CO100 – Communication Week 1 – Lecture 2 Academic Writing

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Plagiarism Fine words! I wonder where you stole 'em. Jonathon Swift Using other people’s words, ideas & research without acknowledging them It is stealing! There are consequences The General Regulations

Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarising: What are the Differences? QuotingParaphrasingSummarising matches the source word for word does not match the source word for word is usually a brief segment of the text involves putting a passage from a source into your own words involves putting the main idea(s) into your own words, but including only the main point(s) appears between quotation marks changes the words or phrasing of a passage, but retains and fully communicates the original meaning presents a broad overview, so is usually much shorter than the original text must be attributed to the original source

Activity 1. Paraphrase the following paragraph incorporating no more than one phrase as a quote (ensuring you use quotation marks for such a phrase). 2. Write a 1 – 2 sentence summary of the paragraph.

Uniformly individual The wearing of school uniform is a controversial matter in some countries. American teenagers do not wear them; nor do the French or the Greeks. But the British do and apart from a few exceptions, so do the Australians. Supporters say that a uniform provides a sense of identification with the school community. They also claim that it removes the competitive tendency young people have to outdress each other and hence divide themselves into ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’. Another view claims that if uniforms were removed teenagers would end up creating their own ‘peer mode’ which itself would become a de facto uniform. Wajnryb, R. (1990).Grammar Dictation. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press

Introduction to Referencing In-text citations - brief details (author, date, page numbers) in the body of your paper AND Reference list - full details of each in-text citation in an alphabetical list at the end of the paper. [Handout example]

Referencing Style Broome Campus – APA style for all SchoolsAPA style All are available from the library home pagelibrary home page Education Arts & Sciences Nursing

In-text citations If using exact words put them in double quotation marks “...” “Australian schools are embedded in a Western middle-class cultural tradition, emphasising not only particular ways of doing things and particular concepts, but also a particular structure” (Mudrooroo, 1995, p. 124).

In-text citations “Australian schools are embedded in a Western middle-class cultural tradition, emphasizing not only particular ways of doing things and particular concepts, but also a particular structure” (Mudrooroo, 1995, p. 124). Mudrooroo (1995, p. 124) stated that Australian schools are based on Western cultural concepts and structures. OR Australian schools are based on Western cultural concepts and structures (Mudrooroo 1995, p. 124).

Abbreviating within a reference Here are approved abbreviations for use in a reference list: ed. for edition rev. ed. for revised edition 2nd ed. for second edition Ed. for Edited by Eds. for multiple editors Trans. for Translated by p. for page number, with a space after the period pp. for page numbers (plural) Vol. for a specific Volume vols. for a work with xx volumes No. for Number Pt. for Part Suppl. for Supplement, Tech. Rep. for Technical Report

Reference list All references cited in your essay must be listed at the end of the paper in alphabetical order Hagan, S. (2005). The N word: One man’s stand. Broome: Magabala Books. Mudrooroo, N. (1995). Us mob: History, culture, struggle: An introduction to Indigenous Australia. Sydney: Angus & Robertson

Reference Lists Be in alphabetical order Use title if no author Use italics for the title of the book, website name, journal name and volume number Second and subsequent lines indented Use consistent size & type of font No bullet points or numbering

Referencing Takes time and needs practice Helps available: Word 2007 includes a ‘References’ tab on the ribbon EndNote, a referencing program, is loaded onto Campus computers and there is information about its use available at

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Ex 2 Amnesty International Report 2003 Israel and the Occupied Territories. (2003). Retrieved from d743-11dd-b cd2170d/pol en.html d743-11dd-b cd2170d/pol en.html Sampford, C & Round, T. (Eds.). (2001). Beyond the republic: meeting the global challenges to constitutionalism. Leichhardt, N.S.W.: Federation Press. Thayer, A. (2002). Societies look at changing the face of science & engineering. Chemical & Engineering News, 80(47), 39. Thorpe, I. (2009). Dirty Little Secret. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal 33 (6), 12 – 14. Retrieved from Informit World Health Organization. (2003). Retrieved February 12, 2003, from

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