How to Write a Literature Review: Structure, Purpose, and Academic Language

📚 Master the Literature Review – A Key Part of Academic Research Writing! ✍️ In this comprehensive lesson, you'll learn how to write a clear, focused, and well-structured literature review that situates your research within the broader academic conversation. Whether you're preparing for a thesis, dissertation, or graduate seminar, this video breaks down the essential skills you need. What You’ll Learn: ✅ What a Literature Review Is (and Isn’t) – Understand its purpose in research writing: not a summary, but a synthesis! ✅ Structure of a Lit Review – Learn how to organize by theme, trend, theory, or methodology—not by article. ✅ Critical Reading and Selection – How to choose relevant, credible sources and determine what to include. ✅ Academic Language for Synthesis – Use reporting verbs, transitions, and synthesis techniques to connect studies. ✅ Avoiding Common Pitfalls – Stay focused, avoid simple description, and maintain a clear line of argument. ✅ Guided Examples & Practice – Walk through annotated models and apply strategies to your own work. This lesson includes real examples, academic sentence starters, and organizing tips to help you write a polished and purposeful literature review. Perfect for graduate students, thesis writers, or academic researchers at any level. 🚀 🔗 Get the full course in my TpT store! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/the-language-arts-gallery 🎥 Subscribe for more advanced academic writing lessons! 🔔 Hit the bell to stay up to date with new videos. #LiteratureReview #AcademicWriting #GraduateResearch #ThesisWriting #ResearchSkills #AcademicEnglish #WritingTips #SynthesisSkills #LitReviewStructure #ReportingVerbs #AcademicLanguage #PhDWriting #ScholarshipReview #EnglishForAcademics