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Dear All, To help you check your works for plagiarism I'm inviting you to check one of them available at https://elearningindustry.com/top-10-free-plagiarism-detection-tools-for-teachers Choose one and test how it works. In the thread add the following information a) name and address of the tool b) what exactly it allows you to do c) is it easy to use d) does it have a limit of how many times you can use it during the day e) additional comments A technical Note: It'd be good  if you remembered to use one of the URL shorteners which shortenes URLs. Whya is it advisable to do it? To make your text easier to read Compare: https://academicwriting17823.blogspot.com/2018/11/post-15-plagiarism-checkers.html#comments   vs https://bit.ly/2Roz7Fz The 8 Best URL Shortener Services Bitly Bl.ink Polr Rebrandly T2M TinyURL URL Shortener by Zapier Yourls

Dear All, Are you familiar with what constitutes plagiarism? Understanding  well what it is and learning the skills necessary to be able to wrire on your own are the skills absolutely essential for you to master to be successful academically So, we'll devote our lesson today to trying to understand the essence of plagiarism and doing a number of exercises to practise the skills of paraphrasing & summarising, which are essential for you to be able to express smb else's words in your own. We'll start with a presentation which will help you understand better when you need to quote smth., paraphrase it or summarise it. https://bit.ly/2QjpbzH Then we'll get acquainted with the steps you need to make to be able to paraphrase something: a)  https://bit.ly/2r3Ilv8 b) More about steps to paraphrasing and summarising ( A checklist ):  https://bit.ly/2DKzp5w Here is a link to my Google Drive with many materials that can help us with further practisin

Dear All, today we'll discuss a model essay about market forces in tourism with you and then share your opinions about a number of thesis statements from the point of view of how well they are written. Do you remember their features? I can give you a prompt. There are 2 obligatory features and one optional. Try to remember them from what you have studied already and share your ideas with your peers and me. After that you will have a chance to practise writing a number of thesis statements using the prompts given in the exercise we're going to do. I hope that these activities will help you to improve your skills in creating good thesis statements

Dear All, Can you share with your peers and me your experience in writing a 5-paragraph essay? What I'd like to learn from you is what you found not difficult today and what you found not very easy or difficult to do.  Here is the scale you should use when answering the questions: Here is the scale to use: Need to revise/learn - Strongly disagree -Disagree  -Neither agree nor disagree -Agree -Strongly agree Here is the list of points to consider: 1. Writing the introductory paragraph 2. Writing the body paragraphs a) formulating the thesis statement b) formulating the topic sentences c) organising the paragraphs logically d) finding convincing supporting evidence e) finding appropriate supporting evidence 3. List techniques you use to support your arguments a) b) c) d) e) 4. Essay opening techniques a) b) c) d) e) 5. Essasy closing techniques a) b) c) d) e) 6. How confident you are in doing the following:

Dear All, to continue the discussion of how to improve your vocabulary power I'd like to ask you to do the following task: 1. Choose one of the apps from the list you can access at https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/7-mobile-apps-that-will-dramatically-increase-your-vocabulary.html They include the following: a)  https://www.vocabulary.com/app/ b)  http://www.7littlewords.com/ c)  https://www.zynga.com/games/words-friends d)  http://www.puzzlenation.com/penny-dell-crosswords/ e) A list of 10  more vocabulary apps to choose from https://en.softonic.com/solutions/what-are-the-best-vocabulary-building-apps : Your task will be to do the following: 1. download the app you have chosen onto your mobile 2. use it during the next week and record the following information: a) the words you have worked with b) what activities you have done with these words c) how many words have you learned during the given week: we're going to check it by me asking you to comple

Dear  All, I hope you'd find the tasks I've prepared for you for today useful as well as interesting. What I'd like to discuss with you are some useful techniques for learning new vocabulary. I'm sure you've discussed some aspects of this topic before, so first I'm inviting you to share with your peers in your groups of 2 or 3 the following question: What's your favourite technique for memorizing, recollecting and brushing up your vocabulary? Share your answers in the thread. Next, I'm inviting you to read the artile about some strategies for learning vocabulary which are associated with what is known as spaced repetition learning strategies: https://www.lingualift.com/blog/language-spaced-repetition-learning-srs / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitner_system Have you used a similar strategy? If yes, can you share your experience with us by first discussing it with each other and then sharing it in the thread. After that I'd like t