ACADEMIC WRITING

(AS A MEDIUM OF IMPROVING EFL TEACHERS’ QUALITIES)

Presented at the Teacher Training for Post-Intermediate Level of EFL Teachers

of High Secondary Schools throughout Indonesia

By
Widiatmoko

JAKARTA, INDONESIA
12 March – 1 April 2007
 RATIONALE
 Scientific papers as one requirement for teachers’
careers in functional rank
 Scientific papers generated describe knowledge-based
improvement and teachers’ professional abilities
 The papers published as indicator of highly qualified
teachers
 Writing papers requires understanding, skills, and
habits of minds, and commitment as scientific
persons
OBJECTIVES AND BENEFITS
 Build understanding on basic concept and
types of papers for teachers’ careers and
knowledge
 Provide participants with information of

concepts, characteristics, and criteria for

papers selection
 Motivate participants to produce papers

relevant to criteria
CONCEPT FOR PAPER WRITING
 Papers as products in written forms extracted
from research, opinion, teaching practice
 Written systematically, standard language,

published in news, magazines, journals,

 TYPES OF PAPERS

 Research-based papers
 Theoretically-based papers

 Popular articles for news and magazines

 SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
 Journals in local institutions
 Journals with ISSN (International Standard Series
Number)
 Accredited journals (by Dir Gen for High Edu. and
internationally)
 MAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR
JOURNALS
 Original: originally produced and relevant with field
experience
 Useful: felt useful for teachers in teaching learning
improvement
 Scientific: systematically arranged by using standard
language and meet certain criteria
 Consistency: consistence and thorough flow of ideas
 CRITERIA FOR GOOD PAPERS

 Problems as basis for writing related to facts and

empirical cases
 Theory supporting problems
 Methodology to answer problems
 Data to support discussion
 Solutions related to problems
 Conclusion and recommendation based on analysis of
data
 References employed
 SYSTEMATIC FORMAT OF PAPERS

 Abstract: brief description of papers

 Introduction: facts, theory, problems, gaps, purposes,
benefits
 Theory or research data: research findings or theory
discussed to answer problems
 Discussion: answering problems
 Conclusion: concluding problems based on analysis
 Recommendation: for solution
 References: books, journals, or related sources
KEEP WRITING
PAPERS