Hye  guys,,,how ur doing??

Okay, this week we gonna talk about a topic of PARAPHRASING.

I’m sure that you guys are very familiar with the terms PARAHPRASING but did you guys know what is exactly the meaning of that terms???

Then I can tell you what that meaning.

Actually the terms PARAHPRASING  is can be split into  Par-a-phrase.

Par is defined as equal. So the exact meaning of paraphrasing is a phrase equal to the original but written in other words and in a different format.

Do and don’ts  in paraphrasing:-

-include all important idea

-don’t add any new idea

-change the vocabulary as much as you can

-don’t copy more than 5 words in a row.

-don’t  copy distinctive vocabulary ; quote it instead.

Here is an example of paraphrasing of a longer passage taken from the Duke website. 

Original Passage:

In The Sopranos, the mob is besieged as much by inner infidelity as it is by the federal government. Early in the series, the greatest threat to Tony's Family is his own biological family. One of his closest associates turns witness for the FBI, his mother colludes with his uncle to contract a hit on Tony, and his kids click through Web sites that track the federal crackdown in Tony's gangland. 

Paraphrased Passage:

In the first season of The Sopranos, Tony Soprano’s mobster activities are more threatened by members of his biological family than by agents of the federal government. This familial betrayal is multi-pronged. Tony’s closest friend and associate is an FBI informant, his mother and uncle are conspiring to have him killed, and his children are surfing the Web for information about his activities. 

sourcing material

hye guys...!

if before this we talked about the plagiarism..so for the second topic that i wanna share with you guys is about  SOURCING MATERIALS..
i guess that many of us did not know how to find the right source for your work or to gain your knowledge trough social media especially in the internet..we think that all the information in the internet is true..but its actually no..
there are many sources that we can get in the internet..and we just believe it without check with other sources..its because, people can edit the information in the internet..

so in this blog i'll share with you guys on how or tips to find the right sources for you..

*firstly looking  for the URL , where was the information found? such as journal, article and etc.

*secondly check the author is the person have qualification or specialist like professor, Dr and etc.

*next is find the date. It is because there are some information outdated and maybe there are new information for that topic. For example about technology, it will updated from time to time.

*lastly look the references.Usually the reference will link the information to the original sources.So that we can double check the information.

I hope that with this a few tips you guys can get some knowledge on how to find the right source in the internet! good luck guys...  

PLAGIARISM, what is it?

Maybe the terms of plagiarism are not very familiar to school student but it is very familiar with the university student. The simplest word to describe the meaning of plagiarism is an act of copying another person idea or work and pretends that they are yours, (Oxford).  Before this we never know or realize that we have been doing this plagiarism since in standard school. We often copy others work and make it our work. For example when we are doing the portfolios we are always find and copy the resource without write the citation of the resources in our portfolio. This is can be said to be an illegal act.

There are many type of plagiarism. For example total copying, major copying, substituting words and etc. These are the common type of plagiarism that we always use when we were in school. This is because the student is only expose about the plagiarism when we are in the university. In university, we have many assignment and project paper that we need to do on our own and the student who are being found plagiarize he or she definitely be punished from the university organization for example getting the lower grade, have to repeat the paper or the most worse is being expel from the university. This is depend on the level of plagiarism that the student do. If it is totally copy others work so it can be categorize as a serious plagiarism.

In conclusion, there are many ways that we can do to avoid plagiarism. For example, plan the project well, consult with your lecturer , find the idea or brainstorm and etc. As a university students, it is important to us to avoid the plagiarism because it can give effect to our result and study if we get caught of plagiarize. So keep calm and don’t plagiarize……J