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1 Introduction2 Asking your Teacher Questions

3 How to Approach Homework and AssignmentsReferences

Tips on Academic Communication

Faculty of Humanities: Freshman Preparation Course

Srinakharinwirot University

July 30-August 4th, 2016

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Knowledge/Learning: Questions and Answers

Question: Why are you here? (i.e., university)

Answer: To gain knowledge! eg.,

(i) fact vs fiction propositional(ii) how to do things procedural, eg.,

- how to access/acquire informationeg., by asking questions! Using library resources/databases!

- how to assess information (fact vs fiction, good vs bad ideas)eg., by asking critical questions! Testing Hypotheses!Checking for consistency!

- how to share ideas/knowledge










- how to share ideas/knowledge




2.1 Greeting2.2 Identify Yourself2.3 Ask your question/State concern2.4 Closing

Asking Your Teacher Questions





Acquiring Information by ASKING

How can we access/acquire information?

→ By asking questions!

...but what if you’re too shy to ask in front of all or my friends?

E-MAIL!





Academic Communication: WHY to write emails

WHY are you writing an e-mail to your teacher?

You have a question regarding the classsyllabus/requirements: homework, midterm, final examconceptual content

You want to schedule an appointment to meet





Academic Communication: WHEN to write emails

WHEN do you write an e-mail to your teacher?

Outside of class!

But your teachers are people too!

Don’t be surprised if you don’t get an immediate response on theweekend, or outside of working hours

(i.e., Monday-Friday (8am -4:30 pm)





How to Ask your Teacher Questions

HOWdo you write an e-mail to your teacher?

Sample E-mail

From: [email protected]: [no subject]

Hi Teacher,

Tell me about the homework?

Thank you,Chocolate

P.S. PLEASE GIVE ME AN A!!! ; )






Sample E-mail

From: [email protected]: Question about SWU 252: Homework format

Dear Ajarn Jack,

My name is Nattaya Piriyawiboon (student no. 0987654321).I am in your Thursday morning SWU 252 (Aesthetics) class.

I have a question about the homework assignment that is duenext Thursday (September 16th) - is it okay if my assignment ishand-written, or do you require a typed and printed version?

Thank you,Chocolate (Nattaya Piriyawiboon)







Sample E-mail

From: [email protected]: homework

Hello Teacher,

I have a question about your homework essay. I want to ask youabout it. I’ll come by your office tomorrow, 12 pm, ok?

Thank you,Apple






4 Easy Steps for Smooth Communication

1. Greeting

2. Identify yourself

3. Ask your question or state your concern

4. Closing







1. Greeting



4. Closing





How to Greet your Teacher in an Email

HOW to GREET for Smooth Communication

UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTABLE(i) Salutation: Dear mmm, Good Morning/Afternoon, Greetings!(ii) Titles: Mr., Ms., Dr., Ajarn, Professor

...NOT SO UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTABLE(i) Salutation: Hi, Hey, What’s up?, Whaazzzzzup?(ii) Titles: You - First name







1. Greeting



4. Closing







1. Greeting



4. Closing





How to Identify Yourself in an Email

HOW to Self-Identify for Smooth Communication

INFORMATIVE and USEFUL!(i) Full name AND nickname(ii) Student number(iii) Class code, class name, class section

...NOT SO INFORMATIVE and USEFUL(i) Nickname only (or not even that)(ii) Class name only (there is often more than one section)







1. Greeting



4. Closing







1. Greeting



4. Closing





How to ASK/STATE Concerns in an Email

HOW to ASK/STATE concerns for Smooth Communication

(i) Make it brief - KEEP IT SIMPLE

(ii) Give all, but only relevant/important details

(iii) Show that you’ve already tried to answer your question(eg., asking TA, checking syllabus, course website)

(iv) Use formatting to help organize issues







1. Greeting



4. Closing







1. Greeting



4. Closing





How to Sign Off in an Email

HOW to Sign Off for Smooth Communication

RESPECTFUL(i) Thank you,(ii) Respectfully Yours, Best

...NOT SO RESPECTFUL(i) Pls answer soon!!!(ii) Hurry! And please give me an A!!!




3.1 How to Approach Homework/Assignments3.2 Plagiarism and Citation Systems

Doing Homework andAssignments











- how to share ideas/knowledge - i.e., communication











- how to share ideas/knowledge - i.e., communication





COMMUNICATING KNOWLEDGE

WHEN do you communicate your knowledge?

In-Class Discussions!

Assignments!

Quizzes, Midterms, Final Exams!

→ These are your opportunity to learn,but also your opportunity to show your learning!






HOW do you make the mostof homework/assignments as learning opportunities?

Don’t be afraid to be wrong!

But ask yourself: Why do I think this? Is it justified?

Be honest about your state of knowledge!

→ If you honestly communicate what you know/think, and what youdon’t know, it’ll be easier for your teacher to help you learn






HOW do you be HONESTLY communicatethe state of your knowledge?

1. First, YOU have to figure out what you know!Ask yourself: Why do I think this? Is it justified?

2. Be honest about where your knowledge came from

→ Academic communication has specific ways of marking thisi.e., citation systems like MLA, APA, Chicago Style, etc.





HONESTLY COMMUNICATING KNOWLEDGE

WHAT is plagiarism?“the process of taking another person’s work,ideas or words, and using them as if they wereyour own.”

. -MacMillan Dictionary Entry





HONESTLY COMMUNICATING IDEAS

WHY avoid plagiarism?...besides the ethical concerns of dishonesty?

...you’ll be mocked on Twitter and The Late Show!

You could be academically punished:fail the assignment, fail the course, expelled from university






WHAT counts asplagiarism?

You copied your friend’s homework, word-for-word

You copied one paragraph of your friend’s homework, word-for-word(but the other 80% is yours)

You used the ideas in your friend’s homework, but rephrased thingsin your own words







You copied and pasted one sentence from Wikipedia

You read a paragraph from Wikipedia, but summarized it in yourown words

You read an article, and use some ideas from it, or modify someideas from it, to write an essay






Michelle Obama at DNC 2008“Barack and I were raised withso many of the same values, thatyou work hard for what you wantin life, that your word is yourbond and you do what you sayyou’re going to do; that youtreat people with dignity andrespect, even if you don’t knowthem and even if you don’t agreewith them.”

Melania Trump at RNC 2016“From a young age, my parentsimpressed on me the values thatyou work hard for what you wantin life, that your word is yourbond and you do what you sayand keep your promise. That youtreat people with respect. Theytaught and showed me valuesand morals in their daily life.”






Michelle Obama at DNC 2008“Barack and I were raised withso many of the same values, thatyou work hard for what you wantin life, that your word is yourbond and you do what you sayyou’re going to do; that youtreat people with dignity andrespect, even if you don’t knowthem and even if you don’t agreewith them.”

Melania Trump at RNC 2016“From a young age, my parentsimpressed on me the values thatyou work hard for what you wantin life, that your word is yourbond and you do what you sayand keep your promise. That youtreat people with respect. Theytaught and showed me valuesand morals in their daily life.”






Michelle Obama at DNC 2008“And Barack and I set out tobuild lives guided by thesevalues, and pass them on to thenext generation. Because wewant our children – and allchildren in this nation – to knowthat the only limit to the heightof your achievements is thereach of your dreams and yourwillingness to work for them.”

Melania Trump at RNC 2016“ That is a lesson that I continueto pass along to our son, and weneed to pass those lessons on tothe many generations to follow,because we want our children inthis nation to know that the onlylimit to your achievements is thestrength of your dreams and yourwillingness to work for them.”






Michelle Obama at DNC 2008“And Barack and I set out tobuild lives guided by thesevalues, and pass them on to thenext generation. Because wewant our children – and allchildren in this nation – to knowthat the only limit to the heightof your achievements is thereach of your dreams and yourwillingness to work for them.”

Melania Trump at RNC 2016“ That is a lesson that I continueto pass along to our son, and weneed to pass those lessons on tothe many generations to follow,because we want our children inthis nation to know that the onlylimit to your achievements is thestrength of your dreams and yourwillingness to work for them.”







It’s okay to take ideas and inspiration from other people!

“If I have seen far,it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”

- Isaac Newton

But it’s important to give that person(s) credit!

This is why we have citation systems






WHAT is acitation system?

1. APA Style (American Psychological Association)

2. MLA Style (Modern Language Association)

3. Chicago Style/Turaburian

4. ...(but these are just examples)






WHAT is acitation system?

1. Reference/Bibliography: A list of all of the sources you have used,with all the relevant information (eg., author, title, format, year, etc.)

2. In-line Citations: Indications throughout your work, of where andhow you have used these sources. (eg., Vancouver-Style orParenthetical Style)

3. Standardized way of marking Direct Quotation (eg., quotationmarks, indented italic “quote” boxes)







If you don’t think you can rephrase the idea in a clear way, usequotation marks to mark the words as direct quotation!

If you are able to rephrase the idea, you still need to indicateyour source with in-line citations!

If you have modified the idea, you should also indicate yourinspiration with in-line citations






WHEN do you use theparts of a citation system?1. Reference/Bibliography: Every source you use for ideas/inspiration

MUST be included in your list of references.

2. In-line Citations: Anything that did not spring from your mind, fullyformed, should be marked with an in-line citation.

3. Quotation Marks: Whenever you have used five consecutive wordsfrom a source! Or for non-standard terminology.






SOURCE 1 (Stecker 2010:39)

Kant thought that four featuresare essential to such judgmentsand distinguish it from otherswith which it might be confused.First, such judgments aresubjective, that is, they are basedon a felt response of pleasure,rather than the application of arule or a concept.

SOURCE 2 (Lyas 1997:113)

The terms “objective” and “subjective” seem

easy to characterize. The world, it is said,

contains two classes of things. There are

objects out there: trees, stones and clouds,

which have properties like weight and

shape. Then there are subjects that have a

psychological life: me, your dog, their

hamster and her pig. An objective assertion

refers to a property out there, in the object.

A subjective assertion expresses some state

of the psychological life of the subject.








HOMEWORK

Kant proposed that aestheticjudgements are characterizable by fourfeatures. The first characteristic featureis that they are “subjective.” By theterm “subjective,” Kant means that anaesthetic judgement is based on “a feltresponse of pleasure” (Stecker 2010).This contrasts with an objectivejudgement, which is based on asystematic calculation or applied rule(Stecker 2010).








HOMEWORK

Kant proposed that aestheticjudgements are characterizable by fourfeatures. The first characteristic featureis that they are “subjective.” By theterm “subjective,” Kant means that anaesthetic judgement is based on “a feltresponse of pleasure” (Stecker 2010).This contrasts with an objectivejudgement, which is based on asystematic calculation or applied rule(Stecker 2010).





HONESTLY COMMUNICATING IDEASSOURCE 2 (Lyas 1997:113)

The terms “objective” and “subjective”

seem easy to characterize. The world,

it is said, contains two classes of things.

There are objects out there: trees,

stones and clouds, which have

properties like weight and shape. Then

there are subjects that have a


hamster and her pig. An objective

assertion refers to a property out there,

in the object. A subjective assertion

expresses some state of the

psychological life of the subject.

HOMEWORK

Stecker 2010’s use of the term“subjective” differs from howLyas 1997 uses it. According toLyas 1997, subjectivejudgements crucially involve theperspective of a perceiving,thinking, “subject” - i.e., anentity with a “psychological life”(Lyas 1997:113). According toLyas 1997, the absence of asystematic calculation or appliedrule is irrelevant to categorizing ajudgement as “subjective” or not.





HONESTLY COMMUNICATING IDEASSOURCE 2 (Lyas 1997:113)

The terms “objective” and “subjective”

seem easy to characterize. The world,

it is said, contains two classes of things.

There are objects out there: trees,

stones and clouds, which have

properties like weight and shape. Then

there are subjects that have a


hamster and her pig. An objective

assertion refers to a property out there,

in the object. A subjective assertion

expresses some state of the

psychological life of the subject.

HOMEWORK

Stecker 2010’s use of the term“subjective” differs from howLyas 1997 uses it. According toLyas 1997, subjectivejudgements crucially involve theperspective of a perceiving,thinking, “subject” - i.e., anentity with a “psychological life”(Lyas 1997:113). According toLyas 1997, the absence of asystematic calculation or appliedrule is irrelevant to categorizing ajudgement as “subjective” or not.




References I

Lyas, Colin. 1997. Aesthetics Fundamentals of Philosophy. University CollegeLondon Press, London.

Stecker, Robert. 2010. Aesthetics and the philosophy of art: An introduction.Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.


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