UPM-CALC/CEL2103 WRITING ACADEMIC TEXTS/SEM 2 2019-20

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This is an individual activity for you to carry out.

The activities should be completed and submitted on EDMODO by the due date.

Paraphrase the following excerpts. Add an in-text citation according to the APA format.

Excerpt 1:

Our findings showed that students who took part in the group discussion sessions performed
better academically than those who do not.

Online Journal Article

Source
https://www.educationonlinejournal/1526techniques.html

Author Sarrah Harrison

Date of Publication June 2002

The Effectiveness of Group Discussions in Enhancing Academic

Title
Performance Among High School Students

Purpose You are writing an academic essay on effective learning techniques

According to “The Effectiveness of Group Discussions in Enhancing Academic Performance

Among High School Students” (Harrison, 2002) showed that students who took part in the group
discussion sessions performed better academically than those who do not.
https://www.educationonlinejournal/1526techniques.html
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Excerpt 2:

Conflicts at workplace can increase creativity and even spark a competition among
employees.

Source Book

Author Harris Ford, Diane Hamilton

Date of Publication 2015

Title Office Management for the 21st Century

Purpose You are writing an academic essay on office conflicts.

According to Office Management for the 21 st Century (Ford & Hamilton, 2015) showed a
competition among employees was sparked because of conflicts at workplace.
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Excerpt 3:

A very important factor that influences consumer's perceptions of a brand is strong

brand image, and this stimulate customers’ purchasing behavior of a brand.

Online Journal Article

Source
Https://www.marketingperiodical.com/branding.hstye/html

Author Malaysia Marketing Institution (MMI)

Date of Publication 2017

Title The effect of image on the consumer’s mind

You are writing an academic essay on the role of brand image on

Purpose
consumers

According to “The effect of image on the consumer’s mind” (Malaysia Marketing Institution
(MMI), 2017), a very important factor that influences consumer's perceptions of a brand is
strong brand image, and this stimulate customers’ purchasing behavior of a brand.
https://www.marketingperiodical.com/branding.hstye/html
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This is slightly longer. Try the chunking method for excerpts 4 and 5.

Excerpt 4:

Although coffee has a long history of human food use for over 1000 years, until recently most
of the studies on its health effects have focused on potential adverse and toxic effects. The
effect of coffee on human physiology varies from person to person and also on the quality and
quantity of coffee consumed. Theoretically, it can be anticipated that according to the doses
involved, some may possess biological activities that could be considered potentially adverse
to health.

Source Article

Sunitha Elizabeth George, Kulathooran Ramalakshmi, and Jagan

Author
Mohan Rao

Date of Publication May 2008

Title Effects of Coffee on Human Health

Purpose You are writing an academic text about the effects of coffee.

According to “Effects of Coffee on Human Health” (Elizabeth George, Ramalakshmi & Mohan
Rao, 2008) showed that most studies have focused on coffee’s potential adverse and toxic
effects. It affects human physiology when the coffee is consumed. All in all, potential adverse to
health may happen regarding to the doses of coffee consumed.
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Excerpt 5:

Corporal punishment is physiologically as well as psychologically damaging children’s lives.

Since it affects child by not only inflicting physical pain but also mental harassment, feeling of
helplessness, worthlessness and depression. Besides, corporal punishment has been
associated with a variety of psychological and behavioral disorders in children and adults,
including depression, delinquency and substance abuse.

Source Print Article

Author Arab Naz, Waseem Khan, Umar Daraz and Mohammad Hussain

Date of Publication July 2011

The Impacts of Corporal Punishment on Students’ Personality

Title
Development

You are writing an academic text about the impacts of corporal

Purpose
punishments.

According to “The Impacts of Corporal Punishment on Students’ Personality Development”

(Naz, Khan, Daraz & Hussain, 2011) showed children’s lives were damaged by corporal
punishment psychologically. Also mental harassment, feeling of helplessness, worthlessness
and depression are some of its effect. Corporal punishment has been linked with a variety of
psychological and behavioral disorders in children and adults, including depression, delinquency
and substance abuse.