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Year 1
AimsThis assignment has got two major and two minor goals. The first two goals are about your English language skills (reading and writing). By the time your assignment is finished, you will have read at least three articles about a tourism phenomenon (practised reading tourism-related texts: skimming, skanning, etc.) and used your writing skills (note-taking, summarizing, reporting, etc.). While you are looking for suitable articles for your assignment, you also practise your information search skills and computer skills as well. These are some kind of side effects. You will use other skills as well but we are really interested in the first two. Hopefully the assignment will be an opportunity for you to improve your English and learn about tourism at the same time.
Suitable topics
A tourism or tourist related issue. For example: "Pilgrims and Tourists" or "Budget Airlines in the Present Crisis" or "Casinos and Crime" or "Traditional Vs. Modern Spas".
Descriptions of destinations, hotels, restaurants and similar are not suitable.
If you are not sure whether your topic is OK or not, ask me, your teacher. (Please list your sources too). You can do this with a simple e-mail message.
Sources
You should use at least three magazine or newspaper articles in English (you can also check the links to online magazines and newspapers in the Course Links) dealing with the same topic. Internet sources are also welcome as long as they are of reasonable quality.
Length & Format
Either:
a) 4-5 pages of text written in font 12, spacing 1.5 (front page, list of reference, pictures, empty lines, etc. are not included) or
b) 1700-2000 words (front page, list of reference, etc. are not included).
Assignment structure
Every assignment must have the following parts:
» front matter
» introduction
» body of assignment
» conclusion
» annotated list of reference
Front matter refers to the information given in the beginning of the assignment such as assignment's title, your name and surname, the subject's name that the assignment is written for, etc.
The introduction is the first contact between you, the writer and your reader, so you should tell what the topic of your assignment is, why this topic is important and how you are going to deal with it in the remaining part of the assignment (e.g. you are going to focus on topic a, topic b and topic c).
In the body of the assignment then you will discuss topic a, topic b and topic c. Make sure you connect your ideas and paragraphs. You also have to support your statements with facts.
The conclusion summarizes the assignment and you share your conclusions based on what you have found out with your reader.
The annotated list of reference lists the bibliographical information about the articles you read in an alphabetical order together with your comments (these are the annotations). An annotation gives a short summary of what the article says about your topic of interest, its quality, and usefulness, how it fits into your assignment, whether it is a helpful resource and in what way. For example,
Digance, J.
2003. Pilgrimage
at contested sites. Annals of Tourism Research,
Vol. 30 (1), pp. 143-159.
In this article, Digance describes the possible problems and dilemmas that tourism development presents to the involved parties: pilgrims, tourists, local people and managers of sacred sites. It helped me understand the motives of pilgrims and the problems created by tourists who visit these places as tourist attractions.
In this article, Digance describes the possible problems and dilemmas that tourism development presents to the involved parties: pilgrims, tourists, local people and managers of sacred sites. It helped me understand the motives of pilgrims and the problems created by tourists who visit these places as tourist attractions.
Style of writing
Assignments should be written in a nonpersonal style. This means that you have to write in a factual way (presenting facts, supporting your statements, etc.). Essays that present beliefs and the way the author feels or thinks about an issue are not accepted. Also, you are not asked to give a piece of advice, so you shouldn't.
Avoid using "I" and "you".
Use quotations sparingly.
Cite the sources for the ideas you present if these are not yours. This is how you show your respect to the people you learn from and also how reliable, professional and honest you are as an author.
Citing your sources in the text
Examples:
» The World Tourism Organisation (2005) reports that the increasing numbers of seniors affect...
» According to the World Tourism Organisation (2005) the increasing numbers of seniors affect...
» The World Tourism Organisation latest report (2005) suggests that the increasing numbers of...
Citing your cources in the List of References
Books:
» Rojek, C. 1993. Ways of Escape: Modern Transformations in Leisure and Travel. The Macmillan Press.
» Turner, L. and J. Ash. 1976. The Golden Hordes: International Tourism and the Pleasure Periphery. New York: St. Martin's Press.
Articles
» Digance, J. 2003. Pilgrimage at contested sites. Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 30 (1), pp. 143-159.
Internet Sources
» TravelMole. 2005. Hotel chain invests £1.8m on Wi-Fi technology. Accessed on 2/11/2005 from http://www.travelmole.com/stories/105847.php
» BBC. 2005. Lake podcasts hopes for tourism. Accessed at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4398748.stm (30/10/2005).
Attention
» You are expected to write your own assignment. The process counts.
» Plagiarism is unacceptable.
(According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means 1) to steal and pass off the ideas or words of another person as one's own; 2) to use another person's production without crediting the source; 3) to commit literary theft; 4) to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.)
For more information check Plagiarism.org and their resources.
» Make sure you spell-check your assignment.
» Send your assignment by e-mail either
a) in your e-mail message (save it first as a draft, check it if it looks OK. If it does, click on edit message as new and send it) or
a) as an attachment in rich text format or PDF.
» Make sure you send your assignment by the deadline.
What happens after you sent your assignment?
After the deadline for submitting the assignments is over, assignments are checked, read and considered for acceptance.
The following are checked before the article is read:
a) suitability of title
b) suitability of sources and whether they are cited properly as well as annotated
c) the length of the assignment
d) whether the assignment is spell-checked.
If any of these criteria are not met, the assignment will not be read but will be returned to you immediately for correction.
If the above criteria are met, the assignment is read and the following are checked:
a) the structure (introduction, body of the report, conclusion)
b) style of writing
c) citing sources in the text
d) use of grammar and vocabulary and similar.
A comment is then sent to your e-mail address saying:
a) "Thank you for your assignment. It's well written. See you at the exam."
This means everything is fine and you are allowed to come and sit for the exam.
b) "Thank you for your assignment. The topic of the assignment is suitable, however, a few corrections are needed. First of all, ..."
This means that you need to follow the instructions and correct your assignment. If the instructions are not clear, come and see me during my office hour for further help.
Corrections are read only once. If your assignment is not OK after you corrected it, you will have to skip the exam date and send your corrected assignment for the following deadline.
Providing a correct e-mail address and having an empty e-mail account is the student's responsibility.
UpYear 2
AimsThis assignment has got two major and two minor goals. The first two goals are about your English language skills (reading and writing). By the time your assignment is finished, you will have read at least three academic articles about a tourism issue (practised reading professional texts: skimming, skanning, etc.) and used your writing skills (note-taking, summarizing, reporting, etc.). While you are looking for suitable articles for your assignment, you also practise your information search skills and computer skills as well. These are some kind of side effects. You will use other skills as well but we are really interested in the first two. Hopefully the assignment will be an opportunity for you to improve your English and learn about tourism at the same time.
Suitable topics
A tourism-related issue based on sources written by tourism professionals for tourism professionals. For example: "Pilgrims and Tourists" or "Approaches to Destination Segmentation" or "Cultural Rural Tourism" or "Sustainable Tourism Development in Urban Areas" or "Megaevents and Their Impacts on a Country's Economy".
Descriptions of destinations, hotels, restaurants and similar are not suitable.
If you are not sure whether your topic is OK or not, ask me, your teacher. (Please list your sources too). You can do this with a simple e-mail message.
Sources
You should use at least three academic journal articles in English (a list of academic journals is provided in your coursebook) dealing with the same topic.
Length & Format
Either:
a) 4-5 pages of text written in font 12, spacing 1.5 (front page, list of reference, pictures, empty lines, etc. are not included) or
b) 1700-2000 words (front page, list of reference, etc. are not included).
Assignment structure
Every assignment must have the following parts:
» front matter
» introduction
» body of assignment
» conclusion
» annotated list of reference
Front matter refers to the information given in the beginning of the assignment such as assignment's title, your name and surname, the subject's name that the assignment is written for, etc.
The introduction is the first contact between you, the writer and your reader, so you should tell what the topic of your assignment is, why this topic is important and how you are going to deal with it in the remaining part of the assignment (e.g. you are going to focus on topic a, topic b and topic c).
In the body of the assignment then you will discuss topic a, topic b and topic c. Make sure you connect your ideas and paragraphs. You also have to support your statements with facts.
The conclusion summarizes the assignment and you share your conclusions based on what you have found out with your reader.
The annotated list of reference lists the bibliographical information about the articles you read in an alphabetical order together with your comments (these are the annotations). An annotation gives a short summary of what the article says about your topic of interest, its quality, and usefulness, how it fits into your assignment, whether it is a helpful resource and in what way. For example,
Digance, J.
2003. Pilgrimage
at contested sites. Annals of Tourism Research,
Vol. 30 (1), pp. 143-159.
In this article, Digance describes the possible problems and dilemmas that tourism development presents to the involved parties: pilgrims, tourists, local people and managers of sacred sites. It helped me understand the motives of pilgrims and the problems created by tourists who visit these places as tourist attractions.
In this article, Digance describes the possible problems and dilemmas that tourism development presents to the involved parties: pilgrims, tourists, local people and managers of sacred sites. It helped me understand the motives of pilgrims and the problems created by tourists who visit these places as tourist attractions.
Style of writing
Assignments should be written in a formal, nonpersonal style. This means that you have to write in a factual way (presenting facts, supporting your statements, etc.). Essays that present beliefs and the way the author feels or thinks about an issue are not accepted. Also, you are not asked to give a piece of advice, so you shouldn't.
Avoid using "I" and "you".
Use quotations sparingly.
Cite the sources for the ideas you present if these are not yours. This is how you show your respect to the people you learn from and also how reliable, professional and honest you are as an author.
Citing your sources in the text
Examples (useful phrases are underlined, the reporting verbs are in bold):
Mason & Mowforth (1996) argue that the motivation behind self-regulation is either the tourist ...
In this regard, Eadington & Smith (1992) argue that tourism takes on forms appropriate to an...
However, Poe (1993) argues that the difference is minimal, and that tends to be the case here...
But as Heide and John (1988) argue that "despite two decades of empirical research into power...
...in general, but Hoffman and Novak (1995) argued that this is at least partly due to an...
...goes through several decision stages of what van Raaij and Franckon (1984) called a "vacation...
Reynolds and Darden (1971) called individuals who are motivated to reciprocal influence the...
Ashworth (1989:33) calls urban tourism an area of 'double neglect'; with tourism researchers ...
Hughes (1995) claims that tourists understand a Parisian street through its many...
Colin (1994) claims that because of the sensitivity of ecosystems, even the smallest...
By then, the Islands were well into what Butler (1980, 1991, 1993) classified as the 'development..
Gill & Williams (1994) conclude that a commitment to growth management must extend beyond...
Rosenthal and Sowers (1995) conclude that, because of former and new accounting problems, it ... Albuquerque (1998) concluded that female tourists were sexually attracted to beach boys...
The Ecotourism Association of Australia (1992) defines it as 'ecologically sustainable tourism...
Kotler (1986) defines strategic planning as:”the managerial process of developing and...
McIntyre & Pigram (1992) demonstrated that variation in the focus of recreation involvement...
Debbage (1990) demonstrates how international oligopolies have a major role in the...
McGregor and McMath (1993: 46) describe missionary views of children's play 'as the realm of...
Plog (1974) developed a model to classify people according to psychographic types....
Saleh and Ryan (1991) developed a modified SERVQUAL questionnaire to survey guests and...
In contrast to Keown's empirical study, Ahmed and Krohn (1992) discuss Japanese tourists from...
In one of the seminal writings on service quality, Gronroos (1984) discussed corporate image ...
Lim (1997) examined one hundred empirical studies which were published over the ...
... types of tourist influx, while Allen et al. (1988) examined reactions in 20 communities...
Gill & Milne (1995) found similar variations in CRS adoption among Toronto hotels...
A US Environmental Protection Agency Study (EPA, 1992a) found that Las Vegas experienced ...
...land, while Davies (1987) discussed planning in New Zealand National Parks...
Buckley (1994: 664) has noted that a 'precise definition of ecotourism is perhaps unnecessary ...
Ross (1993, 1994) has pointed out that a large number of research studies have now focused ...
In Costa Rica, for example, Ravinski (1991) has reported that trail erosion became a serious ...
Andran and King (1997) have suggested that a possible reason for the poor performance of ...
Similarly, Bradford (1993) identified four types of visitors to a bald eagle viewing area...
For example, Eagles (1995) identified four types of sustainable tourism, including ecotourism...
Colin (1994) indicates that many separate organisations, groups and individuals are...
Sewell and Phillips (1979) mentioned three measures or "fundamental tensions" of public...
Darst and Armstrong (1980) note that competition among individuals and groups is minimal...
Jackson (1989) noted that these influences can be both local and global...
Mansfeld (1992) noted that the search process consists of two parts: an internal search...
Indeed, Holcomb (1993) observed that the rise of the concept of place marketing coincided with...
Healy (1994) observed that more opportunities for entry by the poor in a given...
As Richards (1987) points out, often tourism policies emerge without sufficient regard for the...
Madrigal (1995) points out, the fact that a group of people live in the same geographical...
Ashworth (1989) proposed a model for medium-sized Western European cities similar to...
Pearce and Caltabiano (1983) proposed the concept of a travel career ladder....
Jain (1985) provides a useful categorisation of the four key stages involved in...
Morgan (1992) provides a site-specific evaluation of the impact of tourism development...
However, Mowen (1990) referred those who influence other's purchase decisions as opinion ...
Cohen (1989) refers to processes of commercialisation of arts as being of four forms...
Fodor and Smith (1982) report that men with a high need for achievement tend to favour ...
Christianson & Siecskowski (1978) report that 'It is reassuring to note that the government ...
In addition, Milman and Pizam (1995) suggested that destination image consists of three ...
Lofland (1971) suggested that qualitative research is about getting close enough to...
Blarney (1995) summarizes the different psychographic approaches in more detail along...
Baas et al. (1989) undertook a study to assess the effectiveness of an informational brochure...
Bostedt and Mattsson (1995) used open-ended contingent valuation (CV) to estimate ...
Citing your cources in the List of References
Books:
» Rojek, C. 1993. Ways of Escape: Modern Transformations in Leisure and Travel. The Macmillan Press.
» Turner, L. and J. Ash. 1976. The Golden Hordes: International Tourism and the Pleasure Periphery. New York: St. Martin's Press.
Articles
» Digance, J. 2003. Pilgrimage at contested sites. Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 30 (1), pp. 143-159.
Internet Sources
» TravelMole. 2005. Hotel chain invests £1.8m on Wi-Fi technology. Accessed on 2/11/2005 from http://www.travelmole.com/stories/105847.php
» BBC. 2005. Lake podcasts hopes for tourism. Accessed at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4398748.stm (30/10/2005).
Attention
» You are expected to write your own assignment. The process counts.
» Plagiarism is unacceptable.
(According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means 1) to steal and pass off the ideas or words of another person as one's own; 2) to use another person's production without crediting the source; 3) to commit literary theft; 4) to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.)
For more information check Plagiarism.org and their resources.
» Make sure you spell-check your assignment.
» Send your assignment by e-mail either
a) in your e-mail message (save it first as a draft, check it if it looks OK. If it does, click on edit message as new and send it) or
a) as an attachment in rich text format or PDF.
» Make sure you send your assignment by the deadline.
What happens after you sent your assignment?
After the deadline for submitting the assignments is over, assignments are checked, read and considered for acceptance.
The following are checked before the article is read:
a) suitability of title
b) suitability of sources and whether they are cited properly as well as annotated
c) the length of the assignment
d) whether the assignment is spell-checked.
If any of these criteria are not met, the assignment will not be read but will be returned to you immediately for correction.
If the above criteria are met, the assignment is read and the following are checked:
a) the structure (introduction, body of the report, conclusion)
b) style of writing
c) citing sources in the text
d) use of grammar and vocabulary and similar.
A comment is then sent to your e-mail address saying:
a) "Thank you for your assignment. It's well written. See you at the exam."
This means everything is fine and you are allowed to come and sit for the exam.
b) "Thank you for your assignment. The topic of the assignment is suitable, however, a few corrections are needed. First of all, ..."
This means that you need to follow the instructions and correct your assignment. If the instructions are not clear, come and see me during my office hour for further help.
Corrections are read only once. If your assignment is not OK after you corrected it, you will have to skip the exam date and send your corrected assignment for the following deadline.
Providing a correct e-mail address and having an empty e-mail account is the student's responsibility.
UpYear 3
AimsThis assignment has got two major and two minor goals. The first two goals are about your English language skills (reading and writing). By the time your assignment is finished, you will have read at least three academic articles about a tourism issue (practised reading professional texts: skimming, skanning, etc.) and used your writing skills (note-taking, summarizing, reporting, etc.). While you are looking for suitable articles for your assignment, you also practise your information search skills and computer skills as well. These are some kind of side effects. You will use other skills as well but we are really interested in the first two. Hopefully the assignment will be an opportunity for you to improve your English and learn about tourism at the same time.
Suitable topics
A discussion of a business problem in the tourism industry that is based on sources written by tourism professionals for tourism professionals. For example: "Franchising Catering Facilities" or "Airlines in War" or "Loyalty Programmes and Their Contribution to a Hotel's Overall Profitability".
Descriptions of destinations, hotels, restaurants and similar are not suitable.
If you are not sure whether your topic is OK or not, ask me, your teacher. (Please list your sources too). You can do this with a simple e-mail message.
Sources
You should use at least three academic journal articles in English (a list of academic journals is provided in your coursebook) dealing with the same topic. Articles from Cornell Quarterly and Harvard Business Review are also welcome.
Length & Format
Either:
a) 4-5 pages of text written in font 12, spacing 1.5 (front page, list of reference, pictures, empty lines, etc. are not included) or
b) 1700-2000 words (front page, list of reference, etc. are not included).
Assignment structure
Every assignment must have the following parts:
» front matter
» introduction
» body of assignment
» conclusion
» annotated list of reference
Front matter refers to the information given in the beginning of the assignment such as assignment's title, your name and surname, the subject's name that the assignment is written for, etc.
The introduction is the first contact between you, the writer and your reader, so you should tell what the topic of your assignment is, why this topic is important and how you are going to deal with it in the remaining part of the assignment (e.g. you are going to focus on topic a, topic b and topic c).
In the body of the assignment then you will discuss topic a, topic b and topic c. Make sure you connect your ideas and paragraphs. You also have to support your statements with facts.
The conclusion summarizes the assignment and you share your conclusions based on what you have found out with your reader.
The annotated list of reference lists the bibliographical information about the articles you read in an alphabetical order together with your comments (these are the annotations). An annotation gives a short summary of what the article says about your topic of interest, its quality, and usefulness, how it fits into your assignment, whether it is a helpful resource and in what way. For example,
Digance, J.
2003. Pilgrimage
at contested sites. Annals of Tourism Research,
Vol. 30 (1), pp. 143-159.
In this article, Digance describes the possible problems and dilemmas that tourism development presents to the involved parties: pilgrims, tourists, local people and managers of sacred sites. It helped me understand the motives of pilgrims and the problems created by tourists who visit these places as tourist attractions.
In this article, Digance describes the possible problems and dilemmas that tourism development presents to the involved parties: pilgrims, tourists, local people and managers of sacred sites. It helped me understand the motives of pilgrims and the problems created by tourists who visit these places as tourist attractions.
Style of writing
Assignments should be written in a formal, nonpersonal style. This means that you have to write in a factual way (presenting facts, supporting your statements, etc.). Essays that present beliefs and the way the author feels or thinks about an issue are not accepted. Also, you are not asked to give a piece of advice, so you shouldn't.
Avoid using "I" and "you".
Use quotations sparingly.
Cite the sources for the ideas you present if these are not yours. This is how you show your respect to the people you learn from and also how reliable, professional and honest you are as an author.
Citing your sources in the text
Examples (useful phrases are underlined, the reporting verbs are in bold):
Mason & Mowforth (1996) argue that the motivation behind self-regulation is either the tourist ...
In this regard, Eadington & Smith (1992) argue that tourism takes on forms appropriate to an...
However, Poe (1993) argues that the difference is minimal, and that tends to be the case here...
But as Heide and John (1988) argue that "despite two decades of empirical research into power...
...in general, but Hoffman and Novak (1995) argued that this is at least partly due to an...
...goes through several decision stages of what van Raaij and Franckon (1984) called a "vacation...
Reynolds and Darden (1971) called individuals who are motivated to reciprocal influence the...
Ashworth (1989:33) calls urban tourism an area of 'double neglect'; with tourism researchers ...
Hughes (1995) claims that tourists understand a Parisian street through its many...
Colin (1994) claims that because of the sensitivity of ecosystems, even the smallest...
By then, the Islands were well into what Butler (1980, 1991, 1993) classified as the 'development..
Gill & Williams (1994) conclude that a commitment to growth management must extend beyond...
Rosenthal and Sowers (1995) conclude that, because of former and new accounting problems, it ... Albuquerque (1998) concluded that female tourists were sexually attracted to beach boys...
The Ecotourism Association of Australia (1992) defines it as 'ecologically sustainable tourism...
Kotler (1986) defines strategic planning as:”the managerial process of developing and...
McIntyre & Pigram (1992) demonstrated that variation in the focus of recreation involvement...
Debbage (1990) demonstrates how international oligopolies have a major role in the...
McGregor and McMath (1993: 46) describe missionary views of children's play 'as the realm of...
Plog (1974) developed a model to classify people according to psychographic types....
Saleh and Ryan (1991) developed a modified SERVQUAL questionnaire to survey guests and...
In contrast to Keown's empirical study, Ahmed and Krohn (1992) discuss Japanese tourists from...
In one of the seminal writings on service quality, Gronroos (1984) discussed corporate image ...
Lim (1997) examined one hundred empirical studies which were published over the ...
... types of tourist influx, while Allen et al. (1988) examined reactions in 20 communities...
Gill & Milne (1995) found similar variations in CRS adoption among Toronto hotels...
A US Environmental Protection Agency Study (EPA, 1992a) found that Las Vegas experienced ...
...land, while Davies (1987) discussed planning in New Zealand National Parks...
Buckley (1994: 664) has noted that a 'precise definition of ecotourism is perhaps unnecessary ...
Ross (1993, 1994) has pointed out that a large number of research studies have now focused ...
In Costa Rica, for example, Ravinski (1991) has reported that trail erosion became a serious ...
Andran and King (1997) have suggested that a possible reason for the poor performance of ...
Similarly, Bradford (1993) identified four types of visitors to a bald eagle viewing area...
For example, Eagles (1995) identified four types of sustainable tourism, including ecotourism...
Colin (1994) indicates that many separate organisations, groups and individuals are...
Sewell and Phillips (1979) mentioned three measures or "fundamental tensions" of public...
Darst and Armstrong (1980) note that competition among individuals and groups is minimal...
Jackson (1989) noted that these influences can be both local and global...
Mansfeld (1992) noted that the search process consists of two parts: an internal search...
Indeed, Holcomb (1993) observed that the rise of the concept of place marketing coincided with...
Healy (1994) observed that more opportunities for entry by the poor in a given...
As Richards (1987) points out, often tourism policies emerge without sufficient regard for the...
Madrigal (1995) points out, the fact that a group of people live in the same geographical...
Ashworth (1989) proposed a model for medium-sized Western European cities similar to...
Pearce and Caltabiano (1983) proposed the concept of a travel career ladder....
Jain (1985) provides a useful categorisation of the four key stages involved in...
Morgan (1992) provides a site-specific evaluation of the impact of tourism development...
However, Mowen (1990) referred those who influence other's purchase decisions as opinion ...
Cohen (1989) refers to processes of commercialisation of arts as being of four forms...
Fodor and Smith (1982) report that men with a high need for achievement tend to favour ...
Christianson & Siecskowski (1978) report that 'It is reassuring to note that the government ...
In addition, Milman and Pizam (1995) suggested that destination image consists of three ...
Lofland (1971) suggested that qualitative research is about getting close enough to...
Blarney (1995) summarizes the different psychographic approaches in more detail along...
Baas et al. (1989) undertook a study to assess the effectiveness of an informational brochure...
Bostedt and Mattsson (1995) used open-ended contingent valuation (CV) to estimate ...
Citing your cources in the List of References
Books:
» Rojek, C. 1993. Ways of Escape: Modern Transformations in Leisure and Travel. The Macmillan Press.
» Turner, L. and J. Ash. 1976. The Golden Hordes: International Tourism and the Pleasure Periphery. New York: St. Martin's Press.
Articles
» Digance, J. 2003. Pilgrimage at contested sites. Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 30 (1), pp. 143-159.
Internet Sources
» TravelMole. 2005. Hotel chain invests £1.8m on Wi-Fi technology. Accessed on 2/11/2005 from http://www.travelmole.com/stories/105847.php
» BBC. 2005. Lake podcasts hopes for tourism. Accessed at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4398748.stm (30/10/2005).
Attention
» You are expected to write your own assignment. The process counts.
» Plagiarism is unacceptable.
(According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means 1) to steal and pass off the ideas or words of another person as one's own; 2) to use another person's production without crediting the source; 3) to commit literary theft; 4) to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.)
For more information check Plagiarism.org and their resources.
» Make sure you spell-check your assignment.
» Send your assignment by e-mail either
a) in your e-mail message (save it first as a draft, check it if it looks OK. If it does, click on edit message as new and send it) or
a) as an attachment in rich text format or PDF.
» Make sure you send your assignment by the deadline.
What happens after you sent your assignment?
After the deadline for submitting the assignments is over, assignments are checked, read and considered for acceptance.
The following are checked before the article is read:
a) suitability of title
b) suitability of sources and whether they are cited properly as well as annotated
c) the length of the assignment
d) whether the assignment is spell-checked.
If any of these criteria are not met, the assignment will not be read but will be returned to you immediately for correction.
If the above criteria are met, the assignment is read and the following are checked:
a) the structure (introduction, body of the report, conclusion)
b) style of writing
c) citing sources in the text
d) use of grammar and vocabulary and similar.
A comment is then sent to your e-mail address saying:
a) "Thank you for your assignment. It's well written. See you at the exam."
This means everything is fine and you are allowed to come and sit for the exam.
b) "Thank you for your assignment. The topic of the assignment is suitable, however, a few corrections are needed. First of all, ..."
This means that you need to follow the instructions and correct your assignment. If the instructions are not clear, come and see me during my office hour for further help.
Corrections are read only once. If your assignment is not OK after you corrected it, you will have to skip the exam date and send your corrected assignment for the following deadline.
Providing a correct e-mail address and having an empty e-mail account is the student's responsibility.
UpDeadlines for the submission of assignments
Exam in January 2006: 4th December 2005
Exams in June 2006: 9th April 2006
Exam in August 2006: 18th June 2006
Up© Šarolta Godnič Vičič. Website last updated on 15/10/2005.
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