Week 1

• Learning English

  1.     Take a course - English courses online aside from the curriculum

  2.     Learn English Grammar - English courses online aside from the curriculum – By reading and browsing

  3.     Make an English-speaking friend. – Trains people to speak and socialize in English

  4.     Read a book written in English.

  5.     Watch an English movie – Alternative for reading books

  6.     Purchase a computer program.

  7.     Work on perfecting your accent.[VX1]  – There are two accents: English, & British

   [VX1]There are two accents, English and British. 
• Preliminaries and Brief History of English Language

  Academic and Professional Writing and Text Structure
• English area


  • English for academic and professional purposes
• Academic writing


  Academic essays, thesis, dissertation, library research
• Professional writing


  Instructional materials, specifications, brochures, business correspondences (letters, memos), business and technical reports
• Skimming


  Reading a text quickly to know it in its most basic level
• Scanning


  Reading a text quickly in order to find specific information (figures, dates, or names)
• Intensive reading


  Reading for a high degree of comprehension and retention over a long period of time, a "study" technique for organizing readings
• Brief History of the English Language

  Old English – Middle English – Modern English 
• Extensive reading


  Reading for pleasure, involves an element of enjoyment, requires a fluid decoding and assimilation of the text
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  Old English

  Language of the Germanic inhabitants of England, from 5th to 11th century. Referred to as Anglo-Saxon. 

  The Angles, Saxons, & Jutets are known as the founders 
• Middle English

  11th century to 15th century French and Latin influence. William Normandy conquered England 
• influence. William Normandy conquered England 

   

  Modern English 

  15th century to present.
• 1.     Hellenic – Ancient; Modern Greek
• 1.     Itallic – Latin; Romantic Languages
• 1.     Germanic - English
• 1.     Celtic - Irish
• The Celts are the original inhabitants of the British Isles.
• Dialect is the variation of a language.
• Case the form of the word
• Standardization It refers to the ideal norm.
• Mutually Intelligible Language languages are distinct from each.
• Academic Writing

  Academic essays, 
• Professional Writing

  Instructional Materials
• Differences

  Academic showcase your research

  Professional can be written in different tone.
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  General tips in Writing Professional Text

  1.     Follow the Basics in the writing process.

  2.     Use quotations, paraphrase information as much as possible.

  3.     Avoid using imperative tone.

  4.     Avoid using many fonts such as boldface, etc.

  5.     Be consistent with the type of English.

  When Writing there must be an introduction, body, and closing.

   

  Grammatical correctness is nice, be consistent.
• Fisher, & Frey

  Students of the 21st century must be able to locate understand evaluate and use written information.
• Lapp, & Flood

  First reading – Decoding, Second reading – Comprehension. 
• David

  Multiple reading strategies
• Reading Strategies

  Skimming

  Scanning 

  Intensive Reading – For a high degree of comprehension and retention.

  Extensive Reading – For pleasure
• Narration – Tell a sequence of events.
• Definition – Give meaning of words.
• ·       Standard Definition – What we see from dictionaries.
• ·       Regulatory Definition – Regulated by organization.
• ·       Qualifying Definition – Meanings that are subject for interpretation. 
• ·       Personal Definition – assigned meaning of the writer.
• ·       Invented Definition – Meanings given to words which are newly coined. 
• Classification – Categorize
• Comparison and Contrast – 
• ·       Chunking - all of the items being compared are presented separately.