Slides for Wk 1 Ss 1_L20

Points to bear in mind

• Attendance: 80%
• Punctuality

• Mobile phones and laptops
• Talking and eating

Points to bear in mind

Key to success

• Self-discipline;
• Diligence;
• Persistence &
• Devotion

General Information

A proficiency course

At foundation level

5 credits

1 semester

5 units +

Supplementary Learning Resources

Content-based materials for nursing students

Other documents

• Course guide
• Assignment file
• Self-improvement form

Accessing documents online

Soft copies of all documents have been placed in my google drive.

For all my groups:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DGqPTps34Fjr5z4ZWCsDIhM_0jopLXlN?usp=sharing

Specially for L20

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RLpLYjRtCpZ-gR6vnxvY9Naku65Ic0_C?usp=sharing

How is the use of English be regarded as effective?

Any Suggestions?

What makes it ineffective?

Any suggestions?

Task 1

My English History teacher is the best.

Your teacher teaching English History?

Your History teacher who is English?

Task 2

My friends often visit us in their cars. They are very nice.

How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?

What is the problem?

Effective or not? Why?

Not effective

Ambiguity

Created by

reference

They, it

Course outcomes

Demonstrate knowledge of the basic functional and structural properties

of the English language

Word choice

Study

Structure

Word class

Function

Social purposes

Sentence patterns

Function: Study

Academic writing

• Summarising

• Paraphrasing

• Citation and referencing

Function: Study

Summarising

• Summarise the key ideas of an essay
• Usually in a much condensed way

Function: Study

Paraphrasing

• Present the ideas from a source in your own words

Function: Study

Citation and referencing

• Acknowledge the sources from which supporting ideas e.g. theories are taken

Function: Social purposes

• To communicate, to interact, to negotiate, to develop relationship

Structure: Grammar

Structure: Word Choice

• General or discipline specific
• Appropriate contexts e.g. experts in the field or laymen

Structure: Word Choice

Specific

Examples:

General

Cardiovascular disease

Heart disease

vs

Doctors to doctors/ doctors to nurses

Doctors/ nurses to patients

Experts in the field

Experts to laymen

Structure: Word Class

i.e. Part of speech

• Nouns, Pronouns, Articles, Adjectives
• Verbs, Adverbs
• Prepositions & conjunctions

Structure: Sentence patterns

• Simple sentences
• Compound sentences
• Complex sentences
• Compound, complex sentences
• Cleft sentences

A simple grammar quiz

Please scan the QR code and complete the quiz

Examples

Question:

Do Hong Kong people like travelling?

Examples

Example 1

Example 2

Which one is better? Why?

Which one is more academic? Why?

Yes, they do. Many people in Hong Kong spend their holidays overseas. They like going to Taiwan, Japan, Korea and European countries such as the UK, France and Italy. Sometimes they go with their families. Sometimes they travel alone.

Yes, they do. Hong Kong people like travelling. According to UNWTO, 87.6 million Hong Kong people travelled abroad in the first half of 2015 and they spent about USD23.6 billion on travelling, making Hong Kong the 4th largest outbound market in Asia and the 14th in the world.

Any suggestions?

Comments

Example 1

Not clear/ precise enough

Simple sentence pattern

Many people in Hong Kong spend their holidays overseas.

Many people in Hong Kong spend their holidays overseas.

Yes, they do. Many people in Hong Kong spend their holidays overseas. They like going to Taiwan, Japan, Korea and European countries such as the UK, France and Italy. Sometimes they go with their families. Sometimes they travel alone.

They like going to Taiwan, Japan, Korea and European countries such as the UK, France and Italy.

How many is 'many'?

Sometimes they go with their families. Sometimes they travel alone.

Any suggestions?

Comments

Supported by facts and statistics

Example 2

Clearer and more precise

More complex sentences

87.6 million Hong Kong people travelled abroad in the first half of 2015 and

they spent about USD23.6 billion on travelling...

Compound sentence e.g.

87.6 million Hong Kong people travelled abroad in the first half of 2015 and they spent about USD23.6 billion on travelling ...

Yes, they do. Hong Kong people like travelling. According to UNWTO, 87.6 million Hong Kong people travelled abroad in the first half of 2015 and they spent about USD23.6 billion on travelling, making Hong Kong the 4th largest outbound market in Asia and the 14th in the world.

87.6 million Hong Kong people travelled abroad in the first half of 2015 and

they spent about USD23.6 billion on travelling,

making Hong Kong the 4th largest outbound market in Asia and the 14th in the world.