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Level 4 Diploma in Business Management

Building a logical argument structure for a given topic

BM401 · Academic Writing and Research Skills — Week 14 of 16

CourseBM401
Week14 of 16
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This week’s topics

Building a logical argument structure for a given topic

  1. Logical argument structures
  2. Argument coherence
  3. Validity testing

What you will be able to do

  • 3.4 Explain how to apply techniques to evaluate an argument.
  • 4.3 Suggest an argument structure for a given topic.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then discuss how they apply to this week’s topic and note one example from a real business.

Study materials

Videos

  • Considering openings, cohesion, and endings to structure an effective argument · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 4 (GCSE level) · plays on Oak’s website · for registered students
  • PLAN and RESEARCH a 2,000 word essay with me at university (how to write first-class essays) · YouTube · Jack Edwards · 12 min · for registered students
  • Revising, Editing, Proofreading: What's the Difference? · YouTube · Writing Center MiraCosta College · 6 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor (2012), sections 8.1–8.3 on analysing the task, outlining and writing a first draft; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
  • Writing for Success, ch. 9.4: Introductory and concluding paragraphs · PDF · Saylor (2012), effective openings and endings; pp. 359–365 · for registered students
  • Writing for Success, ch. 8.4: Revising and editing · PDF · Saylor (2012), section 8.4 on revising for clarity and editing grammar and punctuation; pp. 319–335 · for registered students
  • Read and think before you write: Prewriting time, print exposure and revision · Open-access article · Epting et al. (2013), Journal of Writing Research. Experiment showing that time spent planning before writing improves essays and later revision. · for registered students
  • The development and use of cohesive devices in L2 writing · Open-access article · Crossley et al. (2016), Journal of Second Language Writing. How learners' use of linking words and connected sentences develops and affects essay marks. · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: What academic research and writing is: seeking the truth an…
  • Week 2: Academic writing conventions: academic language, paragraphs…
  • Week 3: Paraphrasing, summarising and writing to a word count
  • Week 4: Types of research (descriptive, associational, intervention…
  • Week 5: Sources of information and evidence: journals, textbooks, c…
  • Week 6: The research process: primary and secondary research
  • Week 7: What critical thinking is: a systematic way to evaluate arg…
  • Week 8: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Critical thinking skills: critical reading, analysis, inter…
  • Week 10: Why critical thinking matters in research: creativity, lang…
  • Week 11: Evaluating an argument: coherence, testing the evidence and…
  • Week 12: What makes a reliable academic argument: evidence, premise …
  • Week 13: Inductive and deductive reasoning
  • Week 14: Building a logical argument structure for a given topic
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Week 16: Final evaluation and project assessment
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