ENGL E101F W2 S1_L11

Some interesting statistics about languages

How many languages are spoken all over the world?

More than 7,000

Some interesting statistics about languages

What is the most spoken language in the world?

Some interesting statistics about languages

https://www.berlitz.com/en-uy/blog/most-spoken-languages-world

The statistics were last updated on 3 Sept 2021.

The top 5:

1.132 m

379 m

English

753 m

More NNS than NS

What does this mean?

918 m

1.117 m

199 m

Mandarin

More NS than NNS

615 m

Hindi

341 m

274 m

More NS than NNS

Spanish

534 m

460 m

74 m

More NS than NNS

French

203 m

280 m

77 m

More NNS than NS

Some interesting statistics about languages

https://www.berlitz.com/en-uy/blog/most-spoken-languages-world

The statistics were last updated on 6 Feb 2023.

The top 5:

1.452 m

English

372.9 m

1,079.1 m

More NNS than NS

1.118 m

Mandarin

929 m

189 m

More NS than NNS

Hindi

343.9 m

258.1 m

602 m

More NS than NNS

474.7m

Spanish

548 m

73.3 m

More NS than NNS

French

280 m

79.9 m

200.1 m

More NNS than NS

Some interesting statistics about languages

https://www.berlitz.com/en-uy/blog/most-spoken-languages-world

The top 5:

1.132 m

379 m

English

753 m

Still more NNS than NS

1.452 m

1,079.1 m

372.9 m

An increase in the population

A slight decrease in NS

Quite an increase in NNS

1.117 m

Mandarin

918 m

199 m

Still more NS than NNS

1.118 m

929 m

189 m

An increase in the population An increase in NS but a decrease in NNS

Hindi

615 m

341 m

274 m

A decrease in the population

An increase in NS but a decrease in NNS

602 m

343.9 m

258.1 m

Some interesting statistics about languages

https://www.berlitz.com/en-uy/blog/most-spoken-languages-world

The top 5:

Spanish

460 m

534 m

74 m

An increase in the population

An increase in NS but a slight decrease in NNS

474.7m

548 m

73.3 m

French

280 m

77 m

203 m

Not much change in the total number

An increase in NS but a decrease in the number of NNS

280 m

79.9 m

200.1 m

Some interesting statistics about languages

Is English the most popular learnt language?

According to the statistics provided by Berlitz.com, the % of NNSs in each speaking population in 2021 is:

How about 2023?

Spanish

Chinese

13%

16.9%

42.9%

74.3%

71.5%

13%

17.8%

44.5%

66.5%

72.5%

Hindi

English

French

English has replaced French as the most popular learnt language at the beginning of 2023.

8 September

Adverse weather Arrangement:

• still in force at 6:30 am: classes before 2 pm cancelled
• Still in force at 10 am: classes from 2 to 6 pm cancelled
• Still in force at 2 pm: all classes cancelled

8 September

What happened if classes have been cancelled?

Make-up classes during the study break (Week 14)

8 September

Difference between nursing groups and other groups:

• Patient Case Report

• Citation and referencing

Assignment 1

Due date: 20 October 2023 (Week 7)

Weighting: 16% of the total course score

Total: 857 words

Assignment 1 Part 1

Any observation?

Assignment 1 Part 1

Key words:

How to squeeze 857 words into 180 words

180 words

Summarize

Assignment 1 Part 1

Focuses:

Summary: no personal evaluation and comments

Tsang's arguments

Tsang's position

Assignment 1 Part 1

Please bear in mind:

Assignment 1 Part 1

Language

Content

16-20

Very good

Very good control of language; only very occasional errors or inappropriacies could be found.

The language marks should be based on the student's own language and/or their attempts to paraphrase.

Award 0 to language for summaries which contain large chucks of texts directly copied from the passage or summaries which are not written in paragraphs.

16-20

Very good

The summary is complete with (nearly) all key ideas identified. Ideas are presented clearly and arranged logically. No irrelevant materials are found.

Assignment 1 Part 1

Time allowed:

Skim and scan: 10 mins

Writing: 10 mins

Let's practise

Skim and scan the article 'Counting the Costs'.

Try to local the key points related to (1) Tsang's position and (2) Tsang's arguments.

Do it on the paper provided. DON'T DISCUSS.

Any observation?

Assignment 1 Part 2

Do you know what they are?

Guinness World Record

(Guinness World Record traveller)

epic

(epic 10-year journey)

Assignment 1 Part 2

What is Guinness World Record? How can we find out information of it?

Generally provide you with the website

Google Search

Chatgpt@hkmu.edu.hk

Assignment 1 Part 2

Generally provide you with a descriptiopn

How about Chatgpt?

Guinness World Records is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted book of all time. It also has a television show and website. The records range from sports accomplishments to extreme physical characteristics and human feats.

Assignment 1 Part 2

Then what is the Guinness World Record traveller ?

Fred Finn

Assignment 1 Part 2

Then what is the Guinness World Record traveller set to complete epic 10-year journey?

is likely Mike Spencer Bown

Assignment 1 Part 2

What about the Guinness World Record traveller who travelled only by ship for 10 years?

Masahiko Kotsuka

Assignment 1 Part 2

What is epic?

Let's compare the answers provided by chatgpt and Collins CoBuild Dictionary.

Assignment 1 Part 2

What is epic?

Assignment 1 Part 2

What is epic?

impressively great vs large and impressive

Assignment 1 Part 2

epic 10-year journey

= a 10-year long and impressive journey

It is a news report about the 10-year long and impressive journey by a Guinness World Record traveller whose name is Torbjorn "Thor" Pedersen.

Assignment 1 Part 2

Then what are you going to do for Part 2 of Assignment 1?

Gladys Luk

A secondary teacher

Started working at E & L in 2010

Teaches two proficiency courses

Co-ordinates overseas programmes

Hobbies

Bingo!

Hobbies

Travelling

Hobbies

Eating

Hobbies

Reading

How about you?

Any volunteer?

Course outcomes

Demonstrate knowledge of the basic functional and structural properties

of the English language

Word choice

Study

Word class

Structure

Function

Social purposes

Sentence patterns

Function: Study

Academic writing

• Summarising

• Paraphrasing

• Citation and referencing

Examples

Question:

Do Hong Kong people like travelling?

Which is more academically written?

Examples

Example 2

Example 1

Yes, they do. Hong Kong people like travelling. According to UNWTO, 87.6 million Hong Kong people travelled abroad in the first half of 2015 and they spent about USD23.6 billion on travelling, making Hong Kong the 4th largest outbound market in Asia and the 14th in the world.

Yes, they do. Many people in Hong Kong spend their holidays overseas. They like going to Taiwan, Japan, Korea and European countries such as the UK, France and Italy. Sometimes they go with their families. Sometimes they travel alone.

Comments

Example 2 is more academically written.

• clearer and more precise.
• supported by facts and statistics
• more complex sentence structure
• with in-text citation

Yes, they do. Hong Kong people like travelling. According to UNWTO (2015), 87.6 million Hong Kong people travelled abroad in the first half of 2015 and they spent about USD23.6 billion on travelling, making Hong Kong the 4th largest outbound market in Asia and the 14th in the world.

Implication on university writing assignment

University writing is different from secondary school writing in terms of

• Structure
• Grammar
• Use of academic features

Activity 6 (P. 8)

Watch the news clip regarding speed dating produced by CBS and answer the questions that follow.

1. How does 8-minute dating work?

8-minute dating allows people to sign up and meet at least eight people, each for eight minutes in their towns for romance, friendship or business.

Activity 6 (P. 8)

2. How much does 8-minute dating cost? What does it include?

It normally costs $30-40 for a night and it sometimes includes food, drinks and special things at the venue.

Activity 6 (P. 8)

3. According to Dave, what are the advantages of 8-minute dating?

8-minute dating allows participants to actually meet people and get the chemistry feel for them. Also, the anonymous nature reduces the rejection factor.

Activity 6 (P. 8)

4. What happens after the first date is over?

Participants then go to the 8-minute dating website and enter the code numbers of the people they want to see again. The computer would email contact information if matches are found.

Activity 6 (P. 8)

5. What does Lisa like about Mark? What does she mean when she says 'the sparkle in his eye when he looked at me'?

Lisa thinks that Mark has a great personality. He is very bubbly, very outgoing and great to talk to. When Lisa says, 'the sparkle in his eye when he looked at me', she's referring to how Mark was attracted by her.

Activity 6 (P. 8)

6. How did Mark break the ice to start a conversation with Lisa? Did it work?

Mark broke the ice by telling Lisa how beautiful she looked. It worked.

Activity 6 (P. 8)

7. What are Lisa's comments about 8-minute dating?

Lisa is positive about 8-minute dating and thinks that it is something that she would try again. She finds it great to meet the person and see if there's chemistry first before going further.

Activity 3

How did Lisa describe Mark?

lively, cheerful and talks a lot

Bubbly and outgoing

Being bubbly and outgoing: two qualities of Mark

Do you know any other qualities?

Activity 3 (P. 6)

6. intelligence

7. passion

8. sense of humour

9. ambition

10. confidence

1. independence

2. looks

3. optimism

4. conversational skills/communicative skills

5. sociability

Writing practice

Choose one of the qualities in Activity 3 and explain in no more than 150 words why it is a quality that men would look for in women or vice versa