LESSON 1 and 2

• book review or article review is a critical analysis of a book or article.
• A review is a means of going beyond the literal content of a source and is a tool for connecting ideas from a variety of academic sources.
• Reviews let you relate to book or article authors and agree or disagree with their ideas.
• A review allows you to examine your understanding of a subject area considering the ideas presented in the reviewed book or article and interact with the author and his or her ideas.
• It helps you broaden your knowledge and understanding of a topic.

  book review
• A book or article review helps your instructor evaluate your understanding of the subject matter and your ability to think competently in your discipline.
• Introduction (around 5% of the paper)

  
  

  Title of the book/article Writer’s name

  • Writer’s thesis statement
  • Writer’s name
• Summary (around 10% of the paper)

  • Writer's objective or purpose
  • Methods used (if applicable)
  • Major findings or claim
• Review/Critique (in no particular order) (around 75% of the paper)

  •Appropriateness of methodology to support the arguments

  •Theoretical soundness

  •Soundness of explanation in relation to other available information and experts

  •Sufficiency of explanation

  •Other perspectives in explaining the concepts and ideas
• Conclusion (around 10% of the paper)

  •Overall impression of the work

  •Scholarly value of the reviewed article/book

  •Benefits to the intended audience

  •Suggestion for future directions
• Guidelines in Writing a Book Review or Article Critique

  • Read the work carefully to understand its main concept
  • Relate the content to what you already know about the topic
  • Focus on discussing how the work treats the topic, not the topic itself
  • Situate your review based on the theories presented by the author
  • Examine whether the findings are adequately supported
  • Suggest ways the author can improve reasoning or explanation
  • Point out other conclusions or interpretations that the author missed
  • Examine the connections between ideas and their impact on conclusions
  • Show your reaction to the author's ideas and present an explanation
  • Suggest alternative methods and processes of reasoning for a more conclusive interpretation
• Literature review is one of the components of the research process. In addition to that, as a student-researcher, you need to learn about this to develop skills in literature search and review, which are essential for conducting your research and writing academic papers.
• A literature review is a type of academic essay that examines what has already been written about a topic. As a collection of published research about your topic by recognized scholars and researchers, it is a way for you to examine also what has already been done regarding your research question or problem. Likewise, it summarizes and synthesizes the conducted research driven by guiding principles. Although it is not a research paper, it provides background for your problem and a rationale for your research (Abadiano 2016, 51- 52)
• Introduction

  • defines the topic and the scope being considered
  • notes intentional exclusions
  • states the general findings of the review and the availability of the sources
• Main Body

  • organizes the evaluation of the sources whether chronologically or thematically.
  • showcases the critical summary and evaluation of the research premise, methodology, and conclusion.
  • uses grammatical connectors, relational words or phrases, and transitional devices.
• Conclusion

  • summarizes the key findings of the review.
  • offers the reviewer’s justification of the conducted research.
• References

  • reflects the in-text citations.
  • contains complete
• FUNCTIONS OF A LITERATURE REVIEW:

  Share established knowledge and ideas on a topic, including their strengths and weaknesses.

  Show your familiarity with these theories and ideas to appear more expert.

  Present your own ideas and theories on the topic.
• THERE ARE FIVE (5) KEY STEPS TO WRITING A LITERATURE REVIEW:

  1. Search for relevant literature.
  2. Evaluate sources.
  3. Identify themes, debates, and gaps.
  4. Outline the structure.
  5. Write your literature review
• STEP 1 - Search for relevant literature Clearly define your topic. Choose a focus and develop a central question to direct your sea
• Take note of recurring citations. If the same authors, books, or articles keep appearing in

  your reading, make sure to seek them out.
• STEP 2 - Evaluate Sources

  Make sure the sources you use are credible
• STEP 3 - Identify themes, debates, and gaps. To begin organizing your literature review’s argument and structure, be sure you understand the connections and relationships between the sources you’ve read
• 1. Trends and patterns (in theory, method, or results): do certain approaches become more or less popular over time?
  2. Themes: what questions or concepts recur across the literature?
  3. Debates, conflicts, and contradictions: where do sources disagree?
  4. Pivotal publications: are there any influential theories or studies that changed the direction of the field?
  5. Gaps: what is missing from the literature? Are there weaknesses that need to be addressed?
• STEP 4 – Outline your literature review’s structur
• STEP 4

  Approaches to organizing the body of a literature review

  • Chronological Outline
  • Thematic Outline
  • Methodological Outline
  • Theoretical Outline
• Chronological Outline


  Organizes information based on time, following a chronological order to structure your literature review
• Thematic Outline


  Groups ideas and information based on shared themes, organizing them accordingly within your review
• Methodological Outline


  Follows a specific method or methodology, structuring your literature review accordingly
• Theoretical Outline


  Arranges the review based on the theory or theories you will be using, reflecting the theoretical framework of your research or literature review
• STEP 5 - Write your literature review Like any other academic text, your literature review should have an introduction, a main body, and a conclusion. What you include in each depends on the objective of your literature review.
• STEP 5

  Introductions: The introduction should clearly establish the focus and purpose of the literature review.

  Body: Depending on the length of your literature review, you might want to divide the body into subsections. You can use a subheading for each theme, time period, or methodological approach.

  Conclusion: In the conclusion, you should summarize the key findings you have taken from the literature and emphasize their significance.
• Academic writing is a style practiced by teachers or students as they produce educational materials. It is a form of writing produced as part of academic work. Hence, whenever you write and it needs to be submitted to fulfill an academic requirement, it could simply fall into the category of academic writing.