Sumários

Unit 7 bibliographies, Unit 8 using the non-past to describe the events of fiction

21 Novembro 2024, 11:00 • John Richard Walker

How to organise a bibliography.

Bibliography layout and conventions for books, articles, films, blogs, etc.
The importance of dating the consultation of online sources and what to do if the information has been moved.

Unit 8: using the non-past (present) verb forms to describe the events of fiction: examples and practical activity.

Unit 7 reference to source

18 Novembro 2024, 11:00 • John Richard Walker

Identifying the reporting verbs: Ken Hyland and the most frequently ocurring reporting verbs.

Use of tense in reporting verbs and what this signifies to the reader.
Active practice: matching reporting verbs with their definitions.
Primary, secondary and terciary sources.

Unit 7 reference to source

14 Novembro 2024, 11:00 • John Richard Walker

Why reference to source is so imortant in academic writing.

Swales & Feak: where would you draw the line between good academic practice and potential plagiarism?
Examples of different systems.
The Harvard Referencing System for in-text reference and bibliography.
Useful online resoiurces.

Written evaluation 1

11 Novembro 2024, 11:00 • John Richard Walker

written test on the play "Educating Rita", by Willy Russell.

Unit 6 Conclusions

7 Novembro 2024, 11:00 • John Richard Walker

Identifying the components of a conclusion (see previous session) in two examples.


Analysing the conclusions in 3 essays written in previous years for this course.

Advice for the test next Monday.