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ENGL E101F Wk 2 Ss 1_L01_Chloe
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ENGL E101F
Week 2 Session 1
L01
Copyright by Gladys Luk 2020
- Warm up exercise
- Recap
- Self-introduction
- Assignment 1
- Summarising
- Unit 1 more about personality & Proofreading
- Result of quiz 1
Warm up exercise
Accent
Accents
What accents do you know?
British accent
American accent
Australian accent, etc
Accents
Is there an accent called 'Hong Kong accent'?
Accents
Do you know Martin Yan?
- A famous cook from Hong Kong
- Entertaining cooking show
- Speak with a kind of accent: Hong Kong accent.
Yan can cook
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JkOkZgSXGk&feature=related
Recap
Recap
Introduce:
- More about functions and structure
- Academic writing
- Briefly about Assignment 1
- Unit 1: Activities 6 & 3
- The teacher-marked short writing task
Assignment 1
Due date: 13 November 2020 (week 7)
There are 2 parts:
- a summary - 'Counting the cost'
- an essay - 'Should Hong Kong follow Denmark's example and introduce a similar 'fat tax' to combat the increasingly serious obesity problem?'
Part 1: Summary
Summarize 'Counting the cost' in about 180 words, focusing on Tsang's position and arguments.
Part 2: Essay writing
An article for OUHK student magazine in about 300 words to express your view on introducing the 'fat tax' in Hong Kong
Assignment 1
- Any questions?
Summarising
Summarising
What is it?
Summarising
To state briefly the main points or ideas
Avoid adding your own opinions and evaluation.
How to do it?
Underline
Main ideas
Delete
Details and examples
Main ideas, use shorter or more concise words, synonyms
Rewrite
and rearrange
Words and/or sentences for coherence
Example of summarising (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 summarising (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 summarising (P. 52)
Examples!
Delete
Why?
Nineteen of twenty
departments report cutting costs at least twenty
percent, and sales from fifteen departments have risen
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.
five percent, or about $5 million.
Example of summarising (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 summarising (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 summarising (P. 52)
The first half of 2008 has been profitable, but the rest of the year is not expected to be as good.
Result of quiz 1
Example 1
Result of quiz 1
Result
Q1 window
Noun
100%
Q2: Happiness
Noun
84%
Q3 Meander
Noun/ Verb
44%/40% (84%)
Q4 Blue
Adjective/ Noun
64%/28% (92%)
Q5 If
conjunction
84%
Q6 Under
Preposition/ Adverb
80%/4% (84%)
Q7 Our
Pronoun (possessive adjective)
80%
Q8 Be
Verb
88%
Q9 Strongly
Adverb
72%
Q10 Grin
Verb/ Noun
72%/20% (92%)
Q11 Iridescent
84%
Adjective
Q12 Comatose
Adjective
56%
Q13 Cogitate
Verb
76%
Q14 Because
92%
Conjunction
Q15 Ennui
Noun
60%
Q16 Although
Conjunction
88%
Q17 Avoid
Verb
91.67%
Q18 They
Pronoun (subject pronoun)
88%
Q19 Aberration
Noun
84%
Q20 Courageously
Adverb
84%
Some remarks
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
Under the table:
Preposition
Adverb
Go under the fence:
Any Implication/indication
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
70 or above: 90%
About the result
Implication
You learn the words generally well but when you come across unfamiliar words, you may find it difficult to guess their word classes.
About the result
Micro-teaching in Week 9
- Work in groups
- Choose a grammar item to teach
- Tell you more next time
Next lesson
Next class
- Practice: summarising
- Unit 1
- Structure of an essay
- Academic writing