welcome to e7

Welcome to E7Advanced 2

This course is all about ...

THINKING!

Created by Carla Stevens – 25 May 2010

Handling E7

Difference between E6 & E7 Feeling overloaded / burdened Manage your time! Get into a routine from Day 1 Maintain a healthy lifestyle Be an independent learner


About E7


Speaking Individual 10 minute Oral Presentation on an aspect relating to the English

language

Listening Lecture style (up to 20 minutes in length) Note taking Short Answer and Sentence Completion

Reading Longer academic texts Short Answer and Sentence Completion

Writing CRITICAL ANALYSIS!

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Thinking Critically

What do you think it means?

Reading something and not accepting it as the truth

Challenging writers’ viewpoints Premise / Arguments Bias Evidence Logic Tone Language


Learning Journal

What is a Blog?

www.blogger.com Course goals and strategies Reflections Discussion posts Recommended websites Vocabulary

http://carlastevens.blogspot.com


Oral Presentations

Topic due Monday of Week 2

Ideas to get started: Week 1: English as an International Language Week 2: English is the Global Economy Week 3: Language and National Identity Week 4: Standard and Non-Standard English

Consider: Your interests Your study background / further study Your Country


Oral PresentationsTopic, Focus and Aim

Topic What are you interested in presenting?

e.g. Aviation English

Focus What are you going to specifically talk about?

e.g. The impact of English pronunciation on the aviation industry

Aim What are you going to do with your topic?

e.g. To investigate how pilots and air traffic controllers understand one another via the radio, to present some case studies of incidents that have had devastating consequences and to offer solutions


Important:

You cannot change your topic after your teacher has

approved it in Week 2!

Remember


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