ENGL E102F Week 10 Session 1

Warm up exercise

1

What colour comes next in this sequence?

blue (colour of the rainbow)

2

There are two fruits that share an interesting property. If you rearrange the letters of one, you get the other. One of the fruits is lemon. Can you work out the other?

melon

Warm up exercise

3

We've mixed together the letters of two common fruits below. Can you work out what those two fruits are?

Apple; Orange

4

There are three colours on a TL. Can you work out what the 'T' and 'L' stand for in this sentence?

Traffic Light(s)

Warm up exercise

5

Can you work out what the next letter in this sequence is

J (The next consonant)

Points to remember

25. Suggest a title for this article.

• What is the background?
• ... the killer diseases in developed nations - namely heart disease and cancer - are increasingly linked to lack of exercise.

Killer diseases

exercise

Points to remember

26. ... in your own words and about

50 - 60 words, suggest some physical activities ...

Reading

D. lack of exercise

20. What is the cause of many diseases in developed societies?

D. Queen Elizabeth Stadium

21. Which of the following names was not mentioned in the article?

Reading

A. metabolic fitness

22. What type of fitness will influence people's health most?

D. improve muscular flexibility

23. According to the article, stretching exercises can:

Reading

B. 30 minutes

24. How long does the writer suggest people do brisk exercise daily?

25. Suggest a title for this article.

Any title related to fighting killer diseases and doing physical exercise

Reading

26. Based on the article, in your own words and about 50-60 words, suggest some physical activities that adults can do to have good health.

You can cover the seven types of fitness with some really easy stuff. DO 30 minutes of brisk exercise a day, add 10 minutes of easy body weight exercises twice a week and always stretch for five minutes or so as you cool down ...

Reading

brisk exercise:

e.g. walking, jogging, swimming, cycling, sprinting, rope-skipping

any two: 2 marks

Reading

body weight exercises:

e.g. weight training, push-ups, Pilates, weight repetition, long-distance running, climbing

any one: 1 mark

Reading

stretch:

e.g. yoga, tai chi

any one: 1 mark

Grammar: 1 mark

Writing an academic essay

An overview of the process (P. 40)

• Organisation
• Planning
• Evaluation and edition

Writing an academic essay

P.41

The comparison and contrast pattern of academic writing is an important feature of the 'body' section of an essay.

Writing an academic essay

The most effective way to organise comparison and contrast essays is to compare authors' views on a particular point in the same paragraph.

Writing an academic essay

If you describe views in separate paragraphs, you will probably have to repeat information and may not be able to make effective use of the language of comparison and contrast.

Writing an academic essay

Evaluating essays: Activity 3.4 (P.50)

2 excerpts: 1 & 2

Work on 1 together

Try 2 individually or in pairs

Evaluating essays

None; the paragraphs are constructed effectively. Each has an effective introductory topic sentence followed by sentences which elaborate and support the main point of the topic sentence.

1. In-text corrections: Cotton (1995)

Ballard and Clanchy (1984)

2. References section corrections: Ballard, C. and Clanchy, B. (1984). Study Abroad: A Manual for Asian Students. Kuala Lumpur: Longman.

Cotton, J. (1995). The theory of Learning. London: Kogan Page.

Evaluating essays

1. In the first paragraph, the first sentence, ‘a must’ is too informal for an academic essay: Academic writing is always formal in tone and style, so ‘essential’ or ‘vital’ would be a good replacement.

2. In the second paragraph: the fourth sentence, ‘located’ is the wrong choice of verb, as it is used with non-human subjects. ‘Found’ would be a good replacement.

3. In the fifth sentence of the second paragraph, ‘they’ll’ should be written out in full as ‘they will’. Contractions are too informal to be used in academic writing.

Evaluating essays

Excerpt 2:

Examine the paragraph construction, referencing and vocabulary

Please refer to the handout for the answer.

Introduction

• Background
• Objectives and Focus

Conclusion

• Recommendation
• Limitation (if any)

Things to remember

• Check coherence and cohesion (unity)
• Findings and Conclusion (Recommendation) address the objectives and focus or not
• Final check on everything

Things to remember

What next?

• Publication of the report
• Presentation
• Invite someone to be the facilitator