Therefore,Professor Rothenberg called on the collaboration of both instructors and librarians to provide helpful guidelines to enable students to have access to valuable research resources. PART IPART II PART IIIWRITING
• Therefore, Professor Rothenberg called on the collaboration of both instructors and librarians to provide helpful guidelines to enable students to have access to valuable research resources
Preview Questions 1.Do you like to use a library or the Internet when you work on your writing assignment?Why? Some people prefer a library because there are a lot of sources of up-to-date information there. Many useful books,especially recent publications, do not appear on the Internet.Another disadvantage of the Internet information is that they are usually pieces of articles that can not provide a complete argument. PART I PART II PART IIIWRITING
Preview Questions 1. Do you like to use a library or the Internet when you work on your writing assignment? Why? Some people prefer a library because there are a lot of sources of up-to-date information there. Many useful books, especially recent publications, do not appear on the Internet. Another disadvantage of the Internet information is that they are usually pieces of articles that can not provide a complete argument
Some people prefer the Internet because it is much easier and quicker to search for information of almost all sorts.Just by a single click,you can save hours or even days searching piles of books or journals in a library. Meanwhile,when you find the information you want on the screen,you click and just copy and paste it to your paper.It saves a lot oftyping work,too. PART I PART IIPART IIIWRITING
Some people prefer the Internet because it is much easier and quicker to search for information of almost all sorts. Just by a single click, you can save hours or even days searching piles of books or journals in a library. Meanwhile, when you find the information you want on the screen, you click and just copy and paste it to your paper. It saves a lot of typing work, too
2.Do you think a term paper is a better way of evaluation than a final test?Why? Of course a term paper is a better way of evaluation than a final test.For every Chinese student,the time preparing for the College Entrance Exam is a nightmare.We've heard stories that some high school students were hurt by that cruel exam,either physically or mentally,even both.Some have developed a natural fear oftests that has continued even after they enter universities.Moreover, more and more tests aim at testing one's memory.Some tests are poorly designed by those teachers who lack professional training. PART I PART II PART III WRITING
2. Do you think a term paper is a better way of evaluation than a final test? Why? Of course a term paper is a better way of evaluation than a final test. For every Chinese student, the time preparing for the College Entrance Exam is a nightmare. We’ve heard stories that some high school students were hurt by that cruel exam, either physically or mentally, even both. Some have developed a natural fear of tests that has continued even after they enter universities. Moreover, more and more tests aim at testing one’s memory. Some tests are poorly designed by those teachers who lack professional training
3.Do you think the Internet will make students lazy?Why or why not? The Internet will make students lazy because it provides them with ready-made information which stops critical thinking and active imagination.Students are often attracted by colorful pictures and fancy cartoons on the computer screens,or they may play games on computer and forget about their assignments and the thinking skills they require. The Internet will not make students lazy because it gives students meaningful information that helps them to think.A poorly informed person may think only poorly,which leads to intellectual laziness. PART I PART II PART III WRITING
3. Do you think the Internet will make students lazy? Why or why not? • The Internet will make students lazy because it provides them with ready-made information which stops critical thinking and active imagination. Students are often attracted by colorful pictures and fancy cartoons on the computer screens, or they may play games on computer and forget about their assignments and the thinking skills they require. • The Internet will not make students lazy because it gives students meaningful information that helps them to think. A poorly informed person may think only poorly, which leads to intellectual laziness