1 / 9

Assignment Writing Skills

Assignment Writing Skills. Tutorials, Problems and Reviews. Past Problems (General). Writing Skills: Plan & Strategy, Language, Style, , Tone, Vocabulary , Formatting ,.. Assignment Handling Skills Content Development Skills Referencing. Numbering / Paragraphing. I II III A B C 1 2 3

elana
Download Presentation

Assignment Writing Skills

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Assignment Writing Skills Tutorials, Problems and Reviews

  2. Past Problems (General) • Writing Skills: • Plan & Strategy, Language, Style,, Tone, Vocabulary, Formatting,.. • Assignment Handling Skills • Content Development Skills • Referencing

  3. Numbering / Paragraphing I II III A B C 1 2 3 a b c I 2 3 a b c

  4. Copying vs Referencing • uncritically absorbing - and reproducing - other people's ideas • lengthy quotations linked by a few of your own words will not be highly regarded Reference and Citations http://infoskills.port.ac.uk

  5. Referencing Bibliography – a list of ALL sources referred to or of interest to the reader Reference List – only include books, articles…..cited in the text. For the purpose of supporting the proposition or figures etc… in the text and to provide further source of studying into directly related areas

  6. Referencing Harvard Referencing: Book – author/editor, year, title, edition, volume #, place of publication Publisher, page# Article – author, year, title of article, title of journal, volume / issue, page# Electronic Info – ditto (same), plus URL/DB Address In-Text Citations/Quotation – Author’s Name. Year of Publication, Page# Reference List – at the end of the document with full details Author Unknown, May 26, 2006 “Harvard Referencing 2005”, Library & Information Science, http://library.curtin.edu.au/referencing/harvard.pdf

  7. Exam / Assignment Techniques • Carefully read each word • Translate into “Key Bullets” • Review Marks Scheme • Relate to Prior Academic Study and Experience • for Writing and Content… • Plan Draft Review and Enrichment • Formatting & Audit

  8. Activities / Reading: • Academic Writing Skills • http://www.deakin.edu.au/studentlife/academic-skills/ • Report Writing (report vs essay) • http://www.canberra.edu.au/studyskills/writing/reports.html • Answering Assignment (Keywords) • http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/olib.html

  9. Critical Academic Essay • http://www.griffith.edu.au/school/gbs/mgt/resources/content_resources.html • Harvard Referencing • Style in Business Writing (vs Academic)

More Related