E101F W1 S2

go Dutch

Answer

Bucket

Answer

Answer

Everyone was born naked i.e. without any clothes.

Answer

No one will go to a birthday party without clothes.

Answer

Gladys Luk

A secondary teacher

Started working at E & L in 2010

Teaches two proficiency courses

Co-ordinates overseas programmes

Hobbies

Bingo!

Hobbies

Travelling

Hobbies

Eating

Hobbies

Reading

How about you?

Any volunteer?

Any observation?

Assignment 1 Part 1

Assignment 1 Part 1

Key words/ focuses:

200 words

Summarize

Assignment 1 Part 1

Silver lining to its future

problems

Assignment 1 Part 1

Assignment 1 Part 1

16-20

Very good

Very good control of language; only very occasional errors or inappropriacies could be found.

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.

16-20

Very good

The summary is complete with (nearly) all key ideas identified. Ideas are presented clearly and arranged logically. No irrelevant materials are found.

Any observation?

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

＿Audience

Yes or no

Obesity problem

Assignment 1 Part 2

Refer to the marking criteria

Assignment 1 Part 2

Note:

• refer to the arguments expressed in the article but should not copy indiscriminately from it
• pay attention to the basic structure of an essay

Introduction

Body

Conclusion

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

73.91%

Q3 Meander

Noun/ Verb

65.22%/ 13.04%

Q4 Blue

Adjective/ Noun

69.57%/ 26.09%

Q5 If

conjunction

73.91%

Q6 Under

Preposition/ Adverb

73.91%/ 4.35%

Q7 Our

Pronoun (possessive adjective)

86.96%

Q8 Be

Verb

78.26%

Q9 Strongly

Adverb

82.61%

Q10 Grin

Verb/ Noun

52.17%/ 26.09%

Q11 Iridescent

Adjective

69.57%

Q12 Comatose

Adjective

52.17%

Q13 Cogitate

Verb

56.52%

Q14 Because

Conjunction

91.30%

Q15 Ennui

Noun

73.91%

Q16 Although

Conjunction

82.61%

Q17 Avoid

Verb

82.61%

Q18 They

Pronoun (subject pronoun)

95.65%

Q19 Aberration

Noun

95.65%

Q20 Courageously

Adverb

78.26%

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: 85%

About the result

About the rseult

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

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

Summarising

More about the structure of an essay

Academic writing