ANG 217 _ REVIEW QUESTIONS

A/ Say whether the following statements are True or False.

1. IMPORTANCE OF ACADEMIC WRITING

1.1 Academic writing is exactly the same type of essay as a personal essay.
1.2 Originally, academy referred to the forest where Socrates preached his philosophical ideas.
1.3 Today, academy refers to any institution of higher and specialized learning.
1.4 A university does not qualify to be called an academy.
1.5 Research is a mere observation/survey of a subject or problem that requires no particular effort.
1.6 Research begins with the analysis of data and information and end with the definition of the problem.
1.7 The difference between scientific research and literary research lies in the methods employed to collect
information on the topic.
1.8 Academic writing academic writing refers only the long paper presented by a student at the end of his
Masters course.
1.9 Academic research is required when writing a personal essay.
1.10 The ultimate goal of research is only to get a university degree, not to make any significant
contribution to the field of knowledge.

2. NATURE AND FUNCTIONS OF RESEARCH

2.1 basic research is the same as fundamental research.
2.2 Basic research aims to discover new products and solving existing problems/needs.
2.3 Applied is any scientific investigation carried out purely for the advancement of knowledge rather than
solving existing problems or financial profit.
2.4 Research is needed only in academic graduation.
2.5 A student in the process of research acquires nothing more than what s/he was taught by his/her lecturer.

3. SELECTING AND FORMULATING A TOPIC AND THSIS STATEMENT

3.1 A student is always obliged to choose a topic that has already been surveyed by other scholars, as part
of the requirements of his/her university degree.
3.2 Consulting relevant bibliographies to find out topics that have already been investigated is mandatory
for any student who undertakes research for his/her degree.
3.3 In the process of writing their long papers, students are encouraged to choose controversial, highly
technical and vague topics.
3.4 The formulation of a topic is a way of narrowing down the articulation of the problem being researched.
3.5 As a young researcher, your attitude towards your research topic determines the amount of enthusiasm
and effort that you put in that research.
3.6 The formulation of the research topic take place before the identification of the problem being
researched.
3.7 For the formulation of a research topic, young researchers are highly advised to take into consideration
all aspects of a broader problem.
3.8 Once a young student researcher is motivated in investigating a problem that they have realized, they
do not need the approval of a supervisor.
3.9 Brainstorming on a research topic consists in the researcher asking him/herself relevant question to
enlighten the perception of the problem.
3.10 In a research paper, a statement of purpose shows what the researcher wants to achieve through
his/her work.
3.11 A thesis statement is a provisional answer to the main research question stating the research’s
position on the problem.
3.12 Without a clearly well formulated research question, it is not possible to come up with a thesis
statement.

4. COLLECTING AND COMPILING DATA