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Text for Editing

The following article contains some basic punctuation and grammar errors. Edit the text according to the academic style of expression.

Have you ever been on holiday or on a brief excursion to a place of interest? If so you are one of the millions of tourists that this article is aimed on. Between us we tourists created a growing industry that has changed the lives of many people. But are these changes for the better or the worse? Let's begin by looking at the way tourism affects people’s lives. For the individual traveller of course the development of the tourist industry is an excellent thing. It has never been easier or cheaper to travel and no part of the globe is beyond reach. Tourism improves the lives of many people because it brings jobs and prosper to regions that may otherwise had been very poor. But for some people tourism is not a benefit Those who's peace and quiet are ruined for the arrival of the developers have no reason to praise the industry. What about the effects of tourism for wildlife? Well there are advantages and disadvantages here too. On the one hand tourism has sometimes benefited wildlife especially in poor countries. If people have more money they would protect the animals the tourists come to see not hunt them. In the other hand it is true that tourists often damage habitats even though this is usually unintentional. The pollution caused by tourism only makes the problem worst. Is tourism then a blessing or a curse? I think it is both. The industry needs to take some responsible decisions in the future if the effects are to be beneficial rather than harmful.

4.2.10

Along These Lines: Exercises in Academic Writing

Biays, J.S., Wershoven, C., Larway, L. Along These Lines. Ecercise Booklet. [pdf]

To be used only for educational purposes.

20.1.10

Punctuation

Comma [ppt]
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Research Writing Topics 2010

1. Effectiveness of the testing system (UKMA case study)
2. UKMA internship VS charity contribution for the university development
3. Ecological aspects of the campus life (UKMA case study)
4. Living in UKMA dormitories VS renting a room
5. The role of donators in the UKMA life
6. Educational process (UKMA case study)
7. Students' employment (UKMA case study)
8. Nutrition possibilities for UKMA students
9. Effectiveness of the student self-governance (UKMA case study)
10. Academic integrity and the students' responsibility (UKMA case study)


Optional topics:
Juvenile problems.

2.11.09

How to write a course paper in one night [pdf]





Paper template [zip]

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Reference Book in Academic Writing for Graduate Students

CONTENTS

UNIT 1 ...4
Academic Writing Style ...4
1. The Differences between Spoken and Written Language ...4
2. Levels of Formality ...8
UNIT 2 ...11
Paragraph Writing ...11
1. Paragraph Structure ...11
2. Unity. Coherence. Development. ...16
UNIT 3 ... 27
Essay Writing ...27
1. Organization of the Essay ...27
2. The Introductory Paragraph ...27
3. The Concluding Paragraph ...28
4. Argumentative Essay ...30
5. Argumentation Designs ...32
6. The Writing Product ...33
7. Checklist of Essay ...34
8. Sample Argumentative Essay ...35
UNIT4 ...38
Research Paper ...38
1. What Is Research? ... 38
2. Steps in Writing a Research Paper ...38
4. Paraphrase ... 41
5. Summary ...44
6. Texts for Note-Taking, Paragraphing and Summarizing ...49
7. Annotated Research Paper ...55
8. Research Paper Abstracts ...62
SUPPLEMENT ...66
Comparison of Punctuation Marks Usage in English and Ukrainian ... 66
APPENDIX ...77
MLA STYLE of DOCUMENTATION ...77
Index of MLA Style Features ...77
Basic Features of MLA Style ...79
Literature Used ... 96

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Classification Paragraph

Dmytro Drozdovskyi, group # 1

All the dramatic works of William Shakespeare fall under three traditional periods: 1590-1594, 1594-1601, and 1601-1609. However, the history plays of this writer can be also divided into three main groups but not according to their chronology. In fact, the parts of the histories were not created one after another; for example, there was a ten-year chronological distance between Henry VI and Henry VIII. Nevertheless, the history plays belong to three main groups: connected with the Lancaster’s last king, the conflicts with the York dynasty, and the blossom of the Lancaster’s monarch family. The fist type of dramas represents the histories that depict the confrontation with Richard II and the historical battles of this time connected with the White and Red Roses. The second category can be characterized as the one that depicts the last member of the rival house of York as an evil monster, “a depiction disputed by many modern historians, while portraying his usurper, Henry VII in glowing terms.”[1] The last kind of the Shakespearean chronicles ends with an effusive celebration of the birth of Elizabeth. However, “Shakespeare's celebration of Tudor order is less important in these history dramas than the spectacular decline of the medieval world. Moreover, some of Shakespeare's histories—and notably Richard III—point out that this medieval world came to its end when opportunism and ‘machiavellism’ infiltrated its politics.”[2] To conclude, we can underline that all the history dramas of W. Shakespeare explain the British historical reality in the Renaissance period and represents the historical conflicts and mechanisms of finding the compromise to create the glorious image of England. The histories made Shakespeare the greatest humanist of the English Renaissance literature.

[1] Traversi, Derek. Shakespeare: the Young Dramatist and the Poet // The Age of Shakespeare, vol. 2. New York: Penguin Books, 1992. P. 281.
[2] Ibid. P. 282.