Evaluation by Prof Souryana Yassine transcript

good morning again this is professorsi from the University Office to carry on with you the mooc of academic writing this time we argument to deal with week three sequence 1 evaluating and Revision in academic writing we are going to start with part one which is evaluating as an introduction we could say that evaluation is an important step in almost any writing process including academic writing academic evaluation of writing pieces involves a set of criteria this is very important academic evaluation is a must in the process of determining the value of an academic piece of writing so what is evaluation to start with one can say that evaluating means assessing or appraising indeed evaluation is the process of examining a subject and rating it based on its important features we determine how much or how little we value something arriving at our judgment on the basis of criteria that we can Define and then you have the reference for this quote another definition could be the evaluative aspects maybe grammar certain structure spelling contempt usage of sources style or many other things what consider when evaluating a piece of writing is whether the writing appealed to its target audience the target audience is a very important element mainly when it comes to academic writing so the process of evaluation can be Illustrated as follows we have the evaluation and then you have all the related aspects which look for quality improvement performance results audit assessment analysis but all these have to be based on specific criteria some academic writing evaluation criteria while evaluating your academic writing Productions such as research papers or reviews you need to consider some important criteria that will help you ensure your final piece of writing is relevant criteria are provided by Melissa Latin Crystal s in their book expression and inquiry published in 2020 as you can see it is a very recent reference so this criteria include Focus development organization style and conventions let's start with Focus this Criterion is mainly concerned with the context purpose and overall coherence of the piece of writing in order to check to what extent your text is focused you may ask these questions what is the topic of your paper what is the aim of your paper what this is is your paper defending let's take an example a paper about artificial intelligence in general is too broad for most education journals it is better to focus on the use of artificial intelligence in teaching vocabulary to Young Learners in Algeria you see how we have reduced and the focus of This research topic including the purpose the Target and also their context Criterion is development development with the quality and the quality of details and evidence you include in your paper you can ask the following questions does your paper include relevant supporting materials does your paper mention relevant works in the field does your paper comprise adequate references and quotations note the details you include depend on your target audience whether general or specialized indeed the types of research papers that you write depend whether they are meant for a just a more general public or a more specialized public example and about artificial intelligence intended to attain less details than a research paper aimed to be published in a Computer Sciences Journal you can see the difference between the audience and then the quality and the quantity of details that you are required to include the third Criterion is organization well reviewing optimization you have to do with the structure and overall layout of your piece of writing I see in the previous week it depends on the type of the academic writing if you remember we have seen that an essay has a different structure from a research paper however there are common organization features that need to be respected if not the paper will be an agglutination of unrelated topics it's just a kind of juxtaposition of details which like coherence for example that each paragraph is then transition between paragraphs needs to be smooth and logical that is moving from one paragraph to another paragraph you need to occur for logical connectors and discourse connectors the fourth element is Style style is related to Clarity precision and objectivity in other words it is the obligation to use appropriate and precise vocabulary and avoid expressions of subjectivity or opinion elements remember what we have said about the criteria of academic writing remember academic writing style is neutral and straightforward it does not allow for figurative language the fifth Criterion is writing conventions writing convention conventions are common rules that cover Brenna mechanics spinning and punctuation Etc poor language in terms of granite spelling can reduce considerably the value of your piece of academic writing if it contains interesting ideas and develops sound argumentation cell language is really important in these elements we can say that the evaluation of your writing allows you to find the main point of your writing identify your audience and your purpose evaluate evidence provided keep only the relevant pieces clean up your language eliminate mistakes in Rama and usage here is a list of references that can help you know more about the process of reviewing your piece of writing and thank you for your attention