1. Discovering Disciplines- Paraphrase
Week 2, Wednesday

2. Paraphrasing
What is it? Discuss.

3. Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing is writing the ideas of another person in your own words.
You need to change the words and the structure but keep the meaning the same.
You must acknowledge it.
It can be the same length, shorter or longer.
It may be just a small part of a text linked to other ideas and other references.
It is used to support ideas in academic writing.

4. INTERDISCIPLINARITY
What does ‘interdisciplinary’ mean?

5. Definition of interdisciplinarity
Interdisciplinarity means combining ideas, data and information, methods, concepts, and/or theories from two or more different disciplines in order to achieve a goal or solve a problem.
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6. Why is interdisciplinarity important?

7. What is the link between interdisciplinarity and creativity?
‘Creativity depends on interactions between feeling and thinking, and across different disciplinary boundaries and fields of ideas.’ (Robinson, 2011, p.2).

8. Example 1: interdisciplinarity
Which disciplines might be combined in order to solve this problem linked to disease?
Biomedicine, Computer Modelling, Economics, Politics and another language.

9. Task 2- Compare the paraphrases with the original
Which is the best paraphrase ? Why?
Underline any phrases that are almost the same as the original .
Make a list of the paraphrasing techniques used in the good paraphrase.

10. Task 3- Reading
1. Now read the second of UCL’s examples of interdisciplinarity:
2. Make some notes on the content of the paragraph. Write down some synonyms/ useful language phrases.

11. Paraphrasing
What is the difference between summarising and paraphrasing?
What are the necessary steps required in making a good paraphrase?

12. Task 4 –Group Writing- Paraphrase
Discuss the techniques you know about to help you paraphrase.
Make a note of the techniques.

13. Stages for Paraphrasing
read & highlight important points
take some notes
reread
discuss to check comprehension
put out of sight
write your own version
use synonyms
change word forms
change structure
compare to original.
check that meaning is the same
check that phrases from the original have not been used
Order that individuals do this procedure in will vary.

14. Compare the original text with its paraphrase
You may notice that the disease spreads more where people live in close communities or have a particular diet.
It might be observed that infection tend to increase when neighbouring societies eat specific types of food.

15. Task 4- Possible paraphrase
Art historians may wish to discover more about artists from the past. By obtaining a painter’s original work, they might uncover something about the composition of the paint and the canvas and also relate the paintings to other works from the same time period. The combination of disciplines required to access this information could lead to a better comprehension of the life and creations of a wonderful painter (UCL, 2013).
Show this after students have attempted their own paraphrase. Get them to note the formal style and use of caution as well as the way it is paraphrased.

16. Further Study http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase.html
Week 6 Monday’s Project lesson is also on paraphrasing