Title: Review: Unit 5 part2 and Preview: Unit 6

1. Review: Unit 5 part2

Topic: Producing information - writing for academic purposes

What I have learned about the topic.

• Structure of an argumentative essays focusing on counterarguments and rebuttal
• Argumentation looking at flaws in argumentation and deductive as well as inductive reasoning.
• Counterargument: A counterargument is a viewpoint that opposes your main argument.
• How to generate counterarguments
• Rebuttal and Refutation: This means to prove that a statement is wrong or false
• I have learnt how to refute counterarguments
• Deductive argument: Based on certainty and logic
• Inductive argument: No certainty, likely or probable observation and prediction.
• I have also learnt about logical connectors and how to use them in essays

What I did or did not enjoy about this lecture.

We watched a video which helped me understand counterargument , rebuttal and refutation. Watching something or learning using visuals makes the learning experience much better and more fun so the lectures are not boring. After writing a class activity we got  a chance to read out or views and debate about the topic which was interesting and made class very fun.

2. Preview: unit 6

Topic: Producing academic information - concluding and revising your assignment

What I know or have read about the topic.

• the conclusion ties up the whole assignment and provides a summary and concluding remarks.
• it is important to recap on the assignment and its structure before writing the conclusion
• The Dos and Don'ts of writing the conclusion
• editing the assignment before submitting it is very important because you become aware of mistakes and you are able to make corrections in time.
• Editing strategies to help me edit my assignments
• Revising the assignment is important and one can reconsider their views to see if they make sense
• Ways in which one can incorporate feedback

What I did not understand or want to know more of about the topic.  

I would like to know how to summarise the work in order for me to be able to write the conclusion. I have struggled with writing a conclusion because I find it difficult to summarise the whole assignment , it hard to know which elements to include and which ones not to include

3. Comments

Class is nice when we have activities that enable to be interactive as a class

Thank you

OSY KHULU

1. Review: Unit 5

Topic:Producing information- writing for academic purposes 

What I have learned about the topic.

• I had a chance to know more about an argumentative essay 
• how the structure of the argumentative essay should be
• An academic text can be either Informative or Argumentative 
• the definition of an argumentative essay: 

-an argument is logical reasoning by using a set of facts.

-An academic argument is based on the interpretation of information, data, facts to support your argument 

-You have to look at certain vocabulary items, facts , opinions, the accuracy of information and data 

- you have to choose one side of the story when writing an argumentative text 

-the text has to defend a certain position 

-The aim of the text is to sway the reader

-The basic structure of an argumentative text. 

What I did or did not enjoy about this lecture.

We had this fun activity where we write down numbers in words, it was very fun  because we got to think, and most of us in class said that we want to be  Millionaires and billionaires but its funny enough we could not even write some of the numbers correctly. We also had a  brief discussion on the trending movement #menaretrash and got share our views on the topic

2. Preview unit 6

Topic:Producing academic information - concluding and revising your assignment.

What I know or have read about the topic.

• Before you write a conclusion you have to recap and revise the structure of the academic text 
• in the general sequence of: beginning: introduction, middle: body and the end: conclusion. 
• i read on how to write a conclusion 
• ensuring coherence- the golden thread
• editing the final product
• how to revise the assignment
• how to incorporate feedback 

What I did not understand or want to know more of about the topic.

do you have to cite any source in your conclusion ?  

3. Comments

thank you for going the extra mile to ensure that we enjoy class and that we actually understand the work.

Thank you

OSY KHULU

1. Review: Unit 4

Topic: Processing Information: Critical Reading 

What I have learned about the topic.

• In this study unit I have learnt how to critically analyse texts. 
• I have learnt that facts are important in academic writing 
• The characteristics and things to know about facts include; 

1. facts can be outdated meaning
2. mistakes happen so facts can have some incorrect information 
3. facts change over time, due to ever increasing information and because times change and situations change facts are bound to change. 
4. opinions might look like facts if someone feels strongly about the opinion or opinions. 
5. passed on information might get muddied. 

• Opinions can be identified as informed opinions and just opinions. 

What I did or did not enjoy about this lecture.

• i liked the fact that we learnt about facts and how to differentiate between facts, opinions and informed opinions. The class was nice because we were interacting and making different examples on the topic. 

2. Preview unit 5

Topic:Processing Information - writing for academic purposes

What I know or have read about the topic.

• Academic work should be written in a specific way and that formal language should be used when writing academic texts. 
•  There are different ways to make writing formal which include: staying on the topic, staying on the topic does not mean that you have to be one sided, you have to write what you mean and mean what you write, need to avoid redundancy etc.
• How the structure of an academic text should be. 
• logical connectors
• How to perfect and introdunction

What I did not understand or want to know more of about the topic.  

I understood the topic clearly

Thank you

OSY KHULU

1. Review: Unit 3

Topic: PROCESSING INFORMATION -USING SOURCES

What I have learned about the topic.

I have learnt about the INITIAL READING STRATEGIES 

• scanning and the guidelines for scanning 
• strategies on how to identify main ideas in a text 
• the general structure of an academic text which consists of: 
• the introduction ( includes the topic, states why it is important and the thesis statement
• the body (which includes paragraph one, two, and 3)
• conclusion which restates the main claim
• i also got more knowledge on how a paragraph is structured

What I did or did not enjoy about this lecture.

the lecture was informative and i enjoyed that

2. Preview

Topic: Processing Information- critical reading 

What I know or have read about the topic.

• It is important to analyse information because it can be facts, mistakes, opinions or informed opinions 
• Facts can be checked against evidence 
• sometimes facts can be turned into mistakes
• informed opinions are based on sound knowledge
• opinions are what people usually believe

What I did not understand or want to know more of about the topic.  

everything was made clear to me

3. Comments

class was very nice

Thank you

1. Review: Unit 2

Topic: Processing and producing academic information- Finding sources

What I have learned about the topic.

• I have learnt how to differentiate between different types of sources and understand the overall aim of my assignment.
• I have also learnt how to locate sources that I need for my academic work
• I also learnt about how to reference and how to reference different types of texts.

What I did or did not enjoy about this lecture.

We didn't bring the work that was needed from us and that made our lecturer very angry and that was not right.

2. Preview

Topic: Producing information - Using sources

What I know or have read about the topic.

• I have read about different types of reading strategies such as Skimming, Scanning etc,
• There are certain guidelines that need to be followed when writing paragraphs

What I did not understand or want to know more of about the topic.  

• I understood the topic

3. Comments

no comment