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?Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday ?11.30-13.0010.30-12.0017-18.3012.00-13.3012.30-14.00?CB05C.02.037CB05C.01.020CB03.05.029CB05C.02.038CB04.03.340?29-Jul30-Jul31-Jul1-Aug2-AugWeek2How to Manage Course Readings and Make NotesWhat is Academic Writing?What Plagiarism is and How to Avoid it How to Analyse and Plan Your AssignmentsHow to Write an Essay?5-Aug6-Aug7-Aug8-Aug9-AugWeek3How to Write a Reflective Paper How to Write a ReportHow to Present Arguments in Your AssignmentWhat is Academic Writing? (R)How to Critically Think, Read and Write in an Academic Context?12-Aug13-Aug14-Aug15-Aug16-AugWeek4How to Speak Clearly: Pronunciation Practice 1Improve Your Grammar 1How to Paraphrase, Summarise & Quote in Your Assignments How to Reference in Your Assignments How to Write a Literature Review?19-Aug20-Aug21-Aug22-Aug23-AugWeek5How to Speak Clearly: Pronunciation Practice 2Improve Your Grammar 2How to Write a Report (R)How to Write an Essay (R)How to Write a Reflective Paper (R)?26-Aug27-Aug28-Aug29-Aug30-AugWeek6How to Speak Clearly: Pronunciation Practice 3Improve Your Grammar 3How to Edit and Proofread Your AssignmentsHow to Give an Excellent PresentationHow to Present Arguments in Your Assignment (R)?2-Sep3-Sep4-Sep5-Sep6-SepWeek7How to Speak Clearly: Pronunciation Practice 4Improve Your Grammar 4How to Improve Your Writing Using Turnitin?How to Paraphrase, Summarise & Quote in Your Assignments (R)How to Reference in Your Assignments (R)STUVAC: 9 Sep – 13 Sep??7-Oct8-Oct10-OctWeek11Public HolidayHow to Prepare For Your ExamsHow to Prepare For Your Exams (R)Starting Your Assignment (with Library at Library training room 4.J)Tue 30 Jul 2.00-3.30pm Wed 7 Aug 2.00-3.30pm Thu 15 Aug 2.00-3.30pm Workshop descriptionsWorkshop seriesImprove Your WritingLearn how to write well as a university student in the WRITING Series. It is essential that you meet your lecturers’ expectations in your assignments, which include your ability to answer the assignment question, and to write academically, clearly, accurately and critically.What is Academic Writing?Writing in academic styleCharacteristics of academic writingTypes of academic writingLecturers’ expectationsStarting Your AssignmentUnderstand your assignment questionFind relevant books, journal articles and websitesHow to Analyse and Plan Your AssignmentsHow to unpack an assignment questionUnderstanding the marking criteriaHow to plan from start to finishHow to Manage Course Readings and Make Notes How to manage your readingsHow to read academic texts such as journal articlesHow to read efficiently and criticallyHow to make notes while reading for assignments or exam revisionHow to Critically Think, Read and Write in Academic ContextWhat it means to think, read and write critically in an academic contextDistinguishing between descriptive and critical/analytical writingFinding your academic voiceReviewing the language of critical writingHow to Present Arguments in Your AssignmentWhat is an argument in the academic context?What is a strong and sound argument?How to evaluate, synthesise and present evidence from your sourcesHow to Edit and Proofread YourAssignmentsEditing to ensure that you have answered the questionProofreading your writing for grammatical accuracyUsing a checklist for editing and proofreadingHow to Write an Essay Essay structureWhat is a paragraph?Paragraph typesParagraph structureCoherent and cohesive paragraphsHow to Write a Report Report typesReports vs essaysReport structure and componentsUse of tables and figuresAppendicesHow to Write a Literature ReviewWhat is a literature review?How to review literature in a systematic mannerHow to structure a literature reviewHow to integrate ideas in a literature reviewHow to Write a Reflective PaperUnderstand why lecturers set reflective assignmentsLearn what to reflect onUnderstand the style & stages of reflective writingView real-life examplesImprove Your Writing (continued…)What Plagiarism is and How to Avoid it What is plagiarism and academic integrity?How to avoid plagiarismParaphrasing, summarising, quoting and referencingInteractive online activitiesHow to Reference in Your AssignmentsWhy reference, and how to referenceIn-text citation and reference listPractical referencing activities: Harvard UTS and APAHow to Paraphrase, Summarise and Quote in your AssignmentsLearn how to distinguish between paraphrasing, summarising and quotingLearn how to use other people's words correctlyUse reporting verbs effectivelyComplete practical paraphrasing activities in classHow to Improve Your Writing Using Turnitin?What is Turnitin?What does the similarity index mean?How to understand a Turnitin reportHow to improve your writing using a Turnitin reportHow to Prepare for Your Exam How to revise and prepare for your examsDifferent exam question types, and how to answer themHow to plan strategically so you can perform well in examsUsing past year exam papers to help you plan and prepareImprove Your Speaking These workshops aim to help you improve your COMMUNICATION skills, academically and professionally. You will learn how to present yourself with confidence in front of your class or in a professional setting. Practising Pronunciation 1-4 is offered to non-native speakers of English who are concerned about not speaking clearly. We can identify what the issues are and provide you with guided practice to overcome them.How to Give an Excellent PresentationHow to deal with nerves when presentingHow to structure a presentationEffective use of visual aidsTargeting your audienceUse of body language and non-verbal communicationHow to Speak Clearly: Practising Pronunciation 1-4Learn more about English pronunciation and how to speak clearlyLots of opportunities to practise pronunciation with native speakers of English and other studentsGet immediate feedback on where and how you can improve your pronunciationPlease check our Conversations@UTS and HELPS Buddy Programif you need more speaking practice.Improve Your Grammar Each of the workshops in the GRAMMAR Series focuses on specific grammatical issues commonly found in students’ writing. The aim is to help you be aware of these issues and understand them in order to increase the clarity and accuracy of your writing.Improve Your Grammar 1Parts of speech (word forms)Subject-verb agreementPractice exercises in classImprove Your Grammar 2 Verbs & tensesReporting verbsPractice exercises in classImprove Your Grammar 3ArticlesPrepositionsPunctuationPractice exercises in classImprove Your Grammar 4Common grammatical errorsReview and consolidationPractice exercises in class ................
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