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UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

FHEL1024 ACADEMIC ENGLISH

TUTORIAL 1: ACADEMIC SOURCES AND APA REFERENCING

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TASK 1: SELECTING AND EVALUATING SOURCES

Suppose you are given the task of writing an academic paper on the topic Dangers of Ecstasy.

Consider the following sources that you find via a search engine online. Which would youexplore further into to aid you in your fact finding for your paper !rovide at least " reasons for

your choice. Share your points of view with the class and your tutor.

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TASK 2: MAKING NOTES

Expanding now from the #ask $% read the following passage. !roceed then to create your own setof notes &ased on the points you have learnt from the text. '(ou may choose to create notes in

either linear form or a mind map).

#he Danger of Ecstasy '*D*+)

,n almost all cases of *D*+-related deaths in ritain% overheating of the &ody and

inade/uate replacement of fluids have &een noted as the primary causes of death. 0owever% in

the 1nited States% studies appear to show that other causes are to &lame since no deaths from

overheating have yet &een reported. '2liver% 34456 #errins 7 !oe 34$46 and Weedingson% 34$$)8.

ased on 9akes '34$$)8% it seems that normal healthy people are unlikely to die as a result of

taking *D*+% &ut people with pre-existing conditions such as a weak heart or asthma may react

in extreme ways and are well-advised not to take it.

:ot all physical pro&lems associated with the drug are immediate. ;eepers '3445)8

reported that medium term and long term effects have &een reported which are /uite distur&ing.

*edium term effects include the possi&ility of contracting the liver disease hepatitis% or risking

damage to the kidneys. 0owever% animal studies such as those reported in ;ohnston '34$4)8% #an

and 0orace '34$$)8 and

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*Please note that ALL CITATIONS provided in this text are INVENTED. They are used in

this text ativity purely !or lass disussion purposes and do not re!let any existin" na#e$

year or pu%liation.

TASK 3: APA REFERENCING

,nstructions@ *ake corrections to the citation% including spacing% punctuation% eliminating

unnecessary information% or re-ordering the references. (ou can assume that all spellings are

accurate6 all the information needed to correct the references is provided.

Refere!e"

alagura% Steve. '$5AB). ,nfluence of 2smotic and Caloric 9oads 1pon 9ateral 0ypothalamic

Self-StimulationJournal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 66,"3-"3B.

:ational Commission on Writing in +merican Schools and Colleges. '344"). #he neglected @

the need for a writing revolution. etrieved from.

http@www.college&oard.comprodFdownloadswritingcomneglectedr.pdf.

+&el% S.E.% ?ox% !.#.% !osner% ;.!. '$55B). !ositron emission tomographic studies of the cortical

anatomy of single word processing.Nature, ""$% pp. B-B5.

Codon% D. E. '$55=% ;anuary $4).Gids growing up scared.Newsweek, volumeH"% pp.="-5.

GlatIky% . 9. '$5B4).Human Memory: tructures and Processes'Second Edition). ?riedman@

San ?rancisco.

Swaminathan% :. '344H).!ating "isorders.http@psychologytoday.comconditionseating.html.

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