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic!

  • @edunenu5813
    @edunenu5813 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't want to fix my academic writing ToDie haha. Thanks for the great vloggs.

  • @mikeirving6192
    @mikeirving6192 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I don't care what she's talking about, I would listen to this woman speak until the end of time.

  • @andreabryk4079
    @andreabryk4079 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such a great vlog with so many great tips! Right now (literally) I'm using headings to organise my writing and trying to carry my references to someplace meaningful!! ^_^

  • @alexG98698
    @alexG98698 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was GREAT!

  • @tolifeandlearning3919
    @tolifeandlearning3919 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome tips.

  • @EmmaJSanta
    @EmmaJSanta 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    As always, chock full of great advice - and a dash of humor and personality! What was the secret you practiced to get a better risotto? Thanks again Dr. Brabazon!

  • @manasjyotisarma8621
    @manasjyotisarma8621 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are a great speaker ma'am

  • @reyreyes6126
    @reyreyes6126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    she's charming and smart

  • @rikeyjo22
    @rikeyjo22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I sincerely wish I found this channel sooner. Tara is a gift to any academic who is looking for solid, sincere advice and that might not have the right support system around them.

  • @ambercy.t
    @ambercy.t 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Risotto Improves

  • @LDEMRU
    @LDEMRU 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hashtag #nojudgement love this channel

  • @TeacherDonQuixote
    @TeacherDonQuixote 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish you love

  • @uma9183
    @uma9183 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    madam, your information was awesome, thank you very much. Can you guide me the best training programs on scientific training programs on scientific writing? and sources of finding training for writing techniques. Waiting for your replay.

  • @uma9183
    @uma9183 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Madam, Please provide how to find training programmes on scientific writing development

  • @Reda-l8l
    @Reda-l8l 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please help. Sometime when writing or reading my article i'm so focused on idea that i can't see some mistakes. It there a solution to avoid mistakes.Thanks

  • @rafaqathussain7259
    @rafaqathussain7259 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    im no more receiving your videos. can u plz add more

  • @teachmemaster2669
    @teachmemaster2669 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:10 You need to understand the genre, the WHAT(?!) of scholarly work.
    Can someone spell that word for me? I don't know it!

    • @TaraBrabazonLegacyContent
      @TaraBrabazonLegacyContent  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi TMM - my apologies for the rather odd accent - I was born with it. GENRE it is :) txxx

    • @teachmemaster2669
      @teachmemaster2669 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TaraBrabazonLegacyContent Thank you for your kind reply, Ms Tara! And let me just say this: I absolutely love your accent; it is fabulous! But you do go on to say in this clip, 'You need to understand the genre, the OEUVRE (or something) of scholarly work,' which puzzled me a bit. :)
      I'm a big fan of your videos! Keep them coming!

  • @UpstateAlgaeLaboratory
    @UpstateAlgaeLaboratory 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm 3 chiantis to the wind right now