Academic Writing
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What are three parts that include in the "hamburger" writing structure?
1. topic sentence
2. supporting ideas
3. concluding sentence
What does paraphrasing means?
Using your own words to show the same meaning of the original sources.
Correct: Koala bears are not actually bears. They are marsupials.
What is the word range of formative paragraph 2?
180-220 words
How to correct the following sentence: (3 errors)
In today's society, there'ar many Disadvantageof working in an international company.
In today's society, there are many disadvantage of working in an international company.
What two components should a topic sentence always contain?
Topic (main essay idea), controlling idea (paragraph main idea).
Eg.There are two main advantages of online learning
What are some paraphrasing methods?
1. change sentence structure (change word order & change active to passive)
2. change word form
3. use synonyms
Correct the following sentence:
Beijing are more farthergr from Suzhou than Shanghai.
Beijing is farther from Suzhou than Shanghai.
How many sources you should use?
at least 1
How to correct the following sentence:
In my opinion, there are 2 disadvantages of working for an international company for sure. I will share you some good ideas.
There are two disadvantages of working for an international company. The following paragraph will focus on long-working hour and higher pressure working environment.
How can you develop a supporting idea?
What are two different ways that source material is integrated into the essay? (citation)
Examples?
1. Integrated citation, reporting verb (Lannister (2021) showed…, Stark (2017) also notes…)
2. Non-integrated citation, plain citation (Snow, 2020).
What's wrong with the following sentence:
Raffi sings upbeat children's songs he is an excellent musician he really likes to singing in public.
It is a run-on sentence occurs when two or more independent clauses run together without proper punctuation or appropriate conjunctions.
Correct: Raffi sings upbeat children's songs. He is an excellent musician. In addition, he really likes to sing in public.
What are the two sources you should use in your paragraph?
1. Roberts, A. (2019) Developing international strategies. London: Sage.
2. Smith, D. (2020) 'Employees' working lives in international companies: Drivers and barriers', International Journal of Environmental Research, 17(5), pp. 3-20.
What are the 10 academic writing rules?
1. Don't use informal vocabulary (kids, so on or a bit) or abbreviations (etc.)
2. Avoid vague or general terms (things, stuff or good).
3. Don't state your opinion (I think…, I hope…) or make personal judgements (luckily).
4. Avoid using personal pronouns (I, we, you, our,etc.) or imperatives – directly telling the reader what to do (Stop polluting!, Take this as an example!).
5. Don't use contractions.
6. Don't use 'and', 'so' or 'but' at the beginning of a sentence.
7. Avoid using strong or absolute statements (As we all know, Obviously, or Everybody knows).
8. Don't ask rhetorical questions (How can this be solved?).
9. Don't use proverbs (every coin has two sides, practice makes perfect) or clichés (double-edged sword).
10. Don't write integers between 1-9 (1, 2, 3rd, etc.) in paragraphs or essays.
How to develop this supporting idea:
Working in an international company can get higher salary.
Working in an international company can get higher salary. (supporting idea) People can get more money working in an international company compare to working in a domestic company. (Explaination) For instance, people who worke in an international company earn 177,500 RMB per year. However, it only 97,400 RMB is earned per year for employees who work in a domestic company. (Example)
Can you paraphrase the following source with citation? (use at least 2 paraphrasing methods)
"International companies usually want to hire and maintain the most talented employees so they usually pay higher wages"
Reference: Roberts, A. (2019) Developing international strategies. London: Sage.
Possible answer:
As Robert (2019) stated that employees with higher-payed wages are hired and retained by international companies since they want the most skilled workers.
Correct the following sentence:
In recent years, the ability to speak English is becoming an important work skill.
In recent years, the ability to speak English has become an important work skill.
Note: ‘In recent years’ will usually be followed by a present perfect tense, because it often refers to something that started in the past and is still ongoing.
What are the five formatting standards?
All written assignments must use these formatting standards:
1. Use MS Word DOC or DOCX format
2. Filename: EAP033_ Paragraph2_Your full name
3. Line space: 1.5
4. Word font: Tahoma
5. Font size: 11 or 12 points