E101F Wk 2 S1_Nursing

Due date: 18 October (Week 7)

Assignment 1 Part 1

Assignment 1 Part 1

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.

Assignment 1 Part 2

Read the newspaper article Denmark introduces ‘Fat tax’ on foods high in saturated fat (page 6) from ABC News. Write an article of about 300 words for an OUHK student magazine expressing your view on whether Hong Kong should follow Denmark’s example and introduce a similar ‘fat tax’ to combat the increasingly serious obesity problem. Your article will be marked for: (a) task response, (b) coherence and cohesion, (c) lexical resource and (d) grammatical range and accuracy (Please refer to the marking criteria for Assignment 1 Part 2 in Appendix I). You may refer to the arguments expressed in the article but should not copy indiscriminately from it.

Assignment 1 Part 2

Pay attention to the following:

＿Audience

Yes or no

Obesity problem

Assignment 1 Part 2

The basic structure of an essay

Introduction

Body

Conclusion

• Introduction: Background + thesis statement + organization of ideas
• Body: One idea in one paragraph with topic or concluding sentence
• Conclusion: re-state the key ideas

Assignment 1 Part 2

Refer to the marking criteria

Submission

Soft copy

submit it via Online Learning Environment (OLE)

Submission

Submission

Hard copies

• In person during class
• drop it in my assignment box

Referencing

To avoid plagiarism:

Use your own words

Use phrases such as "According to ..."

Provide a simple reference

According to Wee (2014), ...

With reference to 'A wide berth: Will ... ' from South China Morning Post (2014), ...

Referencing

A wide berth: Will Kai Tak's little used cruise terminal catch on enough to justify HK$8 billion cost? (2014, July 8). South China Morning Post. Retrieved from https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel/article/1548818/will-little-used-kai-tak-cruise-terminal-catch-enough-justify-its

Q1 window

Noun

100%

Q2: Happiness

Noun

89.66%

Q3 Meander

Noun/ Verb

55.17%/ 17.24%

Q4 Blue

Adjective/ Noun

72.41%/ 27.59%

Q5 If

conjunction

79.31%

Q6 Under

Preposition/ Adverb

72.41%/ 6.90%

Q7 Our

Pronoun (possessive adjective)

89.66%

Q8 Be

82.76%

Verb

Q9 Strongly

Adverb

72.41%

Q10 Grin

48.28%/ 31.03%

Verb/ Noun

Q11 Iridescent

Adjective

51.72%

Q12 Comatose

Adjective

6.90%

Q13 Cogitate

55.17%

Verb

Q14 Because

Conjunction

93.10%

Q15 Ennui

Noun

62.07%

Q16 Although

Conjunction

93.10%

Q17 Avoid

100%

Verb

Q18 They

Pronoun (subject pronoun)

86.21%

Q19 Aberration

Noun

89.66%

Q20 Courageously

Adverb

82.76%

Word Origin (Etymology)

Some remarks:

Meander, blue and grin

Meander

From noun to verb

Blue

From adjective to noun

Grin

From verb to noun

Examples of Conversion

http://www.etymonline.com/

Under

Preposition

Under the table:

Adverb

Go under the fence:

70 or above: 80%

About the result

unfamiliar words may cause a certain kind of trouble in deciding the word class each word belongs to

About the result

But sometimes the form can tell

Comatose

Any implication/ indication

1. How well the words are learned

2. How good your performance in proofreading will be

3. A signal for brushing up your English

Summarizing

Summarizing

To state briefly the main points or ideas

Avoid adding your own opinions and evaluation.

How to do it?

Main ideas

Underline

Details and examples

Delete

Main ideas, use shorter or more concise words, synonyms

Rewrite

and rearrange

Words and/or sentences for coherence

Activities

Unit 4, Activity 6 (P.47)

Which one is a summary, which one is a paraphrase and which one is the original text?

the original text.

The first one is

a summary.

The second one is

a paraphrase.

The third one is

Example of summarizing (P. 52)

Overall, the first two quarters of 2008 have been profitable to the company. Nineteen of twenty departments report cutting costs at least twenty percent, and sales from fifteen departments have risen five percent, or about $5 million. Despite these positive developments, most department heads believe that they will not be able to maintain these levels for the remainder of the year.

Example of summarizing (P. 52)

Underline

Overall, the first two quarters of 2008 have been profitable to the company. Nineteen of twenty departments report cutting costs at least twenty percent, and sales from fifteen departments have risen five percent, or about $5 million. Despite these positive developments, most department heads believe that they will not be able to maintain these levels for the remainder of the year.

Example of summarizing (P. 52)

Examples!

Why?

Delete

Nineteen of twenty departments report

cutting costs at least twenty percent, and sales from fifteen departments have risen five percent, or about $5 million.)

Overall, the first two quarters of 2008 have been profitable to the company. Nineteen of twenty departments report cutting costs at least twenty percent, and sales from fifteen departments have risen five percent, or about $5 million. Despite these positive developments, most department heads believe that they will not be able to maintain these levels for the remainder of the year.

Example of summarizing (P. 52)

Not rewrite and rearrange

Not yet

Finish?

Overall, the first two quarters of 2008 have been profitable to the company. Despite these positive developments, most department heads believe that they will not be able to maintain these levels for the remainder of the year.

Example of summarizing (P. 52)

The first half of 2008 has been profitable,

but the rest of the year is not expected to be as good.

Example of summarizing (P. 52)

The first half of 2008 has been profitable, but the rest of the year is not expected to be as good.

Implication on assignment 1 part 1

Main ideas???

• Silver lining to its future

• The problems encountered by the cruise terminal at Kai Tai

Implication on assignment 1 part 1

Leave out all the details not related to these ideas

Implication on assignment 1 part 1

Example:

NO

Any explicit indication of problems?

Implication on assignment 1 part 1

• had to wait two hours for a cab

Yes

Any explicit indication of problems?

• the chaos ... question the management of the terminal and its transport links

Implication on assignment 1 part 1

That is really a problem and the problem is related to transport, right?

Government's response to ease the tension!

Any explicit indication of problems?

Implication on assignment 1 part 1

Problems:

• had to wait two hours for a cab
• chaos ... question the management of the terminal and its transport links
• far from enough taxis to fulfil demand - an hour wait is ridiculous

Implication on assignment 1 part 1

Therefore, first

• read the passage very very carefully.

• Then underline all the ideas related to the problems and silver lining to its future.

Questions?

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?

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

Assignment 2 English Learning Portfolio

Teacher-marked short writing task 1 (P. 18)

Choose two qualities you have discussed in Activity 3 and explain why men/women would look for these two qualities in a woman/man. (about 300 words)

Assignment 2 English Learning Portfolio

Template (uploaded on the OLE)

Header:

Main body:

Footer:

Font and size: Times New Roman and 12

Spacing: 1.5

Assignment 2 English Learning Portfolio

Submit it by

• Next Wednesday
• send it to my email account:
• nyluk@ouhk.edu.hk

Next class

Proofreading

Paraphrasing

More about the structure of an essay

Academic writing