harvesting english

Harvesting English

CC-BY Alannah Fitzgerald

Tricky structures in writing

It is significant to have comprehension of its causes…

Google *FLAX language*http://tinyurl.com/7ea4tzq

FLAX Web Phrases search

Not a passive voice structure?

Active voice structure = very frequent

FLAX Web Phrases results

An issue of collocation?

Web Collocations in FLAX

Substitute verb + its causes

Harvesting FLAX

http://www.flickr.com/photos/uwgbadmissions/6032574436/

Tricky structures in writing…

There is a strong link between the misuse of women and child abuse…

*+of women*

Tricky structures in writing…

Medical researches can help to reduce the effect of those negative factors…

*medical researches*

*medical research*

*researches* in the BNC – archaic?

Reporting verbs analyses/analysed compares/compared comments/commented concludes/concluded criticises/criticised demonstrates/demonstrated discusses/discussed illustrates/illustrated indicates/indicated notes/noted investigates/investigated evaluates/evaluated estimates/estimated

observes/observed points out/pointed out reports/reported shows/showed suggests/suggested validates/validated verifies/verified argues/argued disputes/disputed concedes/conceded believes/believed recognises/recognised predicts/predicted

The grammar of reporting verbs

a) Verb + nounEdwards (2012) discusses the idea that more grammar teaching is necessary in EAP.

b) Verb + that + sentenceFitzgerald (2012) proposes that more grammar

teaching is necessary in EAP.c) Verb + ‘wh’ word + sentence

Kendall (2012) demonstrates why more grammar teaching is necessary in EAP.

Harvesting structures

Verb + noun Verb + that + sentence

Verb + ‘wh’ word + sentence

Sharing your harvest

Web Pronouns Phrases OER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns4nXsZQmUA 22

Beginning sentences with it…

In the present tense you can use an adjective to express your opinion of an author’s fact, idea or opinion:

It is interesting/unlikely/probable that the number of men who smoke is on the rise.

Beginning sentences with it…

In the present perfect tense you can use reporting verbs subject to the restrictions of grammar which we discussed in the previous activity:

It has been pointed out/concluded/acknowledged by Blake (2009) that the number of men who smoke is on the rise.

It pronoun phrase harvest time!

Lextutor

10/04/23 26http://www.lextutor.ca

Web Collocations OERhttp://www.lextutor.ca/vp/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyZgZhHMovI 27

Essay check - AWL sublists

10/04/23 28http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/eng/

AWL sublists

10/04/23 29http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist/sublists.aspx

Student abstract – AWL = 6.63%

Every country wants to become a superpower in economics or politics. Now, America is the superpower over all of the world, making rules and games that other countries usually have to follow due to the decision from America. However, who will be the next economic superpower in the world that can order another country? Maybe China or India will be the next economic star. This article will display…

VocabProfile check – AWL = 7.88%

Every country would like to establish themselves as a dominant superpower in the area of economics or politics. Now, America is the superpower over all of the world, making rules and games that other countries usually have to follow due to the decision from America. However, who will be the next economic superpower in the world that can order another country?

VocabProfile edit & check

AWL resources

10/04/23 33http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist/links.aspx

UEFAP (Andy Gillett)

10/04/23 34http://www.uefap.com/index.htm

Specific EAP vocab (UEFAP)

10/04/23 35http://www.uefap.com/vocab/vocfram.htm