ENGL E101F Wk 10 Ss 2_L01

Warm up exercise

Warm up exercise for your speech

You can try these warm up exercises before having your speech recorded.

• Practice with clusters
• Tongue twisters
• Reading aloud practice

Warm up exercise

Practice with clusters

Warm up exercise

Practice with clusters

Warm up exercise

Tongue twisters

Warm up exercise

Reading aloud practice

Warm up exercise

Reading aloud practice (optional)

• Aim:
• Try-out before the submission of your speech.
• Check pronunciation and intonation.
• Test clarity, speed and volume.

• Read and record the first two paragraphs and upload it to your cloud drive.
• I will listen to it and give comments.

Recap

• Unit 3: Activity 3 Part III (1st par)
• Preparing a speech
• micro-teaching

On 16 December

• On 16 December I am going to give talks to Secondary School Teachers on Conducting Extended Learning Activities in English for the PSHE KLA.
• The first one will be from 11:15 to 12:45. This one does not affect your class.
• The second one will start at 15:45 the same day and it does affect it to a certain extent.

On 16 December

• Last Wednesday I invited a friend to have a sharing session with year 3 students and I had to finish the lesson early.
• This time I don't want to shorten the lesson so I wonder if we can start the zoom lesson 15 minutes earlier and finish it by 15:35.

Unit 3 Sports World

In this unit, we focus on two sports:

• Boxing and football

Activity 2 Part III, Activity 3 Part III, & Activity 4 Part II, III

Unit 3 Sports World

We are going to do Activity 3 Part III

Let's go over some of the words

alleged, defying, valve, paralysed, scrums,

Unit 3 Sports World

alleged = claimed but have not proved it

defying = challenging

valve = regulator

paralysed = unable to move

scrums = crowds

Unit 3 Sports World Activity 3 Part III

increasingly

reduce/prevent

1. Today, many sports are becoming ________________ regulated. Boxing, ruby, soccer, and other games are being targeted by sports bodies and medical organizations in an effort to improve safety standards and to ______________________ injuries. However, for some people, that is not enough, and they would rather see some dangerous sports _______________________ completely. In this essay, I will examine some arguments against banning dangerous sports.

banned

Unit 3 Sports World

provide

Challenging sports ______________________ a healthy, largely safe, physical outlet for aggression. There is very little evidence to show that people who take part in dangerous sports become violet as a result. In fact, it is more likely that apart from the many friendships ________________ in playing, sport acts as a safety valve for a society by reducing stress...

created

Unit 3 Sports World

involve

Almost all sports _______________ some risk. Young rugby players are paralysed every year in scrums. Scuba-diving accidents can lead to brain damage or death. Even golf or jogging can lead to pain or injury. Without some elements of risk or challenge, sport becomes meaningless.

Unit 3 Sports World

defying

A marathon runner trying to improve his time, basketball players fiercely battling an opposing team, or a sky-diving team __________________ gravity - all are trying to push themselves to their maximum. There is therefore no sport without danger.

Unit 3 Sports World

There is also the issue of freedom. Without a wide range of sports, many people would feel trapped or limited. People should be free to ____________________ in activities with others as long as they do not affect the safety of non-participants.

participate

Unit 3 Sports World

alleged

There also should be limits to the power of governments to ban sports. If one sport is banned because of __________________ danger, then what sport would be next? Boxing is the most common target of opponents of dangerous sports.

Unit 3 Sports World

But if boxing is banned, would motor racing follow, then rugby, wrestling, or weightlifting? Furthermore, many sports would go underground, _____________________ to increased injury and illegal gambling.

leading

Unit 3 Sports World

introduced

Nobody denies that regulation is needed. Medical bodies have ____________________ safety rules in boxing, in soccer, and these safety regulations have been welcomed by players. But the role of government should be reduced.

Unit 3 Sports World

prevent/ reduce

In conclusion, our society would be healthier if more people took part in sports of all kinds. We should continue to try to ____________________ accidents and injuries. However, we should also ensure that sports are challenging, exciting, and, above all, fun.

Academic writing: Key Characteristics

More reliable, more trustworthy

In terms of grammar and structure

More complex

More objective

More complex

Has a more formal structure

More referencing

In terms of the organization

refer to citation and references to avoid plagiarism

Academic writing: more complex

In terms of formality and grammatical structures

Formality of language:

• big differences vs most significant distinction

*Word choice to convey a high level of formality

look into the issue vs examine the issue

talk about vs discuss

come up with some possible solutions vs

suggest some possible solutions

Academic writing: more complex

Grammatical structures:

• Use of
• passive voice,
• noun phrases,
• nominalization,
• relative clauses, etc

Academic writing: more complex

Passive voice:

• Maintain effective thematic development
• Relevant information stays in focus
• Maintain an objective tone

Effective thematic development

Example 1:

A student left an assignment in the assembly hall. The cleaner picked it up and handed it in later.

A student; The cleaner

An assignment; It (the assignment)

An assignment was left in the assembly hall. It was picked up and handed in later by the cleaner.

effective thematic development: An assignment It

Relevant information in focus

Example 2:

A doctor sends a patient's blood specimen to the laboratory. A technician analyses the specimen in the laboratory. He/she records the results of the analysis. A secretary then types up the results in a report, which he/she sends to the doctor.

Passive voice + relative clauses

A patient's blood specimen is sent to the laboratory, where it is analysed. The results of the analysis are recorded and typed up in a report, which is sent to the (patient's) doctor.

Usual flow: given information followed by new information

Academic writing: more complex

Nominalization:

If students develop particular study skills, they can enhance their performance.

The development of particular skills can enhance student performance.

Noun phrase: the development of particular skills

Academic writing: more complex

People use chopsticks, knives and forks because they dislike of eating with fingers.

The use of chopsticks, knives and forks reveals a dislike of eating with fingers.

Removes the need for a subject; avoid using personal pronouns

Academic writing: more complex

Density of language:

Content words vs function words

Lexical density

Academic writing

Has a more formal structure

Uses more referencing