HOMEWORK

1.Using the next fragment, paraphrase an idea that you find interesting.
Afterwards, summarize the entire fragment.

“The Romanian landscape is approximately one-third mountainous and one-third

forested, with the remainder made up of hills and plains. The climate is temperate and
marked by four distinct seasons. Romania enjoys a considerable wealth of natural
resources: fertile land for agriculture; pastures for livestock; forests that provide hard
and soft woods; petroleum reserves; metals, including gold and silver in the Apuseni
Mountains; numerous rivers that supply hydroelectricity; and a Black Sea coastline
that is the site of both ports and resorts. The Romanian people derive much of their
ethnic and cultural character from Roman influence, but this ancient identity has been
reshaped continuously by Romania’s position astride major continental migration
routes. Romanians regard themselves as the descendants of the ancient Romans who
conquered southern Transylvania under the emperor Trajan in 105 CE and of the
Dacians who lived in the mountains north of the Danubian Plain and in the
Transylvanian Basin. By the time of the Roman withdrawal under the emperor
Aurelian in 271, the Roman settlers and the Dacians had intermarried, resulting in a
new nation. Both the Latin roots of the Romanian language and the Eastern Orthodox
faith to which most Romanians adhere emerged from the mixture of these two
cultures.”

Paraphrase: “In Romania,there are 4 distinct seasons which make the climate
temperate.”
Summar: The romanian landscape is made of mountains,forest,hills and plains. It has
4 seasons. Romania has a considerable wealth of natural resources,which include the
fertile land,forests,petrolum,metals,etc. The people from Romania derive from Roman
influence.

Exercise 1. Is a reference needed?

1. When quoting directly from a published source?
Yes,reference is needed

2. When using statistics or other data that is freely available from a publicly
accessible website?
Yes,reference is needed

3. When summarizing the cause of undisputed past events and where there is
agreement by most commentators on cause and effect?
No,the reference is not needed

4. When paraphrasing a definition found on a website and when no writer, editor or

author’s name is shown?
No,the reference is not needed
5. When summarizing or paraphrasing the ideas of a key commentator or author, but
taken from a secondary source, for example, a general reference book?
Yes,reference is needed

6. When including photographs or graphics ?

No,the reference is not needed

7. When emphasizing an idea you have read that you feel makes an important
contribution to the points made in your assignment?
Yes,reference is needed

8. When summarizing undisputed and commonplace facts about the world?

No,the reference is not needed

9. When summarizing in a concluding paragraph of your assignment what you

discussed and referenced earlier in your text?
No,the reference is not needed

10. When using idioms, such as “Kill one bird with two stones.”?
No,the reference is not needed

Exercise 2. You are given the next references. Complete the table under using the
data given.

Author Fulk J;Steinfeld Jonson L. Smith A.

C.;Schmitz,J;Power
J.
Date 1987 1999 2008
Article Title “A social “MICE,size of the “The Wealth of
information meeting sector” Nations”
processing model
of media use in
organizations”
Journal Title Communication Journal of the Adobe Digital
Research Bureau of Tourism Editions version
Rsearch
Journal Issue Vol. 14,no 5 Vol. 1,no 1 -
Pagination - Page 9-18 -

Exercise 3. A reference “jigsaw”: Put these elements together to form a

reference.

Brown,J.S,primary author; Adler R; 2008; “Minds in fire:open education,the long

tail,and learning 2.0” ; Education Review; Vol. 43,no. 1; pp:16-32; viewed 7 May
2010
http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazineVolu
me43/MindsonFireOpenEducationtheLon/162420