Interactive Writing Session #5: October 23rd, 2009

Plagiarism handout. Plagiarism is a serious offence in Western countries. How to avoid plagiarism? Summarise (key points only) Paraphrase (use different words to say the same thing) Report  (e.g. use quotation marks “…..”; Widdowson writes that “…..”; According to Widdowson (1983), …. ; etc.) ALWAYS give credit when you use someone else’s words, ideas, photos, [...]

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Interactive Writing Session #4: October 16th, 2009

Image by Ravages via Flickr UPDATE: Test yourself! Try this vocabulary quiz about chapter 1 of Little Plum. Test yourself! Try this quiz on some of the words we read today in chapter 2. Review of basic rules of English writing: 5 conditions for a simple sentence complex sentences + common errors (fragments, run-ons, and [...]

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