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ENGL E101F

Week 4 Session 1

Warm up exercise

My Wish

What is it?

What is it like?

I have a wish.

What is it like?

It is grey in colour.

There are numbers.

It is very important to me.

My Wish

My Wish

Polysemy

What is it?

What is it?

  • Words with more than one meaning

  • Understand the meaning in context

Language play

Puns

Language play

Play with meaning

Playing with meaning

sides:

right or left

Right = correct

Playing with meaning

Fan

Playing with meaning

speaker & mike

Play with pronunciation

Playing with pronunciation

Alice in Wonderland

"And how many hours a day did you do lessons?" said Alice, in a hurry to change the subject.

"Ten hours the first day," said the Mock Turtle, "nine the next, and so on."

Playing with pronunciation

"What a curious plan!" exclaimed Alice.

"That's the reason they're called lessons," the Gryphon remarked: ___________________________

___________

because they lessen from

day to day.

Chinese puns

Do we have this in Chinese?

Do we have this in Chinese?

Do we have this in Chinese?

Pun

Recap

Recap

  • Unit 1: Act. 7
  • Part of speech
  • Summarizing practice

What did we do last class?

Unit 2

A matter of life and death

Unit 2

Highlights:

Foxconn/ Golden Gate Bridge

Samaritans

Polysemy

Collocation

Activity 4

Activity 4 (P. 21)

Why do people commit suicide?

Important suicide risk factors

1. Age

2. unemployment

3. previous suicide attempts

4. alcohol dependence

5. organized plan

Activity 4 (P. 21)

6. illnesses

7. lack of social support

8. family history

9. financial difficulties

10. coexisting personality disorders

11. impulsiveness, aggression or violent behaviour

Based on sudden desires rather than careful thought

Activity 6

Activity 6 (P. 24)

Foxconn: Foxconn Technology Group

A contract manufacturer producing

  • electronic components, computer chips, etc

Activity 6 (P. 24)

Its clients include:

American, Japanese and Canadian electronics and information technology companies e.g.

  • Apple Inc., Dell, HP, Nokia, Sony, etc

Activity 6 (P. 24)

In 2010, 18 workers attempted suicide in the Shenzhen campus.

14 died

Why?

Activity 6

Watch and answer the questions

Activity 6 (P. 24)

1. What comparison is used to describe the way Foxconn is run? Do you think the analogy is appropriate?

similarity between 2 things, on which comparison can be based e.g. the heart and a pump; the royal family and the crown

A military operation

Like a soldier. Do the same thing all day long. Do not talk, socialize but work, sleep and work, sleep.

Activity 6 (P. 24)

2. What is the major problem identified with the Foxconn operation?

separated from others

The major problem is the feeling of isolation and alienation among the workers.

Being an outsider or feeling isolated

Activity 6 (P. 24)

3. The report mentions that there is a lot of resentment among the workers. What does this mean? Where do you think the resentment comes from?

'Resentment' here refers to the feeling of displeasure or even anger towards Foxconn and towards the society at large.

Activity 6 (P. 24)

3. The report mentions that there is a lot of resentment among the workers. What does this mean? Where do you think the resentment comes from? (Contd.)

The resentment may come from widening gap between the poor and the rich and therefore the feeling of helplessness and uselessness despite the rapid economic growth.

Activity 6 (P. 24)

4. The report names two measures the company has taken to prevent more suicides. What are they? What do analysts say about these measures?

a. bringing in mental health professionals

b. the setting up of a safety net.

Analysts called these 'window dressing', suggesting that they are merely decorative and do not address the root of the problem.

Activity 6 (P. 24)

5. What have the big name clients of Foxconn done in response to the suicides?

They said they are deeply concerned about the suicides and have issued statements expressing sorrow for the victims.

Summarizing practice

Summarising practice

The task

Summarizing practice

Summarize in about 180 words the text 'Spare the rod, save the child'.

Your summary should outline the situation briefly, and then focus on the causes of the prevalence of corporal punishment in Kenya. You must write in paragraphs with full sentences and you must not copy indiscriminately from the passage.

Summarizing practice

Points to remember:

  • Word limit: 180
  • Outline the situation, focusing on the causes

Key ideas

Key ideas

Situation:

  • Omanga's case not isolated
  • 6 deaths in the last four years
  • Some suffered serious injuries
  • often punished for petty offences:
  • coming late to school
  • wearing a torn uniform

Key ideas

Causes:

  • Teachers' attitudes/ beliefs:
  • In favour of corporal punishment
  • Would descend into chaos
  • Children would become even more unruly
  • Less rather than more violence

Key ideas

  • Large class sizes:
  • One of the few disciplinary tools available given large class sizes
  • Teacher-pupil ratio: 1:31
  • Class of 50-60 students are common
  • Burden heaviest in rural areas with teachers' posts left vacant

Key ideas

  • Not banned as difficulties in prosecution:
  • Attempt to ban
  • Fail because of teachers' oppositions
  • No teacher has been convicted

Paraphrasing

Paraphrasing

Try to present the key ideas in your own words.

Time allowed: 15 minutes

Academic writing

Academic Writing

What is it?

What is Academic Writing?

Academic writing = Formal writing

What is special about Academic writing?

  • clearer and more precise
  • facts and statistics
  • complex sentence structures

What is Academic Writing?

What is more?

Please read the text entitled 'What is Academic Writing?'

What is Academic Writing?

  • No slang or colloquial language
  • No contracted (short) forms
  • Different in terms of choice of words and grammar
  • The way of organizing the ideas
  • Most importantly, with citation and referencing

What is Academic Writing?

Formality

academics

family and friends

serious thought

conversational

complex sentences showing considerable variety in construction

mostly simple and compound sentences joined by conjunctions such as and or but

clear and well planned

less likely to be clear and as organised

likely to be error free

may not always use complete sentences

Technical and academic language used accurately

use of short forms, idioms and slang

Activity

Activity

Task 2

Put the following texts in order by giving 1 to the most academic and 4 to the least academic

Activity

Answer:

B D C A

Activity

B: the most academic

  • From a research book on academic writing
  • Complete sentence structure
  • High-level vocabulary e.g. reciprocal, empirical, literacy, etc
  • Serious thought
  • Nomination e.g. development, application

D: the second most academic

Activity

  • Being taken from a profile report
  • Complex sentences
  • Academic vocabulary
  • Passives
  • In-text citation

Activity

C: a mixture of formal and informal modes

  • From an instruction manual
  • Passives
  • Complex sentences
  • Personal pronouns like 'you'

Activity

A: part of a speech or an informal letter or email

  • Question-and-answer sequence
  • 'Anyway'
  • Short forms e.g. it's, I'll
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