s1w3 professional and academic writing 8 oct 2015

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BKEY401 Professional Competences

Professional and Academic Writing

Seminar: Semester 1 Week 3

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1. Questions about te !nline

Qui""es#$. %a&e 'ou brougt (it 'ou toda': Your formative essay draft?

Formative Essay briefing? Two exam!e essays t"at are osted on

#!a$kboard?

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)oda'*s seminar (ill co&er

%!anning your essay

Stru$turing your essay

Stru$turing aragra"s

&$ademi$ sty!e of writing

%ara"rasing and referen$ing

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Planning Your Essay

Planning your planning!

(ividing u t"e word $ount

&na!ysing t"e assessment task)nformation audit

Stru$turing your essay

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Dividing up the word count+ead , 2- . 22 in t"e book!et $a!!ed

Planning Your Essay

/reate t"e word $ount !an 0or divide t"e

word $ount for your essay:

+ntroduction 10,

-ain bod' 0,

Conclusion 10,

Planning Your Essay


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Analysing the assessment task

ast week we !ooked at t"e assessment task

T"is week !et4s re$a and ana!yse t"is in more detai!

Find t"e fo!!owing in t"e assessment briefing:

earning out$omes

&ssessment $riteria

Planning Your Essay

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1. Learn how to prevent plagiarism and use the Harvard

Reference System.2. Conduct research using secondary data sources and, from

these, select relevant data, use appropriate software and

present information and solve !usiness pro!lems "module L#

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$. Communicate e&ectively in an appropriate format in a clear


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Analysing the assessment task+ead , 23 6 25 in t"e book!et $a!!ed

Planning Your Essay

+ead t"e assessment task in t"e Formative

Essay briefing and ana!yse:

%ro$ess words

Sub7e$t or $ontent wordsimiting or s$oe words

8t"er signifi$ant words

Planning Your Essay

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%ro$ess words

Sub7e$t or $ontent words

imiting or s$oe words

8t"er signifi$ant words


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Analysing the assessment task+ead , 2' in t"e book!et $a!!ed Planning

Your Essay

+ead t"e task in t"e /ormati&e Essa' Briefing againWorking in airs break down t"e uestions in t"e same

way as t"e exam!e s"own on , 2'

S"are it wit" t"e $!ass,

Planning Your Essay

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Anal'sing te assessment tas+ead , - and 3 in t"e book!et $a!!ed

Planning Your Essay

W"i$" tye of essay is reuired for t"is assessment?

W"at makes t"is tye of essay different from ot"ers?

Planning Your Essay

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Anal'sing te assessment tas


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oo at t(o e2ample essa'sand see if teir structures

loo lie3diamonds* T"e start

T"e midd!e

T"e end

Structuring Your Essay

(is$uss an introdu$tion= a

main body and a

$on$!usion of ea$" essay

0see , 33 in t"e book!et

$a!!ed Planning Your

Essay,

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oo at 'our essa' draft andimagine 'our (ole essa' as

adiamond T"e start

T"e midd!e

T"e end


See , 33 in t"e

book!et $a!!ed

Planning Your

Essay

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oo at t(o e2ample essa'sand teir main bodies


(is$uss t"e !inks between

se$tions and aragra"s

0see , 3' in t"e book!et,

!ink

!ink

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oo at 'our essa' draftmain bod'


(is$uss t"e !inks between

se$tions and aragra"s

0see , 3' in t"e book!et,

!ink

!ink

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iscuss te paragraps inte t(o e2ample essa's

) am a

erfe$t

aragra"

Structuring Paragraphs

See , 3* 6 '1 in

t"e book!et $a!!ed

Planning Your

Essay

&n oening or

3topic* sentence

Ex!anation > exam!e

Suorting eviden$e

From a re!iab!e sour$e

ini $on$!usion

ink to next se$tion1


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Anal'se and5or discuss teparagraps in 'our essa' draft

) am a

erfe$t

aragra"

Structuring Paragraphs

See , 3* 6 '1 int"e book!et $a!!ed

Planning Your

Essay

&n oening or

3topic* sentence

Ex!anation > exam!e

Suorting eviden$e

From a re!iab!e sour$e

ini $on$!usion

ink to next se$tion15


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oo at te t(o e2ample essa'sand 'our essa' draft

Academic Style of Writing

See , 11' in t"e book!et $a!!ed Planning Your Essay

+s te te2t formal#

&re t"ere s!ang words or $ommon "rases?

&re a!! words written out in fu!!?&re a!! abbreviations ex!ained?

)s any sexist !anguage resent?

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See , 11* in t"e book!et $a!!ed Planning Your Essay

+s te te2t remote#

/"e$k for t"e words @)4= @we4 or @you4,

/"e$k for t"e "rases t"at indi$ate ersona! oinion @)t"ink t"atA4= @We be!ieve t"atA4= @You fee! t"atA4

&re t"ere any interrogative senten$es in t"e text?

+e"rase t"e text if you find su$" words > "rases,

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See , 11 in t"e book!et $a!!ed Planning Your Essay

+s te te2t concise#

/"e$k for definitions and genera!isations,

+s cautious language used#

/"e$k for bo!d statements and words su$" as @may4=@$ou!d4= @wi!!4= @must4= @rove4 et$,

+s a sentence too long#

/"e$k for too many $!auses in a senten$e,2-


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oo at te t(o e2ample essa's

and 'our essa' draft


See , 115 6 11; in t"ebook!et $a!!ed

Planning Your Essay

Find signa! words in t"e

essays signosts

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because (of) according to, accordingly since, as due to

that is why for this (that) reason in order to/that, so that therefore, thus, hence, so

consequently, as a result

oo at te t(o e2ample essa's and'our essa' draft

Find !ogi$a! reasoning words t"at are used

to make arguments, Exam!es:

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Paraphrasing and Referencing

&t "ome you "ave read t"e book!et $a!!ed

Writing for niversity

(is$uss in airs or sma!! grous: W"at is t"e urose of paraprasing? W"at are te steps for writing a good

ara"rase or summary? Bow mu$" do students need to $"ange

t"e origina! text?

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Working in airs swa your essay drafts

/"e$k if t"e fo!!owing are referen$ed

$orre$t!y in6text:

(ire$t uotations Se$ondary sour$es %ara"rased text

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Swa your essay drafts in airs

&re t"ere enoug" referen$es in text?

&re a!! referen$es $orre$t in t"e

referen$e !ist at t"e end?

)s t"e !ist at t"e end of t"e essay areferen$es or a bib!iogra"y?

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Were to get e2tra elp (it


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Were to get e2tra elp (it

(riting 'our assignment6s7#


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E2ercise

1, 8en your Cniversity of Westminster emai! a$$ount on

a !ato,

2, /"e$k w"at is t"e name of your a$$ount, )t s"ou!d be

your fu!! name 0not t"e word @Cniversity4 or

@Westminster4,

3, /reate and insert your signature:

Exam!e:

ind regards"

#ane Smith $Your name% &'D ()*+,-./

0ourse1 2A 2usiness 3anagement"

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%o( to edit an email signature

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Do to @!ffice :;< settings4, /"ose @!ptions4


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E2ercise

8n your mobi!e "one go to

Emai! a$$ount settings . signature

ake sure t"at t"e edit signature mode is !8

Edit signature:

Kind regards,

Jane Smith [Your name] (ID 1234567!ourse" #$ #usiness %anagement,

&e'e 4

Sent from a mo5ile device6 Apologies for typos)


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E2ercise

You $annot find t"e $oursework briefing on

#!a$kboard,

Write an emai! to your seminar !eader,

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=eferences and /urter =eading

Dodfrey= ,= 02-11, *o+et Stud- Sis) .riting /or

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Dodwin= ,= 02-1', *o+et Stud- Sis) *anning Your

ssa-)2nded, #asingstoke: %a!grave a$mi!!an

orris= D,= 02-1', o Do I .rite a reat ite /or %-

$+ademi+ ssa-on!ineG &vai!ab!e from:

H"tt:>>www,!sa,umi$",edu>C)/B>sweet!and>Bome>Cndergraduate>Writing

I2-Duides>Bow(o)WriteaDreatTit!e,dfJ &$$essed 1

8$tober 2-1'G

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Wat 'ou need to do before 'our

ne2t >eminar

Essential tass?

o te tass in te folder called 'ndependent

Weekly Activitieson Blacboard

Complete te 8umerac' E2ercises

Complete te $ Qui""es on Blacboard

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Bring 'our final essa' draft to te seminar

Bring oter materials stated on Blacboard to

te seminar

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