Ninth Lesson

Beginning with the title

There are two ways to find out a suitable title for your study.

a) Keywords

b) Analysing the assignment

Today, our focus on the Second way to find out a suitable title that is analysing the assignment.

b) Analysing the assignment

The following five points outline a method for analysing your own writing tasks, beginnings with the title.

1- Write down in your own words what you think the assignment is asking you to do.

The purpose of this exercise is to get you to consider the question in your own words and through your own ways of expressing things, using language that feels comfortable and familiar to you.

2- What do you already know about the subject matter of the assignment?

Once you began to analyze the question you can start to relate your analysis to what you already know about the subject matter.

3- What do you need to know to help you complete this assignment successfully?

This might seem a strange question but you will find that this question does help you to begin to focus on the gaps in your knowledge.

4- How do you think this assignment differs from or is similar to other assignments that you are working on at the moment? 

Each assignment title needs its own analysis and of course, as you become more proficient in writing at university, you will become much quicker at unpacking each title and piece of written work. 

5- How are you going to choose your reading material? 

Choosing what you need to read is an important part of the process of writing an assignment. Choose a book that you consider is best according to your own work.