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Academic Writing & Conference Presentation. Lecturer: Dr. Bo Yuan E-mail: [email protected]. Why coming here?. The first time you attend an English class at your own choice. English is a catalyst in your entire career. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Why coming here?• The first time you attend an English class at your own choice.
• English is a catalyst in your entire career.
• If you are not comfortable with your English so far, now it is your second chance.
• I am not an expert in English and my English was very bad.
• I know the feeling and I know what you guys need most.
• I will help you master the most practical and essential skills.
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Course Profile (Autumn, 2015)• Lecturer:Dr. Bo Yuan
• Contact– Phone: 2603 6067– E-mail: [email protected]– Room: F-301B
• Time: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, Wednesday
• Venue: CI-208
• Teaching Assistant– Miss Qiuhui Tong
• Course Materials– http://boyuan.global-optimization.com/Teaching.htm
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Learning Activities• Week 1: Introduction
• Week 2-3: A Bird’s Eye View
• Week 4: Professional Writing
• Week 5: Public Speaking and Communication
• Week 6: Literature Review
• Week 7: Job Application Letters
• Week 8: Poster Presentation
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Assessment• Task 1
– Type: Class Attendance– Description: Various hands-on exercises
• Task 2 (Due: Week 6)– Type: Practice– Description: Individual 2 minutes video presentation in English
• Task 3 (Due: Week 8)– Type: Poster Presentation– Description: Individual 5 minutes presentation of a research paper
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Plagiarism• Plagiarism is the act of misrepresenting as one's own original work
the ideas, interpretations, words or creative works of another.
• Direct copying of paragraphs, sentences, a single sentence or significant parts of a sentence.
• Presenting as independent work done in collaboration with others.
• Copying research results, computer codes, statistical tables, designs, images, sounds or text or any combination of these.
• Paraphrasing, summarizing or simply rearranging another person's words, ideas, without changing the basic structure or meaning.
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Rules & Policies• Late Submission– Late submissions will incur a penalty of 10% of the total marks
for each day that the submission is late (including weekends). Submissions more than 5 days late will not be accepted.
• Assumed Background– This course requires reasonable knowledge of English and
demonstrated skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking.
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Where are you?• Novice
– %$#*&^@ ...
• Amateur– Lots of grammar errors– Strange expressions– Unstructured paragraphs
• Professional– Good command of words– Flow of ideas
• Terminator– Full control of language– Eloquent, Compelling, Infectious, Fascinating
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What you should know …
• This is not just another English course!– Vocabulary, Grammar, Pronunciation – Having said that …
• Your active involvement is crucial.– Make the most of this course!
• Communication in English is encouraged.
• Everyone needs to identify a research topic.– Find some papers relevant to your project.– You will need to work on them throughout the course.– It is much better if you are writing a paper.
• It is going to be a lot of fun!
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How to improve your English?• We have invested heavily in studying English.
• Bad News– Most people still have a fear of English.
• The biggest failure in English education– Lack of Interest– Lack of Passion
• Good News– You are closer to success than you believe.– Need a bit of extra effort to make the magic happen.
• DIY– Plenty of learning resources (free) are available.
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Learning Curve
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Per
form
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Key Points
Ideal Learning Curve
Boring Regions
Learning Path
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Listening&
Speaking
Reading&
Writing
Grammar&
Rhetoric
Think in English
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Ambulance 救护车
Commercial• Repetitive
• Short Phrases
• Lively Expressions
• Everyday Vocabulary
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News• Formal Language
– Won’t be frustrated by slang words.
• Standard Accent– Easier to get started.
• Limited Vocabulary– News stories repeat themselves significantly.
• Structured: Who, What, When, Where, Why
• Wide Coverage
• Visual + Text
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Movie Quotes
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Movie Quotes
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TOEFL• Test of English as a Foreign Language
• US, Canada, Australia …
• Internet Based Test
• Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking
• Speaking is digitally recorded.
• Point Scale: 0-120
• Minimum Requirement: 85/100
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IELTS• International English Language Testing System
• Australian, British, New Zealand …
• Academic vs. General Training
• Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking
• You need to talk to a real examiner.
• Band Scale: 0-9
• Minimum Requirement: 6.5/7.0
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Academic Writing• Academic writing is more formal and more objective.
– Impersonal and dispassionate tone– Technical and specialist language
• Formal Text– The relative disadvantage of women with regard to their
earnings and levels of asset ownership indicates that within classes there is further economic inequity based on gender...
• Informal Text– Women earn less than men and own less than men.
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Academic Writing• The process of nominalisation turns verbs (actions or events) into
nouns (things or concepts).
• Make the tone of your writing sound more abstract and more formal.
• We walked for charity. We raised money for the XYZ Foundation.
• The charity walk raised money for the XYZ Foundation.
• Crime was increasing rapidly and the police were becoming concerned.
• The rapid increase in crime was causing concern among the police.
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Academic Writing• Do not use contractions:
– don’t, can’t, won’t
• Do not use colloquial vocabulary:– above board vs. legitimate– sooner or later vs. inevitable– beyond the shadow of a doubt vs. definitely
• Do not use rhetorical questions.
• Avoid using run-on expressions:– and so on, and so forth, etc.
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Presentation
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Presentation
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Opening
Joke
News
Personal Story
Question
PhotoVideo
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Practice
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A faithful heart makes wishes come true…
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My Tips
My Tips• What really matters is not how many movies or dramas that you have
watched but how you watched them.
• Step 1: Keep your eyes away from the subtitle.– Concentrate and try your best to recognize every single word.– Start with something not that challenging.
• Step 2: Keep your eyes open.– Use the subtitle to figure out the missing parts.– New Words & Unfamiliar Phrases & Dialect & Slang
• Step 3: Keep your eyes closed.– Recapture every single word.
• Step 4: Reinforce your skills.– Use the newly learnt words and phrases whenever possible. 36
Psychological Hint
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Fake it till you become it!
Review• Course Profile
• Rules & Requirements
• Learning Activities
• Expected Outcomes
• Assessment
• Learning Tips
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