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Week7EssayWritingandReferencingTipsSeptember19th2016Subas.pptS2 2016 | MGMT 2004 | Environmental Issues in Business
Dr. Subas Dhakal
Essay Writing and Referencing A Quick Guide
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What gets you hired?
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1st- Know Your Audience!
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1st Know Your Audience
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Most of us are not very good writers (including myself). So expressing an opinion in a coherent and structured way is how we cope with it:
- Identify or define an issue i.e. set the scene, clarify your position, and prepare your readers - provide a preview of what is coming their way next in the first para
- Use peer reviewed evidence to back up your main points (with proper referencing) to demonstrate credibility and ethical POV
- Recap what you did i.e. restate your purpose and position (in a past tense) first thing in the last para. Don’t introduce any new ideas, and only recommend something based on the points you have raised.
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READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
Writing Tips!
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Instructions in the Unit Outline
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Assignment Tips
- Title: an effective way to get readers/markers interested
- Structure: intro (~10%), body (~80%), con (~10%) + ref (~10-15)
- Body para – 1 idea i.e. topic sentence with a few examples from the literature
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Marking Rubric
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Personal Tips
- Determine the scope i.e. what it will include/exclude
- Don’t be too vague and broad e.g. specify the
- Think of a catchy title i.e. there are 2 benefits of having a title
- Tie in your body paras with your argument/viewpoint/stance
- Use Critical thinking/reflection enhances your argument – theoretical frameworks, three sectors, three changes
- Don’t do it for me, I encourage you to develop an expertise in the topic and use it to your advantage for internships or interviews
- Using terms such as climate change, sustainability, rebound effect, systems perspective haphazardly i.e. without embedding in your main ideas doesn’t help
- Don’t procrastinate, start today!
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Why Proper Referencing matters?
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Why Referencing matters?
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Why Referencing matters?
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Why Referencing matters?
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Vs.
- A reference list is a list of all the sources that you referred to in the essay, whereas a bibliography list contains additional readings not necessarily referred to in your essay but you read it and think might be useful to read further
- The reference list is arranged alphabetically at the end of your assignment and generally don’t count towards the word limit (unless it is specified as such)
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Paraphrasing Vs. Summarising
Both paraphrasing and summarising involve putting information from source material into your own words
- When paraphrasing, do not add your own opinion or use the original wording. The purpose of paraphrasing is to express the ideas of others in your own words or phrasing so that it flows better with your own writing.
- Summarising also involves putting the main idea(s) into your own words, including only the main point(s). Summaries are significantly shorter than the original and take a broad overview of the source material.
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Don’t pay for your home work!
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