Beginning with academic writing
Week 10
This week we pondered over multiliteracies and quotations. Multiliteracy is the ability to comprehend and adapt various modes to one’s needs. The class started with discussions of the historical background of the said topic, focusing on how academic groups like the New London Group foresaw a change in the forms of education and how it transpired. Furthermore, we discovered that the reference, agency, structure, context, and interest of the multiliteracies’ “grammar” are all important factors.
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Then we briefly went over the proper way to quote passages when referencing a piece of writing or author. We were told to add quotations in our previously written essays about two-hour classes. We got to implement the “sandwich style” of quoting, which involves presenting the quotation, using it actually, and then elaborating on it.
In the next session, we were made to point out all the “they say/I say” passages or specific sentences, in the text provided. “I say” included all the parts where the author used their own words, whereas, “they say” covered the parts where citations and references were used.
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