ABOUT CLR ASSIGNMENT PAPER

Important notes:
The two samples found in Week 6 Tue File 5 are good
examples. Make sure you carefully go over the structure,
layout and language features of these with your students.
Length required is 600 to 800 words.
CLR (Critical Literature Review) and Research Essay are two
components of one major assessment. In fact, these two
assignment papers cover the same topic. CLR is a paper in
which students present their critical thoughts into two articles
that will be later used as references for the following Research
Essay. In other words, among several sources used for Research
Essay, the two articles reviewed in CLR are the must.
CLR also offers a chance for students to make use of their
summarizing and criticizing skills.
Topic of CLR – research essay EAP5-0921:
Technology of robotics and AI:
The use of robotics and/or artificial intelligence has a positive impact on society. Critically
analyze and evaluate this statement. Your answer should refer to specific examples.

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 STRUCTURE
REFERENCES
 The references of the two articles (Harvard style)
INTRODUCTION
 Background
 Introduce EACH article: full name of the authors, the
article title, and main ideas
SUMMARY 1
 Starts with the main idea (paraphrased from above)
 Statements describing the moves of the author
throughout the article. Sentence structures can be like:
o The author + [reporting verbs] + [paraphrased ideas]
o The author can be then replaced with ‘He/She’ or the
author’s last name.
SUMMARY 2
 Compare – contrast language
 As seen above
CRITIQUE 1
 Positive comments and negative comments
 The use of evaluative language, hedging language, and
hypotheticals

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  Make Comments on the language, the use of arguments
and examples, the organization of ideas, etc.
CRITIQUE 2
 Compare – contrast language
 As seen above
CONCLUSION
 Highlight the usefulness of EACH article (useful for whom?)

Introduction:
In 2020, Pelau, C., Ene,I. and Pop, M.I,

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