ENGL E101F Wk 5 Ss 1_L14

loan words

Recap

Talked about:

• Self-introduction
• Citation and referencing
• Patient case report

English Learning Portfolio

It should include

• Teacher-marked writing & revision(s)
• self-improvement form (s) + sample works
• Self-chosen writing: Patient Case Report & revision(s)
• Short reflection

English Learning Portfolio

Teacher-marked writing

• revision
• weaknesses for self-improvement
• complete the self-improvement form

Self-improvement form

Aim: to improve an area of weakness

It can be anything related to:

• the 4 skills i.e. listening, reading, writing and speaking
• grammar e.g. correct use of different parts of speech, collocation
• writing e.g. structure of an essay, tone, formality

English Learning Portfolio

English Learning Portfolio

English Learning Portfolio

Self-improvement form

The starting point: the teacher-marked writing

Make sure that the mistakes are not slips but errors that you have to work on.

Example:

• There are quite a number of collocation mistakes so you may choose to work on collocation.

Self-improvement form

Example:

1. Area you would like to improve:

• Collocation
• I want to improve this area because I often make mistakes related to collocation. I don't know the correct combination of words such as administer corporal punishment

Self-improvement form

Example:

2. Task aims:

• My aim is to learn to combine words naturally in the native speakers' way and be able to write more fluently and correctly.

Self-improvement form

Example:

3. Approaches you would adopt to achieve the aims.

• Focus on the combination of words when reading.
• Underline/jot down the phrases.
• Try to learn them by heart.

Self-improvement form

Example:

4. Content

• Refer to Collocation Dictionary and various corpora for reference
• Do more exercises on collocation

English Learning Portfolio

Self-evaluation will be done after you have finished your self-improvement process on that particular area.

Presentation Grouping

Wun Hei Man

Ng Pui Man

Law Wing Lun

Leung Hoi Ka

Anastasia Wong

Charlotte Tsoi Lok Yi

Crystal Wong Tsz Yan

Daphy Chu Man Nga

Kristy Chan Hiu Tung

Donna Leung Chung Yu

Nouns with adjectives

Presentation Grouping

Anna

Krystal

Wing

Genevieve

Chloe

Hung Wai Nam

Mak Hiu Yan

Wong Chun Hang

Yeung Chun Hey

Yeung Siu Hong Jack

Presentation Grouping

Chau Wing Sze

Leung Siu Yi

Wong Yuk Fung

Li Wing Yin

Yeung Pui ki

San Yan Tung

Wong Lee Ki

Lo Sze Yui

Lau Yik Hin

Cheung Ka Hei

Verbs with adverbs

Presentation Grouping

Nouns with pronouns

Nouns with articles

Conjunctions

Prepositions with verbs

Highlights

• Foxconn/ Golden Gate Bridge
• Samaritans
• Polysemy
• Collocation

Activity 4 (P. 21)

Why do people commit suicide?

Important suicide risk factors

2. unemployment

1. Age

3. previous suicide attempts

5. organized plan

4. alcohol dependence

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 (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.

3 steps

Verbs of attribution

Tell the readers why we select these ideas and how we view them with the use of verbs of attribution.

Practice (Activity 3 Page 60)

Underline the verbs of attribution and sentence patterns the author uses to comment on the ideas.

Verbs of attribution

established = discovered

found = reporting results

Verbs of attribution

The ideas:

• One of the most reliable climate records by noting movements of stations and population changes.
• Statistically significant artificial warming of temperature begins to appear in places with populations as small as 2,500.

Verbs of attribution

both 'noted' and 'conclude' = presenting views

Verbs of attribution

The ideas:

• used satellite observations to study the very important water vapour - greenhouse feedback mechanism.
• the greenhouse effect is found to increase significantly with sea surface temperature

Verbs of attribution

analyse: explaining

found: reporting results

argue: presenting views/arguments

Verbs of attribution

The ideas:

• the effect of levies on different fuels in different kinds of agreement
• in a complete global agreement the tax should be equal across fuels
• the change in prices across fuels will be complicated by the different levels of demand for the fuels

Activity 6 Part 1 (P. 65)

Read through the text below. Underline the integral and non-integral references.

Activity 6 Part 1 (P.65)

Integral

Non integral

Activity 6 Part II (P.66)

According to Butt (2002), two third of the respondents were concerned about the construction of incinerators close to their living areas.

Butt (2002) found that two third of the respondents ...

Activity 6 Part II

Not a complete sentence

Activity 6 Part II

As Lo (2001) has demonstrated, most Hong Kong people have reservations about the mandatory producer-responsibility legislations.

Lo (2001) has demonstrated that most Hong Kong people ...

Activity 6 Part II

Activity 6 Part II

In Lynne's (2007) view, growing more plants is beneficial to human health.

Lynne (2007) contends that growing more plants is ...

Ms Yvonne Jones' background

Ms Yvonne Jones, a 26-year-old designer, has been admitted for chest infection. Ms Jones is single but is having multiple sex partners. She smokes a pack of cigarettes per day and drinks 10 units of strong alcohol per week. She is also a drug user of Ketamine but she plays tennis weekly. She had an attack of atrial fibrillation 3 months ago and has been prescribed Metformin. She is also suffering from hypertension. Ms Jones is not allergic to any medicine but is allergic to milk products which may cause redness on her skin. There is a family history of diabetes on her siblings.

Ms Yvonne Jones' background

Points to remember:

• group the information according to their nature e.g. undesirable habits together
• even though Ms Jones is not allergic to medicine, still need to mention it
• prescribe: usually by doctors or related experts
• check grammar

What is it?

Academic Word choice