English for Academic and

Professional Purposes

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Task Objective
At the end of the activity, the learners should be able to analyze whether a paraphrased
text is appropriate or inappropriate.

Read the following pairs of texts. Identify whether the paraphrased text is a good or bad
paraphrase. Then, explain your answer in at least 250 words.

Passage 1
Source Text
Organizations play several roles in the regime. Certainly, cooperation among organizations
can be the driving force behind the development of an international regime or define its
structure; an example is the coordination among national health agencies,
nongovernmental organizations, and the World Health Organization. Yet organizations, and
cooperation among them, can also be the consequence of or institutionalized
manifestation of coordination between different groups or states in the world.
International cooperation can also occur outside or independent of organizations,
providing the analyst with a broader conception of behavior than is present by a pure
concentration on institutional behavior. A focus on organizations and cooperation is also
enhanced by understanding the broader milieu in which organizations operate and
cooperation emerges (Haas, 1980). The limitations of the regime framework, however,
include its difficulty with accommodating change, its being too issue-specific to permit
generalizations, and its limited applicability to more structured, less anarchic environments
than global politics (for a more detailed critique of this approach, see Strange, 1989).

Source: ‘“Interorganizational Relations’” from Enhancing Organizational Performance”

(https://www.nap.edu/read/5128/chapter/7)

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Paraphrased Text
Organizations play several roles in the regime. Cooperation among organizations can be
the driving force behind the development of an international regime or define its structure.
Yet organizations, and cooperation among them, can also be the consequence of or
institutionalized manifestation of coordination between different groups or states in the
world.

International cooperation can also occur outside or independent of organizations,

providing the analyst with a broader conception of behavior than is present by a pure
concentration on institutional behavior. A focus on organizations and cooperation is also
enhanced by understanding the broader milieu in which organizations operate and
cooperation emerges.

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Passage 2

Source Text
Inequality between the genders is a phenomenon that goes back at least 4,000 years
(Lerner 1986). Although the forms and ways in which it has been practiced differ between
cultures and change significantly through history, its persistence has led to the formulation
of the concept of patriarchy. Patriarchy refers to a set of institutional structures (like
property rights, access to positions of power, relationship to sources of income) that are
based on the belief that men and women are dichotomous and unequal categories. Key to
patriarchy is what might be called the dominant gender ideology toward sexual differences:
the assumption that physiological sex differences between males and females are related
to differences in their character, behavior, and ability (i.e., their gender). These differences
are used to justify a gendered division of social roles and inequality in access to rewards,
positions of power, and privilege. The question that feminists ask therefore is: How does
this distinction between male and female, and the attribution of different qualities to each,
serve to organize our institutions (e.g., the family, law, the occupational structure, religious
institutions, the division between public and private) and to perpetuate inequality between
the sexes?

Source: “Reading: Feminist Theory“

(https://courses.lumenlearning.com/alamo-sociology/chapter/reading-feminist-theory/)

Paraphrased Text
Patriarchy is defined as institutional structures (like property rights, access to positions of
power, relationship to sources of income) that are based on the belief that men and
women are unequal. The basic assumption of patriarchy is that physiological sex
differences between males and females are related to differences in their character,
behavior, and ability. But, how does the distinction between male and female serve to
organize our institutions and to perpetuate inequality between the sexes?

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Rubric for Grading

This rubric will be used for grading both Passages 1 and 2.

Criteria Description Score

Content The student was able to identify good and bad

10 points paraphrases correctly and was able to explain the
reason comprehensively.

Organization The paragraph has a logical progression of details and

3 points has a clear transition between ideas.

Language Correct spelling, mechanics, grammar, and word

2 points choice are evident in the paragraph.

Total
15 points

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