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Essay. You have to write a 1500-2000 word essay The length must be within these limits You must write it alone Each student’s report must be completely unique; no sharing or copying is allowed You can use books from the library and websites to help you

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  1. Essay • You have to write a 1500-2000 word essay • The length must be within these limits • You must write it alone • Each student’s report must be completely unique; no sharing or copying is allowed • You can use books from the library and websites to help you • But you must not just copy from the books and websites • The essay is due on the last day of class

  2. Essay planning • You need to look at some essay writing advice websites this week. • One recommendation is http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/tld/student/7steps/essay.htm(look at planning now) • ***Ignore websites that offer to write your essay for money.***

  3. Use a search engine to find information on the web • But you must not *ONLY* use the Internet for your research • You can use the library for • Books • Academic online databases (more information next week) • When searching, try • xyz article • xyz site:edu (in Google) • xyz bibliography • “books about xyz” • Search www.wikipedia.org and www.amazon.com

  4. Starting your essay research • You must go to the library! • You can search the library website • It may be easier to find things by searching Amazon • Books • Further reading in Yule • Fromkin (some copies in the library) • Further reading in Fromkin! • Other linguistics books • Books on morphology, syntax etc. • Newspapers, journals • Web • Search engines • Wikipedia (but not only Wikipedia!) • Keep a record of • Book title, author, date, publisher, publication city • Website name, URL, author, date visited • Newspaper/journal name, author, article title etc. • You need this information for your bibliography, so don’t lose it!

  5. Format of your essay • You can use MLA style • Or any other format which looks good • For your references, also use MLA style • For in-text citation • And for your list of references at the end of the essay • Or, you can use the Harvard system for in-text citation and the reference list • On the next slide is a reference list in Harvard format

  6. Journals • A lot of journals are available in room F603 • Both in Chinese and English • Some are kept on the library shelves • Others can be accessed from the computers in F603, or any campus PC • Or you can set up your computer from home

  7. Your homework • Make a draft reference list for your essay (hand it in next week) • Don’t just copy a bibliography from the web, or from a teacher • When you write the reference list for your essay • Only list the books and other publications that you actually use and cite in your essay • Don’t use too many websites as references • Don’t just give links to homepages • Give the link that has the information • I want to see • Books • Articles from journals (from the library), newspapers or magazines • If you want, you can cite radio & TV, even videos

  8. Essay researching • You need to start the research for your essay this week. • You can find some helpful hints on these websites • http://www.aucegypt.edu/academic/writers/researching_faq.htm

  9. Quotations • Indirect quotations • Jones (1999:123) believes [claims, says…] that most Taiwanese students… • Direct quotations • According to Jones (1999:123), “most Taiwanese students…” • Jones (1999) writes“most Taiwanese students…”

  10. Chinese • You can cite works in any language (as long as you understand it!) • In your reference section, give the English name if the publication has one • If not, give it in Chinese and translate the name yourself • Give indirect quotations in English • Give direct quotations in Chinese, and provide an English translation.

  11. Your own work • If you use someone else’s work, you must show it is not your idea • You must cite the work • Direct quotations (English or Chinese) • Maximum: one sentence • DO NOT take something from the web and copy it • DO NOT translate a whole paragraph from Chinese (not even if you are the author)

  12. Your own ideas • You can use quotations from other people to support your arguments • You must think of your own ideas too • Give the two sides of your question • Use your own ideas AND other people’s ideas to reach YOUR conclusion about your topic

  13. References for your essay • Harvard style with a Chinese example • http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/p03_2.htm • Everything has an author, a title, a date • The author’s name goes first (family name first) • Websites have a URL and a title • Articles have a title and a newpaper or journal title • Everything (except a website) has a publisher and city

  14. Planning your essay • There should be three main sections • What are they? • What should you say in the Introduction to your essay (in general terms)? • You might like to check this out

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