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‘Are the situations below acceptable? Write ‘yes’ or ‘no’ next to each one. 1. You quote from a source without using quotation marks, but you give a reference. 2. You agree with a source, so that makes it your own idea and you don’t need to give a reference, 3. You ingve an idea which happens to be the same as an idea in a book, but you haven't read the. book. 4. You read about an idea, but can’t remember where you read it so you don't give a reference. 4 5. You work with friends in a laboratory session and share the material to make your own note: 6. Your friend is sick and you let them copy your assignment. 7. Your friend cannot find any references, so you help them to use the library website,/ 8. You work with two people in a practical session and all hand up the same report under individual names. 9. You paraphrase a sentence by changing some words and include a reference. Original: ‘The Aztecs introduced cocoa to the Spaniards, who took it back to Europe in the 16th century (Kraft Foods Australia Pty Ltd, 2011). Paraphrase: The Aztecs showed cocoa to the Spanish, who introduced it to Europe in the 416th century (Kraft Foods Australia Pty Ltd, 2011). (N.B. This quotation was from a website, so there were no page numbers. In addition, you do not need to include page numbers for paraphrases in APA referencing style.) 10. You refer to someone's ideas throughout a paragraph and give a reference to the source only at the end of the paragraph and in the reference list. Task 2.5 Read the text below carefully. You need to change the information order in ONE ofthe sentences, Which one? How? ‘Student Loans’ ‘An increasing proportion of the government money available to undergraduate students for ‘maintenance is provided through student loans. These are administered by the Student Loans Company. Student loans are not means-tested and interest is charged inline with the ‘etal Prices index. Loans for courses of less than five years must be repaid over 5 years. Loans for courses lasting 5 years or more will be repaid over 7 years. nthe April following course completion, repayments automatically begin unless a graduate’s earnings are less ‘than 85% of national average earnings . In this case, repayments are postponed. Task 2.6 Below is a paragraph about archaeological excavations/surveys. The sentences forming the paragraph are all grammatically correct, but a5 @ whole the paragraph does not ‘flow’ very well. Make changes to ‘the sentences, where appropriate, so that the information flows across the paragraph ~to do this pay attention to the ‘old-to-new’ flow in each sentence. The first step in an archaeological excavation or survey is the selection of the site, Information such as who lived there, how old it is, and what timeframe it covered is what archaeologists first need to learn about the site at this stage. Through the use of such things as maps, photographs, regional studies, oral histories, and historic documents of surrounding sites, the archaeologists accomplish this initial analysis. Once this is done, the possible results of the excavation must then be assessed by the archaeologists. Whether or not the work done at a site will yield innovative or duplicated results is taken into consideration. Careful deliberation must also take place to determine whether or not the proper funds, technology, and human resources are available to perform the excavation properly, because the information that comes from a site can only be viewed once. Task 2.10 Practise using some cause / effect language: complete the sentences below with the six expressions provided. Take care with the prepositions. can result brings contributes lies affects ‘has an influence 1 Poverty behind crime 2 Poverty to crime 3 Poverty incrime 4 Poverty on crime rates 5 Poverty crime 6 Poverty about crime

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