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ENGL E101F Wk 7 Ss 2_L15
ENGL E101F
Week 7 Session 2
L15
Copyright by Gladys Luk 2021
- Warm up exercise
- Recap
- Unit 1 Activity 7
- Citation and referencing
- Patient Case Report
- Academic writing
- Reading comprehension
Warm up exercise
Warm up exercise
Warm up exercise
Answer
1. book
2. Turkey
3. tramp
4. bark
5. space
Answer
8. port
6. stable
7. trip
9. address
10. post
Answer
13. china
11. date
12. chest
15. fan
14. drill
Answer
16. strike
17. yard
18. back
19. tip
20. rule
Recap
Recap
- Unit 2 Activity 8
- More about summarising and paraphrasing
- Patient Case Report
Unit 1 Love and relationship
Unit 1
- Speed dating
- Personality traits
- Proofreading
- Part of speech
Activity 7
Activity 7
Activity 7 (P. 9 & 10)
Proofreading
One grammatical error on every line.
No punctuation errors
Do not make unnecessary changes including the meaning
Activity 7 (P. 9 & 10)
Art: articles (a, an & the)
Part of Sp: nouns, pronouns, articles, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions
Pron: pronouns
whose
a large number
originally (are credited)
Activity 7 (P. 9 & 10)
Plural N: plural noun
S/V Ag: subject verb agreement
Verb Const: verb construction
Voice: passive or active voice
took
events
had really taken
glamourous
saves
romantically
Activity 7 (P. 9 & 10)
Aux. Verb: auxiliary verb e.g has come
Participle: present (going), past (gone)
Prep: preposition
are rotated
lasting
to signal
At
would like
information
Activity 7 (P. 9 & 10)
over
is
efficient
eliminates
be quiet
Activity 7 (P. 9 & 10)
been
decide whether/if they
participating
in/ within
Activity 7 (P. 9 & 10)
Activity 7 (P. 9 & 10)
Citation & Referencing
Citation and referencing (Unit 5 P.68)
3 steps:
- present the ideas with verbs of attribution
- insert the in-text citation in the text
- at the end, prepare a reference list
Verbs of attribution
Tell the readers why we select these ideas and how we view them with the use of verbs of attribution.
As Darwin (2004) observes, young people in Hong Kong are becoming increasingly aware of environmental protection.
That is Darwin's observation
In-text Citation
Integral in-text citation
Incorporated in the text
e.g. Lee (2010) claimed that ...
Not incorporated in the text
place at the end of the sentence, before the full stop
e.g. ... (Lee, 2010).
Non-integral in-text citation
References
- A list of articles and/or books we have cited
- Placed at the end of the essay/ article/ report
Citation and referencing: Example
Citation and referencing: Example
verbs of attribution
non-integral citation
integral citation
Citation and referencing: Example
Academic writing
Academic Writing
What is it?
What is it?
What is Academic Writing?
Academic writing = Formal writing
What is special about Academic writing?
- clearer and more precise
- facts and statistics
- complex sentence structures
This is particularly true when preparing discipline specific writing e.g. Patient Case Report.
What is Academic Writing?
What is more?
Please read the text entitled 'What is Academic Writing?'
What is Academic Writing?
- No slang or colloquial language
- No contracted (short) forms
- Different in terms of choice of words and grammar
- The way of organizing the ideas
- Most importantly, with citation and referencing
What is Academic Writing?
Formality
family and friends
academics
serious thought
conversational
complex sentences showing considerable variety in construction
mostly simple and compound sentences joined by conjunctions such as 'and' or 'but'
less likely to be clear and as organised
clear and well planned
may not always use complete sentences
likely to be error free
use of short forms, idioms and slang
Technical and academic language used accurately
Activity
Activity
Task 2
Put the following texts in order by giving 1 to the most academic and 4 to the least academic
Activity
Answer:
B D C A
Activity
B: the most academic
- From a research book on academic writing
- Complete sentence structure
- High-level vocabulary e.g. reciprocal, empirical, literacy, etc
- Serious thought
- Nomination e.g. development, application
Activity
D: the second most academic
- Being taken from a profile report
- Complex sentences
- Academic vocabulary
- Passives
- In-text citation
Activity
C: a mixture of formal and informal modes
- From an instruction manual
- Passives
- Complex sentences
- Personal pronouns like 'you'
Activity
A: part of a speech or an informal letter or email
- Question-and-answer sequence
- 'Anyway'
- Short forms e.g. it's, I'll
Patient's summary
- Symptoms description
Patient Case Report
Recap & Symptom description
Patient Case Report
3 main sections:
- Patient's summary
- Diagnosis description
- Nursing Interventions
Patient Case Report
Patient's summary:
- Patient's background
- Symptoms
Patient's background
must be in the first sentence
- Personal particulars
- Reason for admission
- Marital status
- Lifestyle/ undesirable habit(s)
- Initial diagnosis and medical history
- Other problems of concern (e.g. allergy/ psychiatric problems)
- Family history
Symptoms
3 categories:
- Present complaint e.g. pain
- Physical symptoms
- Psychological and emotional symptoms
Symptoms
Observe the flow when presenting symptoms
- more important symptoms first or in chronological order (Past then present, etc)
- physical symptoms before psychological/emotional ones
Symptoms
Suggestion:
List all symptoms according to :
- Importance /
- chronological order
- adverbials of time e.g. two weeks ago
- tense e.g. past to present, present to present perfect, etc
Symptoms
List all symptoms according to :
- physical symptoms then
- psychological / emotional symptoms
Symptoms: Practice
- Prepare a symptom description for Bob Smith.
Reading comprehension
Time allowed:
20 minutes