1. Assignment Writing Skills Tutorials, Problems and Reviews

2. Past Problems (General) Writing Skills: Writing Skills: Plan & Strategy, Language, Style,, Tone, Vocabulary, Formatting,.. Plan & Strategy, Language, Style,, Tone, Vocabulary, Formatting,.. Assignment Handling Skills Assignment Handling Skills Content Development Skills Content Development Skills Referencing Referencing

3. Numbering / Paragraphing I II III A B C 1 2 3 a b c I 2 3 a b c a b c

4. Copying vs Referencing uncritically absorbing - and reproducing - other people's ideas uncritically absorbing - and reproducing - other people's ideas lengthy quotations linked by a few of your own words will not be highly regarded lengthy quotations linked by a few of your own words will not be highly regarded Reference and Citations http://infoskills.port.ac.uk http://infoskills.port.ac.uk

5. Referencing Bibliography – a list of ALL sources referred to or of interest to the reader Reference List – only include books, articles…..cited in the text. For the purpose of supporting the proposition or figures etc… in the text and to provide further source of studying into directly related areas

6. Referencing Harvard Referencing: Book – author/editor, year, title, edition, volume #, place of publication Publisher, page# Article – author, year, title of article, title of journal, volume / issue, page# Electronic Info – ditto (same), plus URL/DB Address In-Text Citations/Quotation – Author’s Name. Year of Publication, Page# Reference List – at the end of the document with full details Author Unknown, May 26, 2006 “Harvard Referencing 2005”, Library & Information Science, http://library.curtin.edu.au/referencing/harvard.pdf

7. Exam / Assignment Techniques Carefully read each word Carefully read each word Translate into “Key Bullets” Translate into “Key Bullets” Review Marks Scheme Review Marks Scheme Relate to Prior Academic Study and Experience Relate to Prior Academic Study and Experience for Writing and Content… for Writing and Content… Plan Draft Review and Enrichment Plan Draft Review and Enrichment Formatting & Audit Formatting & Audit

8. Activities / Reading: Academic Writing Skills Academic Writing Skills http://www.deakin.edu.au/studentli fe/academic-skills/ http://www.deakin.edu.au/studentli fe/academic-skills/ Report Writing (report vs essay) Report Writing (report vs essay) http://www.canberra.edu.au/study skills/writing/reports.html http://www.canberra.edu.au/study skills/writing/reports.html Answering Assignment (Keywords) Answering Assignment (Keywords) http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/olib.ht ml http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/olib.ht ml http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/olib.ht ml http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/olib.ht ml

9. Critical Academic Essay Critical Academic Essay http://www.griffith.edu.au/school/g bs/mgt/resources/content_resourc es.html http://www.griffith.edu.au/school/g bs/mgt/resources/content_resourc es.html Harvard Referencing Harvard Referencing Style in Business Writing (vs Academic) Style in Business Writing (vs Academic)