Instructions for presentation

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INSTRUCTION
S FOR
PRESENTATIO
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2. You will check the essays for structure, and
academic correctness. For each group there
are 2 essays assigned. Analyze essays
given in the folder “Essays for the analysis in
groups” in Google drive. The link is in Teams
Publications
3. Also, be ready to speak about peer-review
results you did in pairs for each other.
Present your outcomes of the analysis in a
short presentation ( 5 min.)
4. Deadline week 7 lesson 3

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Criteria for
essays checking
analyzis
Follow this criteria
when
the
essays
Check if the structure of essay is correct. Intro+ Body + Conclusion
Check the Introduction: Does it have background. Info., Rationale and Thesis statement.
Analyze the thesis statement: Does it mention the problems and their solution?
Check Problem and Solution paragraphs: Is the topic sentence clear? Do supporting sentences explain the topic sentence?
Check the conclusion paragraph: Does it summarize the main idea?
Check In-text citation and list of references: are they in correct APA style?
Identify Don’t’s of the essays with the examples.
Check punctuation, grammar, vocabulary, cohesion and coherence of the essays.
Check the list of dos and don’t’s below

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DO’s and Don’t
s of Academic
writing

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DONT’s
Don’t
overuse
Don’t overuse first person pronouns ("I", "we," "me," "us," "my," and
"our"). Most readers know who is writing the paper, so you do not
need to refer to yourself constantly.
Do not use
Do not use contractions. This rule is stylistic, and the goal is a
“cleaner” paper.
Don’t use
Don’t use slang. Though academic writing should use common
English terms, it is not casual writing.
Don’t use
Don’t use qualifiers (“really,” “very,” “surely,” “hopefully,” “basically,”
etc.). These terms make your paper sound unsure and tentative.
Don’t use
Don’t use subjective and emotional language: f/e: Internet bullies are
pure evil, and they deserve to be bullied themselves.

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DON’T’s
Avoid
Generally, avoid "phrasal verbs" (e.g. get
off, get away with, put in etc): instead, use
one-word equivalents.
Avoid
Avoid common but vague words and
phrases such as get, nice, thing. Your
writing needs to be more precise.
Avoid
Avoid overuse of brackets; don’t use
exclamation marks or dashes; avoid direct
questions; don’t use “etc”.

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DO’s
Be
Spell out
Be impersonal and objective
Spell out words fully
Use
Mostly use present tense
Use
Use academic and formal words