Exploring the Effect of Social Media on Language Proficiency for IIUM BENL Undergraduates Akmyr Syahar Azwar b. Abd. Kadir 1016607 English Language & Literature Kulliyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences English for Academic Writing LE 4000 Section 17 Madam. Teh June Li Date of submission: 13 December 2013 Abstract This paper explored the effect of social media on language proficiency specifically IIUM BENL undergraduates. A total of 32 English undergraduates
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How do you feel about writing academic papers? If you have enjoyed writing in the past‚ what did you like about the process of writing? If you have not enjoyed it‚ why not? Did you have any of the misconceptions about writing discussed in Chapter 1 of the text? What did you learn in the chapter that you think might be helpful to you in writing papers here at Ashford University? I do not like writing academic papers. It is very time consuming and some require doing a lot of research on the topic
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The Conventions of Academic Writing Shirley A. Boyd Everest Online ENC 1102 Composition II - 84 Research writing in each discipline follows certain convention – that is‚ special forms required to citing sources and designing pages. These rules make uniform the numerous articles written internationally by millions of Scholars. The society of language and literature scholars‚ the Modern Language Association has a set of guidelines generally known as MLA style. Similarly‚ the American
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5 december 2012 Universiteit van Amsterdam Merijn Rengers 2012/2013 Academic Writing Semester 1‚ block 2 …… Leanne Hogenhout 6076645 §1. Introduction The last decade the number of students rise spectacularly‚ from less than 3000 to over 240.000 in 2010/2011. Especially after World War II the number of students rise quickly‚ because of the large number of baby boomers in de sixties. The accesability of university education was expanded and the number of different studies
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1.0 DIRECTOR 1.1 WHO IS DIRECTOR? A company is a business entity whereby it is associated or collected of individual real persons and/or other companies‚ who each provided some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection‚ group or association of persons can be made to exist in law and then a company is itself considered a "legal person". The name company arose because‚ at least originally‚ it represented or was owned by more than
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Some useful expressions used in academic writing for: 1. Stating your own position on a Subject or Topic • The aim of this paper is to… • The point of this article is to… • It shall be argued in this paper/essay/review that… • The view presented in this paper/essay/review is that.. 2. Presenting your own point of view • There are many reasons why…. • It is important/necessary to point out that… • The first thing to be considered is… • It is a fact that…
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COMPARISON-CONTRAST ESSAY In your career as a student‚ you will encounter many different kinds of writing assignment‚ each with its own requirements. One of the most common is the comparison/contrast essay‚ in which you focus on the ways in which certain things or ideas—usually two of them—are similar to (this is the comparison) and/or different from (this is the contrast) one another. By assigning such essays‚ your instructors are encouraging you to make connections between texts or ideas‚ engage
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UNIT 1 Writing an Expository Essay Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Essay structure and the introductory paragraph Body paragraphs‚ concluding paragraphs‚ and outlining Improving your work © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org P a r t 1 Essay structure and the introductory paragraph Essay structure An essay is a piece of writing made up of a number of paragraphs. Each paragraph has a specific role in an essay. In a five-paragraph essay‚ the first paragraph is an introduction; the
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Maastricht University School of Business and Economics A Guide to Academic Writing Skills Second edition Robert Wilkinson Jeannette Hommes ©2010 Robert Wilkinson and Jeannette Hommes‚ Maastricht University. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by means‚ electronic or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ recording or by any information storage and retrieval system‚ without prior permission from the copyright owner‚ or‚ as the cases may be
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Dear Sir/ Madam‚ I am writing to express my interest in the [University name]‚ and particularly in the PhD program of Computer Science and Information System. More than ten years ago‚ I was very fascinated when I opted for bachelors in computer sciences from King Abdul Aziz University Jeddah‚ Saudi Arabia and until now‚ computer still is the most exciting thing in my life. The more rapidly the technological advancements and computer science developments has risen globally‚ there is still a long
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