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MO MASHABANE
REVIEW UNIT :5 AND PREVIEW UNIT :6
12 Sep 2017, 22:47
Title: Review: Unit 5 and Preview: Unit 6
1. Review: Unit 5
Topic: Producing information-writing for academic
What I have learned about the topic.
- The structure of the argumentative essay.
- The use of logical connectors.
- The importance of conterarguement and rebatal in essay.
- The difference between deductive and inductive.
What I did or did not enjoy about this lecture.
- I enjoyed everything, especially whereby as students we were arguing about our view points on whether it is necessary for one to have university education in today's society.
2. Preview 6
Topic: Producing academic information-concluding your assignment
What I know or have read about the topic.
- The importance of revising and editing your assignment
- The conclusion DOs and DON'Ts.
- How to write a conclusion of an assignment.
What I did not understand or want to know more of about the topic.
- I understood everything.
3. Comments
- No comment.
REVIEW:UNIT 3&4 AND PREVIEW UNIT:5
29 Aug 2017, 20:10
Title: Review: Unit 3&4 and Preview: Unit 5
1. Review: Unit 3&4
Topic:Processing information-using sources and Processing information -critical reading.
What I have learned about the topic.
- I have learned about the use of scanning and skimming, especially when you reading a text.
- Different guidelines for scanning.
- I have learned that essay should contain an introduction, body and conclusion.
- The paragraph structure, the paragraph structure should include main idea at the beginning, middle and at the end.
- About the facts,opinions and informed opinions.
What I did or did not enjoy about this lecture.
- I enjoyed everything, whereby as a group we were scanning and skimming an essay given by the lecturer.
2. Preview
Topic:Producing information-writing for academic
What I know or have read about the topic.
- The use of logical connectors when writing an essay .
- the structure of academic texts and the use of homonyms.
What I did not understand or want to know more of about the topic.
- more about how to use logical connectors when writing an essay and how to write an argumentative essay
3. Comments
- know how to write an argumentative essay.
REVIEW UNIT:2 AND PREVIEW UNIT:3
22 Aug 2017, 22:06
Title: Review: Unit 2 and Preview: Unit 3
1. Review: Unit 2
Topic:Processing and Producing academic information-finding sources and referencing.
What I have learned about the topic.
What I did or did not enjoy about this lecture.
2. Preview
Topic:Processing information-using source.
What I know or have read about the topic.
What I did not understand or want to know more of about the topic.
3. Comments
1. REVIEW: UNIT 2
PROCESSING AND PRODUCING ACADEMIC INFORMATION-FINDING SOURCES
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THE TOPIC
- I have learned that the are different types of sources that you can for referencing your assignment,essays or your research.
- The is also referencing styles but we normally use NWU Harvard Style.
- Where and how to reference, we have in-text referencing such as direct quotations, indirect quotations and summarising
- what is reference list, referencing is a list of all in-text references
- How to locate appropriate sources.
WHAT DID NOT OR DID NOT ENJOY ABOUT THIS LECTURE
- I enjoyed everything about the lecture
- I now know how to reference and also using appropriate sources
PREVIEW UNIT:3
PROCESSING INFORMATION-USING SOURCES
. WHAT I KNOW OR HAVE READ ABOUT THE TOPIC
- The structure of paragraphs.
- I know what skimming and guidelines for scanning.
- The purpose of scanning.
WHAT I DID NOT UNDERSTAND ABOUT OR WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT TOPIC
- I want to know more about scanning a text for specific information
COMMENTS
No comment.
REVIEW UNIT:2 AND PREVIEW UNIT:3
1 Aug 2017, 20:56
Title: Review: Unit 2 and Preview: Unit 3
1. Review: Unit 2
Topic:Processing and producing academic information-finding sources
What I have learned about the topic.
What I did or did not enjoy about this lecture.
2. Preview Unit 3
Topic:Processing information-using sources
What I know or have read about the topic.
What I did not understand or want to know more of about the topic.
3. Comments
(Write any comments that you may have)
REVIEW UNIT:2 PROCESSING AND PRODUCING ACADEMIC INFORMATION-FINDING SOURCES
What I have learned about the topic
- I have learned how to locate appropriate sources in the assignment.
- Different types of sources such as books,magazines,newspapers,journals,etc.
- I have learned how to reference using different sources.
- How to reference in-text and reference list.
what I have enjoyed
- I enjoyed everything
PREVIEW UNIT:3 PROCESSING INFORMATION-USING SOURCES
What I know or have read about the topic.
- I have read about scanning and also guidelines.
- The purpose of scanning.
- The structure of paragraphs.
- I have read about scanning a text for specific information.
3. Comments
- No comment
Review:Unit 1 and Preview:Unit 2
22 Jul 2017, 21:50
1. Review: Unit 1
Topic:Introduction to the process of planning and producing an academic text.
What I have learned about the topic.
What I did or did not enjoy about this lecture.
2. Preview
Topic:Processing and producing academic information-Finding sources.
What I know or have read about the topic.
What I did not understand or want to know more of about the topic.
3. Comments
(Write any comments that you may have)
1. Preview: Unit 1
- I have learned what is text, text can be in form of paragraphs, words or sentences.
- Different types of texts such as narrative, descriptive, expository and persuasive/argumentative texts and the academic writing process.
- Text can be informative, instructional, emotive and argumentative.
- An essay should have introduction, body and conclusion and assignment requires planning.
- Reviews can be formal or informal.
- I enjoyed learning about the academic writing process and choosing topics for our next assignment essay.
2. Preview: Unit 2
- I have read about referencing and after you wrote your assignment or essay you should always reference it with different sources.
- I know different types of source such as books, internet articles, newspaper articles, magazines,journal articles and blogs.
- I did not understand referencing very well, I want to know more about it.
3. Comments
- Can we please do referencing in the next class.