MODULE:

PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH
Week 11—Using Sources/Citations and References
The Literature Review Assignment

Lecturer:
Mr. Jess Burden
Agenda
 Looking for Main Ideas
 Referring and Responding to Points of View
 Analyzing Longer Texts
 Identifying Stance
 Identifying Sections of an Essay
 Paraphrasing and Direct Quotations
 Citing and Referencing
 TSIS2: The Literature Review Assignment
 Group Work—Searching for a Text for the Literature Review
Looking for Main Ideas

Paragraph 1:
2 billion is an unsustainable
number of cars for the
environment and infrastructure
Cars are a threat to society

Paragraph 2:
Cars are desirable because they’ve
transformed modern life
Cars and transportation systems
need to radically change
 Referring and Responding to Points of
View

1. if you look at
2. according to the text
3. I suppose so, but
4. I understand what you’re saying
5. also suggest
6. I have to agree with that
7. the text also says
8. I don’t necessarily agree
Analysing Essay Titles

1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
5. ?
 a) Incomes have risen dramatically,

Understanding a Longer Text

700% in fifty years.
b) Income and population growth
have increased food demand so
much that farmers are now
farming land unsustainably
c) The world’s population has
grown rapidly In the past 50
years, faster than in the four
million years before it.
d) We are using more water than is
being replaced by the natural
environment, causing significant
ecological damage.
e) nature is struggling to cope with
CO2 emissions. which are up
from 316 ppm to 369 ppm in 40
years
Understanding a Longer Text
a) Food supplies are most likely to suffer
first: grain stocks fell three years in a row.
b) In the past, farmers increased food
production when there was a shortage of
food, but how it is not clear that they can
do so.
c) It was the goal of the UN to halve levels
of hunger by 2015.
Identifying Stance--Matching

Example:
The sector of the economy that seems likely to unravel first is food.
The part of the economy most under pressure
a) Incomes have risen faster than population. Income per person
1. The ability of farmers to increase food worldwide nearly tripled from 1950 to 2000.
production
b) But in the late 2002 review of food security, the United Nations
2. Reducing world hunger by 50% issued a discouraging report; “…that progress has virtually
ground to a halt.”
3. The success of the World Food Summit’s
goals c) Now, the question is can the world’s farmers bounce back and
expand production enough to fill the…shortfall, and rebuild
4. The standard of living for humans stocks to a more secure level.
d) At the World Food Summit in Rome,…185 countries, plus the
European agreed to reduce world hunger in half by 2015. It was
an exciting and worthy goal, one that later became one of the
U.N. Millennium Development goals.
Stance Vocabulary–Matching
The sector of the economy that seems likely to a) unravel 1. an amount less than expected or hoped
first is food. for
2. causing less confidence or hope towards a
But in the late 2002 review of food security, the United goal
Nations issued a b) discouraging report; “…that progress 3. completely stopped or ended
has virtually c) ground to a halt.” 4. deserving admiration or support
5. stop functioning efficiently
Now, the question is can the world’s farmers bounce back
and expand production enough to fill the…d) shortfall,
and rebuild stocks to a more secure level.
At the World Food Summit in Rome,…185 countries, plus
the European agreed to reduce world hunger in half by
2015. It was an exciting and e) worthy goal, one that later
became one of the U.N. Millennium Development goals.
Does the author agree or disagree?
Clues?
Introduction Stance Vocabulary?
Reach maximum capacity
Paragraphs 1 does what?

provides important evidence

Paragraph 2 probably responds
to…
a counterargument
Paragraphs 3 & 4 do what?
discuss negative outcomes
The conclusion?
Changes to the way humans
inhabit the planet is essential for
our species survival
1. ?
middle
2. ?
two
3. ?
first, in capitalist countries
incomes have risen steadily
second, income equality has
increased
4. ?
5. rising inequality within a
country is one of the main
challenges facing many
countries today
Referring to Sources
Using Reporting Verbs
 Citations

1. The first part is the statement and the end is the reference
2. the authors
3. Yes, “One view is that…”
4. b
1. In-text reference: year of publication/author’s surnames/page numbers
Reference section: Publisher/Year of publication/place of publication/authors’ surnames/authors
initials/title of the book.
2. so that the reader can locate the exact material of the original/follow up the reference
3. In-text reference: author surname(s), year of publication, page number (optional, depending on reference
style
Entry in References section: author’s surname(s), initials, year of publication, title of work, place of
publication, publisher
Your Next Assignment—The Literature
Review
 An individual assignment
 Worth 20% of your semester grade
 Due, Sunday, December 5
 For this assignment, you will choose a scholarly article that supports your group’s
thesis
 Today, you will work with your group to begin searching for the first of these
articles
What is a Scholarly Journal Article?
The Literature Review
Important Notes:

• This is an individual
assignment
• You will choose one
scholarly journal article
for your Poster
Presentation
• The due date of the
Poster Presentation will
be one week earlier than
your syllabus says
• This article should
provide support for your
thesis
Task Description
A Template You Can Use
Task Weighting, Submission
Model Literature Review

Important Notes:

• This assignment is worth 20% of your course grade

• Submission will be for your individual article. All group members should choose a
different article.
• I have include two model literature reviews to help you understand formatting and
content
 Comments on Model Literature Review
The reference is formatted in
APA Style
There should be a hanging indent
from the second line on.
Group Work

 Go into your project groups channel

 Begin looking for scholarly articles based upon your knowledge of research
techniques and what you learned from the video
 I will check in on your groups and see how you are doing
 Feel free to ask me questions about how to find sources if you would like