Browsing by Subject "academic essay"

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    Writing your World Week 1 - Finding yourself in the academic space
    (2017-12-01) Hunma, Aditi; Nomdo, Gideon
    This video focuses on the overview of the essay writing in the academic space. This video explains the challenges students face when asked to write an academic essay. The video discusses the requirements, norms and practises surrounding writing in the academic space. It also lists the two main themes that will be covered in the course. This is video 1/9 in week 1 of the Writing your World course.
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    Writing Your World Week 3 Video 6 - Quotes and paraphrasing
    (2019-06-01) Nomdo, Gideon; Hunma, Aditi
    This video focuses on presenting sources using quotes or paraphrasing. The video provides guidance on how to use quotes and also how to not use quotes in an essay. An example is also provided. The video then touches on the use of paraphrasing in an essay. It then provides examples on how to use paraphrasing in an academic essay. This is video 6/12 in week 3 of the Writing your World course.