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Project Assessment- click here
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Grammar Requirements
Click here to go to the Grammar page.
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Cover the ones related to ENGL 154 (highlighted in green and yellow)
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Cover the new lessons suggested on ENGL 155's webpage in the Grammar box.
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From Grammar webpage, study lessons 26, 30 and 32.
Outline & Structure
a. Your research project will consist of the following parts:
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title page
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Acknowledgements
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Abstract
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Table of Contents
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List of Tables
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List of Figures
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Chapter 2: Literature Review
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Chapter 3: Methods (or Methodology or Research Design)
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Chapter 4: Results (or Findings)
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Chapter 5: Discussion (or Analysis)
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Chapter 6: Conclusion
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References
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Appendices*
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b. Start with choosing a topic, setting your goal and objectives, and then fill the proposal. Send it to your research supervisor. Once approved, then start writing the project using the proposal as your guide and using the structure explained above.
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2. How to choose your research topic (video: 4 minutes)
3. Developing your research question (video 4 minutes)
Samples of general topics and ideas developed into a specific title/ creating a research focus
4. What is a S.M.A.R.T. objective? (image)
5. Structure of Research Proposal (Word doc)
A student research proposal SAMPLE 1
A student research proposal SAMPLE 2
7. Using direct and indirect quotes (slides as PDF)
Your Reference Section/Chapter
8. How to write your literature review (2 videos)
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9. What is Literature Review/ Background
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Newly Added!!!! Sample 2 of a Background section
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To start constructing your Literature Review
You need to start to collect information about your topic in books and journals (especially e-journals). Find the latest on the topic, any related statistics or facts. Remember to document the source (author, title, publisher, year of publication, and if a journal: the volume and issue number).
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10. Essay Structure 01 (video)
11. Essay structure 02 (doc- plan)
12. Useful Words and Phrases for Academic Writing (PDF)
13. !!!PHRASE BANK (notice the list on the top with purpose background)!!!
14. Examples of Good Paraphrasing
15. Another Example of Paraphrasing with Explanation why one is good and the other is not
16. Balanced Sentences: Parallel Structure
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17. Important notes about common mistakes (based on students' work)
18. You Bibliography (Harvard Style)- See table starting on p. 5
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Sample Literature review with Harvard Style HERE
19. Example 1 of Data Commentary
Exercise: Writing data commentary (for a table and a figure)
23. Sample abstract
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Layouts of Introduction, Methodology, Conclusion, and Abstract (for Master's degree students)
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Designing Your Methodology
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2. Research designs
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3. Collecting Qualitative & Quantitative Data
4. Designing & using interviews and questionnaires
Guide to Writing Survey Questions
5. Designing Your Methodology
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Use the the student sample below.
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Use the Bank of Phrases (under the section called Outline and Structure) and use suitable academic phrases from there.
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From the textbook, you need to use the following sections: 4.4 (Designing and reporting Surveys).
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Forms and Assignments
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Exams and Assessments
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Midterm Exam- Layout and sample
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Run-ons and Fragments exercise for the Midterm
Run-ons and Fragments and Comma splices exercise for the Midterm
Sentence fragments for midterm practice HERE
2. Report Parts
Sample Report Parts HERE terminology Exercise -1 and another exercise HERE
3. Passive Voice
Passive voice practise HERE Also see Grammar webpage.
4. Summarising and Paraphrasing
Summarising practice (you need to paraphrase at the same time ) HERE - also use Points 7, 14 and 15 from the Green Box above
5. Academic Vocabulary
Vocabulary Exercise (based on Lessons 3.3 and 3.4 in the textbook) HERE
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Project
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How to prepare your PowerPoint show HERE (the visual aspect of your presentation)
How to speak and present HERE (the organisational aspect of your presentation)
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Slides
Slide 1: Title (Name of the university, your college, the title of the project, your name)
Slide 2: Contents (Title of the upcoming slides)
Slide 3: Topic (write the heading as a subtitle, provide only key words of most important points you need to say using bullet points)
Slide 4: Research Goal and Objectives
Slide 5: Method
Slide 6, 7, 8 (and if you need two more, it's ok) Findings
Slide 9: Conclusions and Recommendations
Slide 10: References
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Submission of Project
Project Checklist is HERE
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Final Exam (Semester 2, 2018-19) 40 marks
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1. Writing a short report 20 marks
(introduction, methodology, findings and analysis, conclusion and recommendations). You will be given a title and two graphs to use for the findings. Structure and language are both important.
Follow guidelines provided in class. Prepare some useful phrases from phrase bank and from the sample report parts I provided on this webpage. Pay attention to language mistakes I correct in your drafts.
Other book lessons that are useful: 2.13, 2.3, 2.4, 2.8, 3.6, 1.10, 4.5, 2.1, 2.14, 1.11.
Useful tips and prompts for writing these sections HERE
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2. Reported Speech
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Video lesson 1 HERE
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Video Lesson 2 HERE
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Time and Place in reported speech, a chart HERE
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Verb Tense in reported speech, a chart HERE
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Exercises HERE. Start all with 'She said'
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3. Grammar
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Multiple choice questions on general grammar, lessons learnt before and that affect your writing (prepositions of time an place, verb tenses, mainly from ENGL 154, active or passive voice from our midterm).
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Relevant book lessons: Part 3, lesson Prepositions, Punctuations, Verbs - passive, Verbs- tenses. Find these lessons on my Grammar webpage too.
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4. References
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You should be able to write references of a book with one author, a book with two authors, an webpage, and a journal article. Capitalisation and punctuation matter and affect your grading beside putting the elements in the correct order.
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Handout with Exercises HERE
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Tip: Finish Q2, 3 and 4 in 10-15 minutes (but carefully as they add up to 20 marks) and then focus on Q1,Writing the report. question the rest of the time.
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Sample FINAL EXAM matching Sem 2, 2018-19 HERE (use the skills of reported speech (as in Q2 above) to write a paragraph or two on the interview data. Consider it a reference , and the source will be the interviewee, and the year will be the year of the interview.
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