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Lecture 1: Aims; Assessments; Ethics

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• Congratulations and welcome!

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• foo yang yann• hss-02-02• 6592-2576• yangyann@ntu.edu.sg

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• Co-lecturer:• Ms Shamala Sundaray• HSS-02-26• 6513-7357• shamala@ntu.edu.sg

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• Download tutorial materials and lecture notes from edveNTUre and bring them to class

• Please be punctual for lectures and tutorials

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• Textbook available at Yun Nan bookshop

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• Aims of HW0101• Assessments• Ethics

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Overview

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• To equip students with skills for reading and thinking critically and writing effectively

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Aims of HW0101

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• To equip students with skills for reading and thinking critically and writing effectively

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Syllabus

-Rhetorical situation-Critical reading-_Annotation

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• To equip students with skills for reading and thinking critically and writing effectively

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-Argumentation -Fallacies

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• To equip students with skills for reading and thinking critically and writing effectively

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-Writing processes & feedback-Rhetorical structures of Arguments-Conventions of different genres

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• To equip students with skills for reading and thinking critically and writing effectively

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Learning Outcomes

-Handle reading of core courses-Analyse ideas critically

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• To equip students with skills for reading and thinking critically and writing effectively

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Learning Outcomes

-Express views in writing _______-Handle different _____ of ______ tasks

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• Factors that determine ___ and ___ a piece of writing is done

Seyler, 2010, p. 33

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Rhetorical Situation

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• Author– Background– Beliefs– Political Persuasion

Wilhoit, 2010, p. 119

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• Topic– Author and expert?– Reliability of information provided?– Single or multiple perspectives/s offered?– Your knowledge of the topicMore perspectives & weighing of views result in a

more reliable source

Wilhoit, 2010, p. 119

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• Audience –General?–Specific?

Wilhoit, 2010, p. 119

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• Purpose– Inform?–Persuade?–Entertain?–Galvanise audience into action?

Wilhoit, 2010, p. 119

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• Occasion –To begin a conversation?–To respond to a piece of writing?–To mark special event?

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• Twitter HW0101cw• A brief note on Twitter etiquette–Be polite–Avoid internet language

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• 3 assignments [80%]• 3 blog postings & comments [10%]• Class participation [10%]

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Assignments (80%)• Asgt 1 (250 words) – analysis of song lyrics [20%]• Asgt 2 (350 words) – letter to the editor [25%]• Asgt 3 (500 words) – position paper [35%]

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Blogs (10%)• 3 Blog postings (each 50-100 words) • Comments*Students are to expand one of these postings into a

500-word position paper (assignment 3)

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• Class participation (10%) –Attendance–Punctuality–Contribution to class discussions

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• Penalties for late submissions

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Late by Drop 1 day 1 letter grade2 days 2 letter grades3 days 3 letter grades4 days 4 letter grades5 days 5 letter grades

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• Plagiarism & unethical communication

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• What is plagiarism?

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• What is plagiarism?–Taking ______ for __________ work–________ an essay written by someone else–________ or _________ material without

citing the source

Seyler, 2010, pp. 287-90;Wilhoit, 2010, pp. 225-8

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• What is unethical communication?

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• What is unethical communication?–_________ essential information– Selective __________–____________ or _________ data–Using ________ visuals–__________

Bovée & Thill, 2008, p. 59

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Plagiarism

unethical communication

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• Plagiarism detection–Turnitin software

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• Penalties for plagiarism – Invitation to ‘tea’– 30-50% plagiarism: grade to drop by a letter– 50% or more: F grade–Details on ‘Assignment Cover Page’

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• How to avoid plagiarism –Document sources when• __________ directly• __________ ideas• __________ ideas• presenting _________________, except common

knowledge

Seyler, 2010, p. 288

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• Proper documentation– Cite sources using established conventions• APA (Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology)• MLA (English, History, Philosophy, Art)• as decided by your respective schools

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• Important to– adhere strictly to _________– pay attention to __________

Seyler, D. U. (2010). Read, reason, write: An argument text and reader (9th ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

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• Rules for –citing ______ author–multiple ______–using ‘et al.’ for __ to __; more than __

Wilhoit, 2010, pp. 36-45, 235-7

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• When to– _____ directly– _________ or ________– use _____-prominent or _________-prominent style

of citation– use _____ quotes – ________ quotation

Wilhoit, 2010, pp. 36-45, 235-7

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• Refer to __________ often

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Many thanks to Mr Roger Winder for his notes on unethical communication.

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Acknowledgements

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Bovée, C. L. & Thill, J. V. (2008). Business communication today (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.

Seyler, D. U. (2010). Read, reason, write: An argument text and reader (9th ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Wilhoit, S. (2010). A brief guide to writing from reading (5th ed.). New York: Longman.

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• Next week– Critical reading–Annotation – Blogs

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