Assessment: Essay

Length: 1500-2000 words (approximately)

• Task

‘Developing good note-taking and paraphrasing strategies, to effectively summarise academic resources, is a difficult process for students to learn.'

You are required to write an essay, based on valid academic literature, as to why this statement is, or is not the case, and discuss your findings.

Your analysis must be linked to relevant academic literature. Therefore, you must include references to at least five (5) academic references. You are encouraged to include additional sources, such as more than five academic references, which can include journal articles, book chapters, newspaper articles and practitioner-focused articles. Note that Wikipedia and similar websites are NOT acceptable sources for this assignment. Remember to properly cite all sources, both in the text of your essay and in the References section.

Ensure you become fully aware and familiar with all required criteria within the Marking criteria and standards of performance information provided below.

Rationale

Students should demonstrate knowledge and understanding of some of the content and processes needed to succeed at university and particularly, in regards to written communication. Communicating effectively through academic writing necessitates a number of skills that are referred to throughout your textbook and study guide/readings material. You will need to synthesise these, organise them and apply them to the assessment task provided below.

Students should be able to locate, paraphrase, summarise and comprehend simple to complex English texts; develop an effective academic argument based on information gained from a range of sources be able to write in a range of academic formats, following English writing mechanics and appropriate academic referencing styles.