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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
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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 a b c I 2 3 a b c
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
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
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
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
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
Critical Academic Essay • http://www.griffith.edu.au/school/gbs/mgt/resources/content_resources.html • Harvard Referencing • Style in Business Writing (vs Academic)