Acknowledgments
Writing acknowledgments in an article or thesis shows that you are a polite person, and appreciate when someone helps you.
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Guide to writing academic articles: Part V
Prepare your brain for the challenge of writing in English.
It is hard to overemphasize the real challenge that writing in English presents even for the great majority of educated Thai people. Academic-minded people with high levels of learning and achievement in other fields find themselves poorly prepared for the task of writing in English. No Thai student or ajarn should ever feel personally embarrassed or ashamed because of this widely shared problem, because it is not a single individual’s fault.
Guide to writing academic articles, part IV
Writing the literature review for an academic article
Part of any academic article or thesis is the literature review. In Thailand, the first thing to remember is that the word “literature,” when used to describe previously published books and articles on any subject, is singular. That means we refer to the “literature” on a topic even when many examples exist. In Thai English, people often say the “literatures” but like much of Thai English, this is incorrect and unidiomatic. So you will be writing a literature review and not a “literatures” review.
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Guide to writing academic articles, part III
How to write an abstract
People write abstracts because they are required to do so by editors or ajarns, but keep in mind that an abstract is written to be read.
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Guide to Writing Academic Articles: Part II
Choosing a subject and title
1. Topics
The first choice to be made for anyone hoping to publish scholarly work is to select a subject. This requires some thought and preparation, but as in all aspects of writing for publication, the more you prepare, the better the result.
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Guide to Writing Academic Articles: part I
Challenges of writing in English and impact factors
This is the first in a series of blog entries about publishing university-level research internationally. It is particularly aimed at Thai ajarns and students. Many ajarns and students are required to write an academic article at some point in their careers.
Getting this article published can be satisfying, although challenging.
Plagiarism and how to avoid it
What is Plagiarism?
If you use ideas or words written by other people and present them as your own without crediting the original, that is plagiarism.
