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3. Academic 
Honesty
1. 
Go online to find an explanation of what academic honesty consists in. Compare it with 
views on academic honesty in Russia.
2. Using relevant online resources, prepare concise guidelines on how to avoid plagiarism.
STAGE 2
Ex. 3. Working in small groups/pairs, sort the phrases from A and B into the 
following categories
General references 
to literature
Highlighting inadequacies 
of previous research
Identifying weaknesses 
of a particular work
1. Although extensive research has been carried out on …, no single study exists which ad-
equately covers ….. 
2. During the past … years much more information has become available on …… 
3. However, the author offers no explanation for … 
4. The study would have been more convincing/useful if the researcher had considered/in-
cluded….
5. In recent years, there has been an increasing amount of literature on …….
6. Most studies in (the field of ) … have only focused on …
7. 
Nevertheless, the proposed theory has not escaped criticism from …
8. Researchers have not treated … in much detail. 
9. The first serious discussions and analyses of … emerged during the 19…s 
10. However, the study fails to consider …
11. The research to date has tended to focus on … rather than …. 
12. There is a considerable volume of published studies describing ……
13. Whereas previous research on … mainly focused on …, we will also be looking at ….
Ex. 4. Make up your own list of vocabulary necessary to write a review of literature 
and share it with the class.
Ex. 5. Use the phrases from ex. 3 and 4 in sentences about your research.

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TERM PROJECT WORK
STAGE 3
Ex. 6. Peer editing. 
a) Edit the following excerpt from students’ research proposal. Focus: language 
accuracy, style and plagiarism (NB: all undocumented quotes are to be 
paraphrased).
b) Revise the excerpt using the phrases from ex. 10 where possible.
There are plenty of sources on public diplomacy. The literature can be classified depending on 
the school as well as on the form. My analysis is focused on the American, European and Russian 
literature on the subject. 
American school of diplomatic studies, in particular, pays a lot of attention to this topic, as 
public diplomacy was an essential element of American foreign policy for decades. In my analysis, 
I will be using the articles of such American journals on pubic diplomacy as The Journal of Place 
Branding and Public Diplomacy and The Public Diplomacy Magazine. However, almost each of the 
authors has a different perspective on the definition of the term.
Carnes Lord, Professor of Statecraft and Civilization writes (missing comma) that the most im-
portant roles public diplomacy will have to play for the United States in the current international 
environment will be less grand-strategic and more operational. Support of national policy in mili-
tary contingencies is one such role, and probably the most important. 
Jill A. Schuker, former Senior Director for Public Affairs at the National Security Council empha-
sizes the importance of effective communication with the public aimed at emulating America’s 
vision and ideas. He believes that public diplomacy is one of America’s most effective weapons of 
outreach, persuasion and policy.
However, both of them do not seem to see difference between public diplomacy and propa-
ganda, which impedes the objectiveness and comprehensiveness of the analysis. 
Lastly, the official definition of the term by the Planning Group for Integration of USIA into the 
Department of State says that “public diplomacy seeks to promote the national interest and the 
national security of the United States through understanding, informing and influencing foreign 
publics and broadening dialogue between American citizens and institutions and their counter-