English for Academic Purpose
EAP Unit 4.
4.1 Introduction.
Academic writing normally requires that you support your ideas and opinions with facts, statistics, quotations and similar kinds of information. There are four ways to use information from outside sources; quote it directly or indirectly or paraphrase or summarize it. Summaries and responses play an important role in college writing. A summary is much shorter than the original text. In essay examination papers, you demonstrate your understanding of the material that you have read by briefly summarizing its main ideas and explaining them in a condensed form.
PARAPHRASING
PARAPHRASING
When you paraphrase, you rewrite information from an outside source in your own s source in your own words without changing the meaning. . Original passage Language is the main means of communication between people. But so many different languages have developed that language has often been a barrier rather than an aid to understanding among people. For many years, people have dreamed of setting up an international universal language which all people could speak and understand. The arguments in favour of a universal language are simple and obvious. If everyone spoke the same language, cultural and economic ties would be much closer and goodwill might increase between countries. | Paraphrase Humans communicate through language. As there are so many different languages, people around the world have a difficult time understanding one another. Some people have wished for a universal international language that speakers all over the world could understand. Their reasons are straightforward and clear. A universal language would build cultural and economic bonds. It would also create better feelings among countries. | Paraphrasing involves putting a passage from source material into your own words. A paraphrase must also be attributed to the original source. Paraphrased material is usually shorter
4.1 Introduction.
Academic writing normally requires that you support your ideas and opinions with facts, statistics, quotations and similar kinds of information. There are four ways to use information from outside sources; quote it directly or indirectly or paraphrase or summarize it. Summaries and responses play an important role in college writing. A summary is much shorter than the original text. In essay examination papers, you demonstrate your understanding of the material that you have read by briefly summarizing its main ideas and explaining them in a condensed form.
PARAPHRASING
PARAPHRASING
When you paraphrase, you rewrite information from an outside source in your own s source in your own words without changing the meaning. . Original passage Language is the main means of communication between people. But so many different languages have developed that language has often been a barrier rather than an aid to understanding among people. For many years, people have dreamed of setting up an international universal language which all people could speak and understand. The arguments in favour of a universal language are simple and obvious. If everyone spoke the same language, cultural and economic ties would be much closer and goodwill might increase between countries. | Paraphrase Humans communicate through language. As there are so many different languages, people around the world have a difficult time understanding one another. Some people have wished for a universal international language that speakers all over the world could understand. Their reasons are straightforward and clear. A universal language would build cultural and economic bonds. It would also create better feelings among countries. | Paraphrasing involves putting a passage from source material into your own words. A paraphrase must also be attributed to the original source. Paraphrased material is usually shorter
References: Oshima, Alice & Hogue, Ann (2006). Writing Academic English. New York: Pearson Education Ltd. Meyers, Alan (2005). Gateway to Academic Writing. New York: Pearson Education Ltd.