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ENGL E102F Wk 1 Sess 1
ENGL E102F
Week 1 Session 1
Text types
Materials & others
The course
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The course
- ENGL E102F
- Effective Use of English II
- A 5-credit foundation course
How is it compared to E101F?
Structure
Course Structure
ENGL E101F
- Proficiency course
- Summarizing and paraphrasing
- Referencing
- Academic writing
- Academic grammar
ENGL E102F
- Proficiency course
- In addition to those learnt in E101F (a step further into academic writing)
- Genres
- Genres for academic purpose
- Genres for specific purpose
Course Structure
Genres for academic purposes
- Essays e.g. argumentation
- Reports e.g. research reports
- Review e.g. book reviews
Genres for specific purposes
- Application letters
- Medical texts
C A
Continuous Assessment (CA)
ENGL E102F
- Assignment 1:
- Reading and Writing
- Essay writing
- Assignment 2:
- Listening and Speaking
- Making a speech
ENGL 101F
- Assignment 1:
- Reading and Writing
- Summary writing + Essay writing
- Assignment 2:
- Listening and Speaking
- Making a speech
- English Learning Portfolio
Exam
Examination
ENGL E101F
- Written examination only
- Listening
- Reading comprehension
- Proofreading
- Referencing
- Writing
ENGL E102F
- Written + Oral examinations
- Written:
- Listening
- Reading comprehension
- Academic communication
- Writing
- Oral:
- Presentation & Interview
How to pass the course
The same as E101F
Materials & others
Materials for the course
Materials for the course
- 5 booklets: Modules 1 to 5
- Course Guide
- Assignment File
Materials for the course
The 1st 3 modules:
Mainly deal with academic writing and presentations
Materials for the course
The last 2 modules:
Mainly deal with genres for specific purspose e.g. letter of application
Materials for the course
Materials for the course
How to collect these materials
- Hard copies: in my office
- Soft copies: in the OLE (week 1)
Materials for the course
For the time being, please use the soft copies
Get the hard copies next week
Routine & others
Routine
- Usually start with a warm up exercise
- work on course materials
- do other writing and oral practices
Routine
- Be punctual
- keep your mobile phone in silent mode
- use your ipads and laptops only when going over course materials
Before exam
- Do exam practice on
- Listening
- Reading
- Academic Communication
- Oral practice
Oral practice
Oral
practice
Aim:
- enhance the speaking skills for the oral exam
Speaking activities
Speaking activities
- Speeches
- Drama
- Debate
Speaking activities
- Speeches:
- Each of you will be given a topic.
- Prepare it and give a 5-min speech on it.
- The topic and the schedule will be given to you next class.
Genres
French
= kind, type, class, variety, etc
so it refers to text types
What is a text?
What is a text?
A text is a piece of communication either in a written or spoken form with structure and functions.
Genres
Text types
Genres
Conventions
Each genre has its specific purpose, organization or structure and grammar
What are they?
Read text 2 to text 5
Work in groups to identify the text types and features
Text 2
Text 2
Memo
- From husband to wife
- Rather informal
- Use of personal pronouns: 'me', 'you'
Text 2 (contd.)
- Terms like 'icebox'
- Rather conversational with a joking tone
- 'Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold'
Text 3
Text 3
Minutes
- Format
- Attendance/ absent with apologies/ apologies
- Past tense & passive voice
Text 4
Text 4
Persuasive text:
- advertisement
- Multimodal text
- Use of fonts, capitalization, imperative sentences, pictures to convey meanings
A multimodal text is a text combining two or more semiotic systems e.g. written language and visual images.
Text 4
- Use of persuasive language:
- Every family needs one
Text 5
Text 5
News article
Report a news story
- Contain a headline
- In columns
- Quotation
- Past tense
Text 5
News article
Report a news story
Headline
Columns
Not following the conventions, then???
Read text 1
Letter from a prospective suitor
Prospective =
to describe someone who wants to be the thing mentioned or who is likely to be the thing mentioned
Text 1
Text 1
Dearest Ms Julie Yeh
Yours sincerely
Mr Romy Oh
Modern reply to modern dating
Attn: Mr Romy Oh
Dear sir
Yours perhaps
Julie Yeh
Encls.
Text 1 (condt.)
Format: a letter
- A love letter?
Like letters between employers and employees
Tone: not right
Academic and formal
Text 1 (contd.)
Lexical resources: not right
Discipline specific terms
What is wrong?
Structure, function
The __________ contradicts with the _____________
Conventions
Therefore, when working on a particular genre
- Pay attention to the functions/ purposes (situation and task)
- Use appropriate format, appropriate vocabulary, appropriate tone, etc
When doing assignments in particular
Academic purpose
Genres for academic purpose
Examples:
- Discussion
- Exposition
- Argumentation
One genre in the exam
Specific purpose
Genres for specific purpose
Examples:
- Reports
- Application letters, etc
in the exam
Grammar Quiz
Grammar Quiz
Answers
Grammar Quiz
Work in groups of no more than 5
You will have 10 minutes to complete the quiz.
Grammar Quiz
The quickest group that can complete the quiz within 10 minutes and get all the answers correct will get extra 10 marks. The second one will get 5 and the third one 3.
Grammar Quiz
Complete the quiz in 10 minutes or after 10 minutes, the group with the highest mark will be the winner.
Grammar Quiz
The total mark: 66 marks
Extra mark for each correct category: 3 marks
The maximum:
10 marks + 66 marks + 30 marks = 106 marks
Grammar Quiz
Transitive: takes an object
Intransitive: does not take an object
Grammar Quiz
From past
To future
Grammar Quiz
Concrete nouns: countable [singular / plural]
Abstract nouns: cannot be counted [singular]
Proper nouns: usually not counted [seldom plural]
Grammar Quiz
Answer 'yes' or 'no'
'WH' questions
Grammar Quiz
Grammar Quiz
Grammar Quiz
Type 1
Type 2
Type 3
Grammar Quiz
Grammar quiz
Answers to the quiz
Grammar quiz
Transitive: takes an object
Intransitive: does not take an object
Grammar quiz
From past
To future
Grammar quiz
Concrete nouns: countable [singular / plural]
Abstract nouns: cannot be counted [singular]
Proper nouns: usually not counted [seldom plural]
Grammar quiz
Answer 'yes' or 'no'
'WH' questions
Grammar quiz
Grammar quiz
Grammar quiz
Type 1
Type 2
Type 3