代写assignment，代写留学生期末考试作业,Critical Reasoning Module: FAQs
(last amended 17.12.09)
Contents:
Developing a presentation/assignment topic
Changing your topic
Selecting appropriate sources of evidence
Formatting the assignment
The following questions all came from previous students on the module. The bizarre formatting of some entries is the result of copying their emails. It is perhaps worth mentioning that when you send an email to somebody, the format you use says something about you. So, if, for example, you spell extremely badly or employ capital letters throughout, the image this projects is of a someone who is sub-literate. This might be of no consequence if you are arranging a drinking session in a club, but it may be less than wise if you are communicating with someone who has the ability to affect your future - such as a boss. Some academics regard illiterate emails as an insult.
Developing a presentation/assignment topic
Q. Is this question OK? Critically assess the claim that the benefits of the 2003 London congestion charge will outweigh the cost of the charge to businesses.
A. That may be acceptable. However, you need to tweak it so that it refers to businesses rather than 'motorists'…
Q. …the title of our presentation will be "critically anaylse the arguments regarding uk changing its currency to the Euro" (title may need to be reworded) could you please give some feedback thanks
A. Your spelling and punctuation need a lot of work! You may think that remark is trite, but the way you write emails sends messages about you. As for the question, it needs to begin with ‘Critically assess...’ and would be better if it had a business rather than a pure macroeconomic focus. So I would suggest something like: Critically assess the claim that the benefits to business, if the UK were to join the Euro, will outweigh the costs.
Q. How about: Critically assess how britains increased dependance on imports has affected britains diminishing manufacturing sector.
A. Your spelling and punctuation need a lot of work! You may think that remark is trite, but the way you write emails sends messages about you. As for the question, I'm not sure what you would 'critically assess' with this one. Is there any case for arguing that imports have helped?
You will find it much easier to produce an assignment if you choose a topic on which there is an existing, well developed debate with opposing points of view that have been well explored in the relevant academic literatures. The more 代写assignment contentious and well published the controversy, the easier it will be for you to adopt a critical tone in your analysis.
Q. Could we get your opinion on our two draft topics please: 'Critically assess the effect of the smoking ban on businesses'
'Critically assess how changing from the pound to the euro would affect UK businesses'
A. They both look reasonable. Be careful however that you do not simply list some of the effects of the ban or moving to the euro. You will actually have to do some critical assessment. It might be easier if the wording included a position that you could attack.
Q. What do you think of this topic? "Critically access whether it is viable for a company to be social responsible regarding fair-trade and whether current regulations could be improved to help third world countries"
A. It is probably possible to use Fairtrade as a topic on this module, but I can't imagine how you could criticise the two aspects you have chosen. It is hard to argue that it is socially irresponsible, and all regulations can be improved.... See if you can think of a more contentious argument.
Q. What about: Critically asses the affect of the recession on the UK's economy and businesses.
A. You should switch the automatic spelling function off when you send emails. The words you are looking for are ‘assess’ and ‘effects’. The current recession is too recent for there to have been any academic work published. You need to choose a topic that is at least 2 years old. It is also not at all clear how you could: ‘critically assess the effects of the recession...’ You could describe them; you might even list them as costs and benefits, but I don’t see how you could critically assess them.
Q. Please comment on: ‘Critically assess the claim that the benefits of the 2003 London congestion charge such as improving journey times, reducing congestion and improving public transport in central London will outweigh the cost of the charge to motorists commuting to their place of work.’
A. This looks promising, if you can find enough published high-quality academic work on the topic. You also need to change it so that it refers to businesses rather than ‘motorists’.
Q. What about: Critically assess how the increase in fuel pricing has a negative impact on business.
A. I can't imagine how you would critically assess that statement! It obviously has a bad effect on business...
Q. Do you think this is suitable? Critically assess how potential government legislation on global warming will be acceptable for businesses.
A. That is not written using conventional English grammar. Moreover, potential legislation has not happened yet, so I doubt there will have been anything published on this subject that you could draw on and refer to.
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Q. Can my question be: CRITICALLY ASSESS TOURISM AS A BUSINESS AND THE IMPACTS OF IT WITHIN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY?
A. I think you should try to narrow it down on to some specific topic within the general heading of tourism and the global economy. You need a topic on which a lot of academic work has been done. Tourism is not my specialist area, but, as an example of how you can use a controversy – you might have something like: Critically assess the argument that the benefits to business are so large that it is always desirable for a country to host the Olympic games.
NB I am not suggesting that this is necessarily a good subject – I don’t know the literature in the area. However, I am suggesting it is the kind of subject that will allow you to be critical rather than simply descriptive.
Q. Could you please let us know if this question is suitable for the group presentations?
Critically assess the argument to why consumers buy fair trade products?
A. Apart from being very poorly expressed, I don't see how you can critically assess the reason why they do it. Would something like: critically assess the argument that Fairtrade is always beneficial for producers, be of any use? I have no idea if anything much has been written about Fairtrade in the academic world. You will need to do some research in EBSCO or an equivalent academic database.
Changing your topic
Q. I was told that for this PDP assignment we don’t have to do it on the same subject that we are doing the presentation on, is that correct?
A. Yes. Theoretically you could use a different topic for each piece of assessment. However, bear in mind that if you do that you will need to do a different set of research for each new topic. If you do decide to follow that route I strongly advise that you send me a draft of your new topic for comment. Some students in the past have changed topics without consulting with me and made catastrophically poor choices that affected their grades.
Q. We are doing our group presentation on the smoking ban, but I was going to do my PDP and possibly final essay on the effects of visitor attractions on the tourism industry as I know more about that and am on the tourism award, is that ok?
A. Yes. However you must word it so that it begins 'Critically assess...'and for the assignment it will also have to be critical in nature and not simply descriptive. I have no idea if that will be easy to do with that particular topic.
Selecting appropriate sources of evidence
Q. Is it ok to use the following site in our Critical reasoning presentation? A. No. If you go to the home-page of that site you will see that it has been written by students. Use EBSCO (or equivalent) as source of high-quality academic, peer-reviewed journal articles.
Q. Is it all right to use co.uk, .com and .edu sites?
A. Not normally. Use EBSCO (or equivalent) as source of high-quality academic, peer reviewed journal articles.
Q. I have found some information in a book called The Gallup poll:public opinions 2005 by Alec Gallup, Frank Newport. Can I use this book to reference this information as I’m not sure if it is an academic book or a report as it is a collection of data?
A. You can use non-academic material as long as it only constitutes a minority of your sources. The overwhelming majority of your sources must be unambiguously high quality and academic in nature. The easiest way to ensure that is to use academic texts and journals.
I have used the ‘refzone:how to reference’, although I'm finding it confusing.
A. Your problem is caused by using the web. Just refer to the physical book not the web version, and use a standard book reference. Unless you are referring to a website that has no physical existence in the real world, the route by which you access a source is of no importance or interest. If you access a book or journal by walking into a library and picking it up, you don't mention that in the reference. Similarly if you access a book or journal by using the web you don't mention that in the reference either. It is the source details that matter, not the way you found it.
Q. How I would go about referencing a quote, that is not the author’s work, that is cited in an online book?
A. Keep it simple. Refer to the original not the book in which it is quoted. NB this applies to any kind of book – on-line or in-your-hand.
Q. I want to refer to a quotation that I found in a book, but I can't find the actual reference that has been used. How do I create a reference?
A. If you are reading a book that does not cite its sources you would be best to avoid it all together; it is almost certainly non-academic.
Formatting the assignment
Q. Do we have to use a specific, special format for the 代写assignment on this module?
A. No. The assignment should not be written in some strange, special ‘critical reasoning’ assignment format. It is simply a ‘normal’ assignment. Thus, you do NOT need to have sub-headings called ‘reasons’ or ‘assumptions’ and so on. The module is intended to explain the underlying components and structure of arguments so that you can construct better arguments in all of your assignments. The skills you have been learning on this module are generic and for use in any assignment.