Pre-sessional September 1999


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On these pages, you will find outlines of the parts of our course you study with Norbert. Practice materials have been included in the lists below.

  1. Academic writing

    linking expressions

    defining tasks in exam questions and assignments

    for other useful tasks and exercises check out Andy Gillett's collection of writing tasks

    work done: key text 1 - a summary, and key text 2 - an argument

  1. Academic project

    for planning and structuring, create mind maps with Mindman Personal free software

    for inspiration on researching data, case study work, and project work, check out Bized Net

    for a case study on designing a business plan or developing a marketing plan, check out More Business business plan and More Business marketing plan

    for business-related language practice see also Andy Gillett's language exercises

    for listening practice of short academic lectures in business and economic subjects see Talking Academics

    work done: project work in progress, feedback given and final products

    project presentations on 22.9.99

  2. Academic listening and speaking

    for non-linear note taking, try mind-mapping with Mindman Personal free software

    choosing appropriate layout for your notes

    practising appropriate layout and notetaking

    organising notes: 

    1. information on general elections

    2. information on studying in the UK v. US

    3. information on an experiment with different materials

    4. information on how AIDS is spread

    5. reasons for developing a town centre

    using abbreviations in note-taking

    for other useful tasks and exercises check out Andy Gillett's collections of speaking and listening tasks

    and more exercises to improve your business English skills

    listen to lots more samples of materials on the internet for learners of English at Randall's ESL Cyberlab.

    and lots of self-study quizzes listed on a Japanese site

    grammar practice from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    some crossword puzzles - practising legal terms and other vocabulary

    work done: all the presentations given with feedback!

And here are a few more fun bits:

a buzzword generator and a profundity generator

 

 

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