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In this chapter, I narrate how academic writing can help a student understand the culture in which they find themselves. To me writing was an arduous task and this was made worse because I was writing in a foreign language. In this chapter, I highlight the cross-cultural challenges I encountered in my writing, the steps I took to foster my own intercultural awareness, and how I have changed my ways of thinking to present my ideas in my writing. Through this chapter, I hope to provide some tips for other international students to smooth their PhD journey.
A thesis is much like a graduate student: It has a limited purpose and a small audience; it is often insecure and defensive, justifying itself with excessive documentation; it is too narrowly focussed; and it has not yet developed a style of its own.
Luey (2002), p. 34.
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I would like to acknowledge Monash Graduate Research and the Faculty of Education at Monash University for providing me with funding to conduct my doctoral studies.
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Moharami, M. (2019). Climbing the Proverbial Mountain: How I Developed My Academic Writing During My Doctoral Training. In: Pretorius, L., Macaulay, L., Cahusac de Caux, B. (eds) Wellbeing in Doctoral Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9302-0_20
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