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Week 3 Session 2
What is a mayor?
A person elected to run a city in a fixed period of time
of 7
Speed dating
Personality traits
Proofreading
Part of speech
Activity 4
terminer: to decide (Old French)
Determined
easy + going
easygoing
ego: the self
egotistical
ir: not resolute: solve
irresolute
Activity 7
Proofread the rest of the activity
Highlights:
Foxconn/ Golden Gate Bridge
Samaritans
Polysemy
Collocation
Why do people commit suicide?
Important suicide risk factors
1. Age
2. unemployment
3. previous suicide attempts
4. alcohol dependence
5. organized plan
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
Foxconn: Foxconn Technology Group
A contract manufacturer producing
Its clients include:
American, Japanese and Canadian electronics and information technology companies e.g.
In 2010, 18 workers attempted suicide in the Shenzhen campus.
14 died
Why?
Activity 6
Watch and answer the questions
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Points to remember:
Situation:
Causes:
The part a word plays in a sentence
Example: John will come to see us soon.
What is the part of speech of each word?
John will come to see us soon.
Pronoun
Verb: finite
Noun
Verb:
non-finite
Adverb
Nouns Pronouns Adjectives Articles
Verbs Adverbs
Conjunctions
Prepositions
May also include:
interjection or exclamation
Nouns
Common nouns e.g. book
Proper nouns e.g. Hong Kong
Abstract nouns e.g. love
Collective nouns e.g. a herd
Pronouns
Subject pronouns e.g. They
Object pronouns e.g. them
Possessive adjectives e.g. their
Possessive pronouns e.g. theirs
Reflexive/ emphatic pronouns e.g. themselves
Articles
Indefinite articles e.g. a, an
Definite articles e.g. the
Adjectives
tall, beautiful
comparatives e.g. taller, more beautiful
superlatives e.g. the tallest, the most beautiful
Verbs
Finite verbs e.g. They have gone swimming.
Tense and aspect, Voice
Non-finite verbs e.g. Gerund, Infinitives, Participles
Gerund (verbal noun) e.g.
They have gone swimming.
Infinitives e.g.
I want to go swimming too. Please let me go with them.
Participles e.g. the running water, the broken chair.
Adverbs
slowly, fast
Comparatives e.g. more slowly, faster
Superlatives e.g. the most slowly, the fastest
Prepositions
Place e.g. in a room
Time e.g. at six
Location e.g. under the water
Phrasal verbs (verbs + prepositions) e.g. look into
Conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions e.g. and, but
Subordinating conjunctions e.g. when, because
Related patterns
Phrases
Noun phrases e.g. the head of the family
Adjective phrases e.g. with brown hair
Adverbial phrases e.g. the day after tomorrow
Prepositional phrases e.g. in the morning, by the river
Clauses
Noun clauses
He told me that you won the writing competition.
Adjective clauses
The girl who is standing there is a cousin of mine.
Donald Trump, who is a billionaire, has become the President of the USA.
Compare:
The news that he will move to New York is rather shocking.
The news that arrived this morning is rather shocking.
Adverb clauses
People like to go hiking when it is cool. (time)
Although he is fat, he runs very fast. (concession)
He stood up so that he could see more clearly. (purpose)
Reason, condition, place, results, etc
Process
Borrowing e.g. ballet
Coinage e.g. sandwich
shortening e.g. JUPAS, flu, brunch, edit
Compounding e.g. pickpocket, fire-engine
Conversion e.g. attack (v) to attack (n)
Derivation e.g. dishonest (dis + honest), treatment (treat + ment)
Conversion and derivation
Conversion: from one part of speech to another part of speech without changing the form and pronunciation e.g. fax, love
Derivation: add prefix e.g. unhappy or suffix e.g. careful, distribution
Therefore, endings often tell us which part of speech the word belongs to.
Some examples
Adverbs
careful(ly), quick(ly), happ(ily)
Except: silly, friendly, etc
Nouns
relat(ion), dictat(ion)
complete(ness), happi(ness)
local(ity), real(ity)
friend(ship), hard(ship)
child(hood), brother(hood)
develop(ment), govern(ment)
Others: confiden(ce), proficien(cy)
Verbs
(en)joy, fast(en), loos(en), (en)sure, (en)danger
beauti(fy), satis(fy)
Adjectives
help(ful), use(ful)
help(less), use(less)
chingl(ish), fool(ish)
angr(y), hungr(y)
danger(ous), conscienti(ous)
comfort(able), un(able)
Work in groups
Do some reading and research and present what you have found in class
Duration: not more than 10 minutes
Present with ppt
Worksheets can be distributed
Week 9
Here are some reference books that may help.
Online dictionaries:
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english
http://www.freecollocation.com/