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STUDY SKILLS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA

1. CUM VOM INVATA(1.3.) (este o introducere frumoasa si pentru cursul meu de limbistraine)

Welcome to week one of the course. The title of this week is Research Skills. This mayseem like quite a difficult and comple place to start! but our aim is for these sessions to help you

as much as possible.

Research skills are a fundamental part of academic study. "owe#er! they often cause a lotof problems for a lot of students. We will start the week by lookin$ at the requirements of

assi$nments. This will in#ol#e you eaminin$ some of the key words used in titles and

understandin$ what they ask you to do.%ou will be able to listen to the eperience of students and the ad#ice of teachers!

concernin$ what to pay attention to when plannin$ writin$ and handin$ in your work. &n thesecond set of eercises! we will look at how to find information. This will introduce you to a

#ariety of research tools! $i#in$ you ad#ice on how to use them effecti#ely. %ou will de#elop abetter understandin$ of the ways in which you can find rele#ant information! and how you can

select the best information to include in your tets.

We will end this week by lookin$ in more detail at usin$ information. %ou will hear fromstudents about why you need to use information from reliable sources! and from teachers about

how you can best refer to those sources in your tet. %ou will de#elop your knowled$e not 'ust of

how to include information from other sources! but how to effecti#ely combine it with your ownpoint of #iew. y the end of this week! we hope that you will ha#e de#eloped a more solid

foundation in one of the key areas of academic study. The weeks to come will build on this.

2. The mechanics of wriin! assi!nmens "#.$%Essa& wriin! is a 'e& s'i(( for s)ccess a )ni*ersi&. +os of &o)r mar's wi(( ,e ,ase- on

wrien wor' so i is *er& im/oran ha &o) are a,(e o comm)nicae &o)r i-eas c(ear(& an-a//ro/riae(&.

0 Make sure you read the assignment instructions carefully. What is the title asking you to do?Compare and contrast? Evaluate? Discuss? Different instructions require different responses

0 Scrie cu fontul care ti se ice* you may be told to use a particular font, a certain type of linespacing and a particular organisational structure.

0 he organisational structure may be dictated to you in the assignment brief. !f it is not, youneed to develop a general idea about ho" to organise your essay #

o introduction,

o logical organisation of paragraphs ando conclusion.

0 $especta termenele date. !f you submit "ork after the deadline you may lose some or all ofyour marks, depending on ho" late you are. %or e&ample, submitting your "ork one day latemay mean you lose '() of your marks, four days late may mean you lose all marks for theassignment. Check "ith your tutor.

0 $especta limita de cuvinte care ti se da* +s a general rule, if you are given a "ord count of-(( "ords, you should aim to "rite bet"een ((/0-( "ords. !t is usually acceptable toe&ceed your "ord count by up to (), but you should check this "ith your tutor.
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0 %ind out ho" your essay "ill be marked # many universities make their marking schemesavailable to students so they can see "hat is e&pected of them.

1. Un-ersan-in! )esions "#.3%

Modul de scriere*0 Writing concisely and e&pressing your ideas succinctly is an important skill. !t is important that

you can communicate comple& ideas simply and accurately, "ithout confusing the reader.

0 +ot to miss the key point! the requirement of the task. Trebuie sa raspundem la ce nise cere.

0 &t,s really important to ha#e no more than 1/3 of your essay as a description and 2/3as anaysis. ecause assi$nments should be not descripti#e but analytical. W"%-ecause you can come up with description after readin$ the material. ut analysis is

somethin$ which belon$s to you and that,s the part of the creati#e work and that

shows your personal de#elopment0 Critica thin!in"* critical discussion is not only sayin$ bad or ne"ati#e thin"s $ut

asopositi#ethin$s! and to e#auate $oth thin"s.

$. Un-ersan-in! he i(e "#.4%1our essays are a reflection of*

0 ho" "ell you have understood course material that you have been taught,0 ho" "ell you have researched the assignment topic and0 ho" successful you have been in selecting and then analysing and commenting on the

material you have used

5ars of a )esion

1. A s),6ec.2efore you start "riting you need to be able to identify the sub3ect area of the question.. Insr)cion wor-s. hese are the "ords that tell you e&actly "hat you must do in relation to the

question. %or e&ample, do you describe, evaluate or compare and contrast?

3. A foc)s.!t is unlikely that a question "ill ask you to "rite generally about "hat you kno" about aparticular topic. $ather, you "ill be asked to "rite about a particular area or aspect of the topic

area.

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8E*a()ae he im/orance of -ecision ma'in! in he s)ccessf)( mana!emen of anor!anisaion9

. A s),6ec.4 decision making

'. Insr)cion wor-s. 4 evaluate

5. A foc)s.4 the successful management of a company

!f you are not sure then you should ask your tutor for help. !t is al"ays best to start "riting only "hen you

kno" e&actly "hat you are being asked to do.


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3. :ow o fin- informaion for &o)r assi!nmen "#.;%

:ow he i(e of he assi!nmen !)i-es where &o) (oo' wha 'in- of informaion &o) (oo' for an-how &o) (oo' for i.


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Ke& wor-s in )esions "#.


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select such a packa$e+ )an*the criteria in order o importance to theuniversity&+ustifyingyour rankin$.

4. escriehow your lie as a student is di-erent due to I0 developments over the pastdecade.

". ,hat are some o the sources o resistance to chan$e in or$anisations and how canthese e-ects *e minimised+ Include relevant t$eory and researc$in your answer.

6. -rovide evidenceto support the ollowin$ statement: commerce isdue to *oth *usiness and technolo$ical innovations.8. Criti.uethe ollowin$ statements: It would cost us A8!!&!!! to *uild this system& *ut

we can purchase an equivalent packa$e or A14&!!!. 0hereore& we can saveA"64&!!! *y purchasin$ the sotware packa$e.

Instruction words /

Exemple

1. (sing examples, present t$e evidencethat social traits have a $enetic *asis.

. ,hat is social $roup maintenance+ Critically discussthe main evolutionaryprocesses that contri*ute to social $roup maintenance.. iscusshow $enetic variation in humans is shaped *y our environment. "ive one

examplerom our interactions with disease>causin$ or$anisms and the other romour interactions with either culture or the a*iotic environment.

3. Explain and assessthe claim that the utopian reBex has *een si$ni7cantly reducedwithin contemporary society.

4. Illustrate and account forthe pessimism and optimism that utopian writers haveelt in respect o science.

". Explorethe $enres relationship to violence& especially when this involves a sexualandDor racial component.

6. 0here is additional eed*ack on $lo*al mean temperature& due to water vapour&clouds and other rapid eed*acks in the climate system& which can *e estimated rom

climate models to have a $ain in the ran$e !.44E!."4. Calculatet$e total gainoall our eed*acks on temperature. Comment onthe ma$nitude o the $ain as apossi*le explanation or the lar$e chan$e in temperature over the period rom the%G to H.

8. Considerhow any 9omantic writer responds to his or her historical context.

C(0 CIA0 -E CI2E3A

Yo) can )se some,o-& e(se=s i-eas so (on! as &o) ciehem /ro/er(&.

0 hat means saying e&actly wherethe ideas came from.

EFE ENCES

4ou need to put references in # places5


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1. In your text& next to the inormation that you use. (0his is an in6textcitation.)

E75In 2004 the average male Kazah aged !"#24 ate $.% &ananas awee '(row)*ill and Blotter+ 200%,.

. At t$e end of your essay& in the reference list.

E78 (row)*ill+ -. . and Blotter+ /. '200%, Banana cons*m1tion&ehavio*r in (entral sia3 a gro*nded theory model+ International5o*rnal of Banana St*dies+ !!'$,+ 11.!24#!%6.

DI ECT QUOTATION

I the text you want to use is s$ort& you can copy it and use it in youressay. ?ou must put it in .uotation mar*s.

E75ccording to (row)*ill and Blotter '200%,+ 7in 2004 the averagemale Kazah aged !"#24 ate $.% &ananas a wee.8

LONGE DI ECT QUOTATION

I the text is % ines or more& do not use .uotation mar*s. Instead put it inits own paragrap$& like this:

E75 'ccordin$ to Crowquill and #lotter (!!"):The notorio*s &anana &*&&le that emerged in 9z&eistan in thelate !:"0s was the direct res*lt of Soviet interventionist 1oliciesthat failed to o&ey the laws of the free maret.

0his supports my view that markets are sacred...

EPO TING

ten you willreportsomeody else9s words, wit$out using .uotationmar*s.

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When Central Asian wholesalers make a decision about adopting a new variety of banana, their criteria aresimilar to those of fruit buyers in western countries (Crowquill and lotter, !""#$%

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According to Crowquill and lotter (!""#$, when Central Asian wholesalers make a decision about adoptinga new variety of banana, their criteria are similar to those of fruit buyers in western countries%

EPO TING VE BS

?ou report some*ody elses words& usin$accordin$ toor a reportin$ ver*& such assay+state+ ar$ue+ claim.

E6*According toCrowquill and lotter (!""#$, when Central Asian wholesalers make a decision aboutadopting a new variety of banana, their criteria are similar to those of fruit buyers in western countries%

E>? Crowquill and lotter (!""#$argue thatwhen Central Asian wholesalers make a decision aboutadopting a new variety of banana, their criteria are similar to those of fruit buyers in western countries%

TENSES

?our reportin$ ver* can *e in the present or past tense. I it is in the past& thereported words should also *e in the past.

E>? Crowquill and lotter (!""#$argue thatwhen Central Asian wholesalersmakea decision aboutadopting a new variety of banana, their criteriaare similar to those of fruit buyers in western countries%

E>? Crowquill and lotter (!""#$argued thatwhen Central Asian wholesalersmadea decision aboutadopting a new variety of banana, their criteriawere similar to those of fruit buyers in western countries%

PA APH ASING

The re/ore- wor-s sho)(- no ,e oo simi(ar o he ori!ina( e7.

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When Central Asian wholesalers make a decision about adopting a new variety of banana, their criteria aresimilar to those of fruit buyers in western countries%

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According to Crowquill and lotter (!""#$,when Central Asian wholesalers make a decision about adopting

a new variety of banana, their criteria are similar to those of fruit buyers in western countries%

1. PA APH ASING: SYNONYMS

Firs fin- s&non&ms for some of he wor-s.

Central +sian "holesalers 7 traders in Central +sia


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make a decision 7 decide

about adopting 7 "hether to take

variety 7 kind

criteria 7 standards

are similar to 7 resemble

fruit buyers 7 their counterparts in "estern countries

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When traders in Central Asia decide whether to take a new kind of banana, their standards resemble thoseof their Western counterparts%

2. PA APH ASING: ST UCTU E

Secon- chan!e he senence sr)c)re.

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P IMA Y AND SECONDA Y SOU CES

he source 8article, book, etc.9 that you are reading may refer to other sources that you

have noread.

%or e&ample, Cro"quill and 2lotter "rite*5hirdly, an early groundbreaking study by 2isang (./0/$ drew attention to the importance of theperceived status of the banana as a consumer item and the effect of this on retail sales%

-rimarysource: a *ook *y =isan$& pu*lished in 1J6J. ?ou have not read this*ook.

=econdarysource: the article *y Crowquill and #lotter& pu*lished in !!"&which you have read.

SECONDA Y EFE ENCING

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Cite primary sources in secondary sources*5he banana's status as a product may have an impact upon sales (2isang, ./0/, cited in Crowquilland lotter, !""#, p%.67$%

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