Post 8:Paraphrasing

Dear All,

We're practising paraphrasing today and doing a set of exercises to help you master this skill. First, we're going to watch a video explaining what constitutes plagiarism and how you can paraphrase the other people's words not to plagiarise:

Stop Thief. Avoid Plagiarism  by Paraphrasing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z3EHIoa9HI

Next we'll discuss the difference between quoting, paraphrasing and summarising: 

 https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/quoting_paraphrasing_and_summarizing/index.html

After that we will discuss the steps to paraphrasing without plagiarising in more detail:

https://bit.ly/37nsKum (Douglas College exercise)

And then we'll do a number of exercises to practise paraphrasing and summarising:

a)  https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/quoting_paraphrasing_and_summarizing/paraphrasing.html

b)  Intermediate-level Paraphrase Exercises

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl_exercises/esl_exercises/paraphrase_and_summary_exercises/intermediate_paraphrase_exercises.html

c) More paraphrasing exercises (with answers): (added 25.11.2019)

http://intranet.yorksj.ac.uk/learnteach/epax/paraphrasing/Para3tryme.pdf

Do Exercise D at home, we'll discuss it first and do Exercise E in which you are asked to summarise 3 passages. Please, read them at home, so that you'd be familiar with their content.

d) https://www.uts.edu.au/sites/default/files/Paraphrasing%20Handout%20-%20Activities.pdf

Try to do the exercises yourselves first and then check yourselves against the KEY. Makes notes for us to be able to compare your answers with the key 

Post 7: Interesting topics for discussion

Dear All,

what makes writing particularly enjoyable is discussing the topics that are interesting for you, that provoke thought and enable you to consider them from different perspectives. So, what I am inviting you to do is to think about 3 or 4 topics that you personally would be interested in writing about, and sharing them with your peers and me in the thread. Add a 2-3 sentence explanation of what makes these topics interesting for you to discuss.

Also, read what 2 or 3 of your peers have suggested and comment on it by letting us know in what ways some of these suggestions can be interesting for you to discuss.

Here are the resources you should use to choose your future topics for discussion from:

1. Good research paper topics:

https://blog.prepscholar.com/good-research-paper-topics

2. More interesting topics for essays

https://owlcation.com/humanities/150-English-Essay-Topics

Students' blogs' addresses

1. 1. 1. Katya Toropkina: katyatoropkina.blogspot.com
   2. 2. Kristina Shenina: kristinakroshenina18821.blogspot.com
   3. 3. Potapova Maria: ptpvmr.blogspot.com
   4. 4. Vika Vilova: vikavavilova.blogspot.com
   5. 5. Elya Mautkazinova: elnara06.blogspot.com
   6. 6. Arina Cheusova: arinacheusova18821.blogspot.com
   7.             7. Nigyar Dzhabrailova: nigyar1.blogspot.com                                                                                        
   8.             8. Kobylkina Dasha: dariak2-06.blogspot.com
   9. 9. Maidanyuk Kate: katarina666.blogspot.com
   10. 10. Tumashova Masha: tumashova-mariya.blogspot.com 20.10. 1 submitted work
   11.         Masha, haven't found any posts. Where are they? 
   12. 11. Koseva Ulyana: ulyanakoseva.blogspot.com
   13. 12. Vasilyeva Maria: mariavasilyeva666.blogspot.com NO publications