Interesting study

My friend is studying how individuals who have lost a higher-status job cope. The coping process lies between job loss and the next chapter of one’s life, but little is known about this. You can help change this, if you had lost a job as a (1) a professional (2) an entrepreneur (3) junior management and above, between the last two to ten years. You could have lost your job for any reason such as redundancy, market failures and personal accidents. You could be thriving today, struggling still or leading another type of lifestyle.

If you have 20-40 minutes of your time to spare for an online survey, you could go to www.chapterchrysalis.com. There, click ‘enter survey’, and click ‘I agree’ on the information+consent page to proceed.

By sharing your experiences anonymously, people who are facing or who will face job loss can have the right know-how to cope, and understand their experiences better. This can help them adjust better and transition into new and better prospects. Think about the last time you heard from someone who walked in similar shoes to you, and learned that what you thought or did was normal. Remember how relieved you felt? Let’s help other people know what is it like to walk in those shoes as they cope with job loss. Let’s help them to recover, and stride towards their new chapter of possibilities.

Please feel free to pass this on via email/facebook/your blogs. Big thank you in advance! ”

C:C | Recovering from career loss

chapterchrysalis.com

I’m undertaking a Doctorate research study on how people cope and adjust to major career loss, examining how this impacts life–depression, bankruptcy, relationship failures. I am also curious about how your 

Modular Assessment Bands

Modular Assessment Bands

Referencing Podcasts and TED talks

Podcast and archive TV programme

1. The required elements for a reference are:

Broadcaster/Author (Year) Programme title, Series Title. (if relevant) [type of medium] date of transmission. Available at: include web site address/URL (Uniform Resource Locator) [Accessed date].

Example: BBC (2013) One born: What Happened Next? Episode Eight, 4oD Weekly Podcast. [podcast] November 2013. Available at: < http://www.channel4.com/podcasts> [Accessed 10 November 2013].

TED talks

1. The bibliographic details required are:
1. Name of speaker (or speakers).
2. Year the talk was given.
3. Title given to the talk by TED.
4. Month of upload (and year, if different to year the talk was given).
5. The website host--enter ‘TED’ for all.
6. URL.
7. Date viewed.

Example: Robinson, K. (2006) How schools kill creativity. June, TED. Available at: <http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html>. [Accessed 10 November 2013].

Punctuation

Dear all,

I'm writing to you to clarify the punctuation of some key words used in the essay.

You should punctuate the words as follows:

public schools

private school/ private education

state schools/ state education

Hope this helps.

Best

Katie

Tutorials schedule

Dear all,

Please find the tutorials schedule attached:

Tutorials schedule

I will give you the details tomorrow.

Best

Katie

MONDAY CLASSES

Dear all,

I would like to ask you to bring your laptops to the Monday classes. As we will focus on proofreading and editing, I would like you to have your essays with you.

You'll probably need your laptops for the whole week, but I will remind you about it on Monday.

In the meantime, enjoy your essay-free weekend.

Best

Katie

REMINDER

Dear all,

This is the reminder that the first draft of an essay is due today. If you haven't sent it yet, you still have 2 hours remaining. If you submit your draft tomorrow, you will not receive any feedback.

Katie

Language of definitions

How to write definitions

Supplementary Harvard Referencing guide for online sources

Harvard referencing system for online sources

Academic Resources for your essay

Academic Resources for your essay

Please find the list of academic resources below.

Great source of journal articles, trade publications, news magazine articles.
http://search.ebscohost.com/
Login: Cambridge1
Password: Brittin

www.jstor.org

http://scholar.google.co.uk

Here are some articles on obesity you might want to use in your essay:

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/25474358?searchUrl=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dobesity%26fromHomePage%3Dtrue%26acc%3Doff%26wc%3Don%26fc%3Doff&Search=yes&uid=3738032&uid=2134&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21101694130771 (Free to read online-you need to register a free account)

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/20209707?searchUrl=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dobesity%26fromHomePage%3Dtrue%26acc%3Doff%26wc%3Don%26fc%3Doff&Search=yes&uid=3738032&uid=2134&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21101694130771 (Free to read online- you need to register a free account)

Hope that helps

Best

Katie

Info about the mid-term exam

The mid-term exam is at 10.15 on Friday 18^th October.

AcCult 3 / PreMA2 and ALS5 teachers will be invigilating the EAP exam for their groups for the 10.15 block.

PreMA1 and EAP6 will be in the ilab for the exam.

Synonyms-missing homework answers

SYNONYMS

5. 5  UK – British – this country
   agency – organisation – body
   advertising campaign – publicity programme – advertising blitz to raise – to improve
   British eating habits – regular hand washing
   to cut – reduction
   
6. 6  firm’s plan
   cut expenditure or spending business intends or proposes earnings or salaries employees
   raised 
   

Combining Sources Model Answer

Exercise 4 Model answer

Source C claims that tourism creates a significant amount of employment which provides a welcome alternative to traditional work such as farming. However, source D points out that many of these jobs are insecure and poorly paid, being likely to contribute to social tensions. This negative view is partly supported by source E, who insists that despite some positive examples the more common experience
of developing countries is for tourism to exacerbate social ills such as crime and prostitution. 

Missing pages from homework Answers + impersonal passive structures answers

Hello everyone,

Apparently, there are some missing pages from homework I set last week. Hope it's complete now:

missing pages 63-64 from Oshima

1. 2 People say that fewer than 1,000 blue whales survive in the southern hemisphere. Fewer than 1,000 blue whales are said to survive in the southern hemisphere.
   
2. 3  Everyone knows that eating fruit is good for you. Eating fruit is known to be good for you.
   
3. 4  People consider that one in three bathing beaches is unfit for swimming. One in three bathing beaches is considered unfit for swimming.
   
4. 5  At least 130,000 dolphins are reported to be caught in the nets of tuna fishers every year.
   It is reported that at least 130,000 dolphins are caught in the nets of tuna fishers every year.
   
5. 6  It is estimated that in the past 15 years about 10 million dolphins have been killed. About 10 million dolphins are estimated to have been killed in the past 15 years.
   
6. 7  In ancient Greece people thought dolphins were men who had abandoned life on land.
   In ancient Greece it was thought that dolphins were men who had abandoned life on earth.
   
7. 8  In ancient Rome it was believed that dolphins carried souls to heaven. In ancient Rome dolphins were believed to carry souls to heaven.
   
8. 9  People say that the company invested fifty million pounds last week. The company is said to have invested fifty million pounds last week.
   
9. 10  People say Mr Clark was difficult to work with when he was younger.
   Mr Clark is said to have been difficult to work with when he was younger.
   
10. 11  Someone has calculated that the water of the River Rhine contains over 2,000 chemicals. It has been calculated that the water of the River Rhine contains over...
    
11. 12  Everyone thought the painting had been destroyed in the fire. The painting was thought to have been destroyed in the fire.
    
12. 13  It is believed that the Chinese invented gunpowder. The Chinese are believed to have invented gunpowder.
    
13. 14  About 1 million papers are thought to have been sold. People think that about 1 million papers have been sold.
    
14. 15  It is thought that the two injured men were repairing high-tension cable.
    The two injured men are thought to have been repairing high-tension cable.
    
15. 16  We hope that the government has prepared a plan. The government is hoped to have prepared a plan.
    
16. 17  People say that Mr Bond was having business difficulties when he was charged with fraud. Mr Bond is said to have been having business difficulties when he was charged with fraud.
    
17. 18  It is thought that this treasure dates from the 19th century. This treasure is thought to date from the 19th century.
    
18. 19  People believe that a professional thief stole the painting.
    It is believed that the painting was stolen by a professional thief/ a professional thief. 
    

Homework Answer Key 30.09-1.10

Homework Answer Key 30.09-1.10

2.13 Academic Style

Model answers

.    4a  It is widely believed that the railways are deteriorating.

.    4b  Serious crime, such as murder, is increasing.

.    4c  The figures in that report are not reliable.

.    4d  The second factor is that the majority of children in that district may become criminals.

.    4e  There appears to be a significant risk of further strikes and disorder.

.    4f  Women were enfranchised in 1994.

.    4g  The Russian inflation led to poverty and disease.

.    4h  A malaria vaccine may be discovered in the next 10 years.

.    4i  There were two main causes of the American Revolution.

.    5a  Currently, significant numbers of children are starting school at the age of four or less, whereas 30 years ago five was the normal age. There appear to be various reasons for the change; mothers, for example, need to rejoin the labour force. There are mixed views about the effects of this change on the children concerned. Jenkins (1989) claims that early school attendance causes social problems such as theft and drug taking. There seems to be considerable evidence to support his views and there may be an argument in favour of a state subsidy for women to stay at home with their children.

.    5b  There appear to be two principal reasons for the growing traffic congestion. Firstly, public transport has become increasingly expensive relative to the falling cost of motoring. In addition, car ownership is much more convenient than using public transport. Together, these factors result in higher vehicle density. 

Additional Summary Writing Exercises

Summary exercises

Summary exercises Answer Key

Hedging Language exercises

http://aeo.sllf.qmul.ac.uk/Files/Hedging/Hedging.html

Additional exercises to practise paraphrasing and summarising

Deal all,

Please use think link to read more about paraphrasing and summarising; there are also some useful exercises that follow the theoretical part.

http://www.uefap.com/writing/writfram.htm

Happy reading

Katie

Answer Key to Paraphrase and Summary Exercises 24.09.2013

Practice 3- Please notice that these are only suggestions. Your answers may vary.

1. Keeping the astronauts mentally healthy is another issue. On a long flight in the dark and dangerous environment of outer space, the can become lonely and bored (Clinton 18).

2. Astronauts need to be able to release the tension that can build up from living together for long periods of time in small, crowded spaceships doing stressful, dangerous work (18).

3. Instead of spending huge amounts of money to travel to Mars, which will provide little benefit for Earth, we should use the money to solve problems such as curing cancer and AIDS, cleaning up pollution, and helping people who suffer from hunger, homelessness, poverty, and lack of employment (Brunish).

4. Besides the discomforts of a space journey that lasts seven months, getting to Mars quickly is required for a more important reason. Astronauts will be exposed to deadly amounts of radiation because they will be out of Earth's magnetic field, which partially shields them from it (Kluger 48).

Practice 5
2. English is the world language. Soon, half of the world's population will speak it with some degree of skill. Globalization has made it the language of international business, politics, and diplomacy. It has become the global language despite its difficulties in spelling, pronunciation, and grammar; its many varieties around the world; and its complexities ("World Empire").

Note: It is not possible to give paragraph numbers in citations when the source is several paragraphs or pages. In such cases, it is permissible to cite the entire source.

Supplementary exercises 23.09.2013

Reporting Verbs exercises with Answer Key

Transition Signals Exercise

Transition Signals Exercise

Transition Signals Exercise Answer Key

Bailey's Cohesion and Oshima's Transitional Signals + Logical order (18.09.2013)

Cohesion

Answer Key (Oshima ch.2)
Practice 7 C
Please notice your responses may vary. These are only suggested answers:

1. another
2. First,
3. in contrast,
4. second
5. In addition,
6. As a result,
7. Clearly,

Practice 10

Para 1: Chronological order.
Para 2: Comparison and contrast.
Para 3: Chronological order.
Para 4: Logical division of ideas.

Extra material on plagiarism

Dear all,

We started talking about plagiarism today and we will continue next week. In the meantime, I would like you to look at two websites and do exercises that follow:

http://www.essex.ac.uk/plagiarism/test1.html

http://www.uefap.com/writing/

Hope this helps

Best

Katie

Additional Coherence and Cohesion exercises

Dear all,

Although we had an interruption and did not finish discussing coherence and cohesion, I would like you to have a look at these two websites, which are full of useful tips and exercises:

http://www2.uni-wuppertal.de/FB4/anglistik/multhaup/study_skills/8_study_skills_txt_coherence.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/transitions.htm

Best

Katie

Key Correction symbols

Dear all,

Please find Key Correction Symbols document attached. You should familiarise yourself with all the symbols as I will be using them to mark your written assignments.

Key Correction Symbols

Thanks

Katie

Answer Key to Bailey's Examples (17.09.2013)

Bailey Examples

Homework 16.09.2013

Dear all,

Please find the answer key to exercises from Chapter 1 (Oshima, Academic Writing) you were supposed to complete.

HM 16.09.2013

Below, there is a list of useful links connected to our lesson today; please use this material to consolidate your learning.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/paragraphs.htm

http://www.uefap.com/writing/writfram.htm

Enjoy!

Katie

Homework from week 1337

Dear all,

Please find Answer Key to Chapter 1.1 from Bailey's Academic Writing book below:

Background to writing 1.1 by Bailey

See you tomorrow

Katie

Weekly Plan

Dear all,

Please find a Weekly Outline and Course Description attached.

EAP Course Description

EAP Weekly Plan

Best

Katie

Intro to Academic Writing

Dear all,

Please find attached a short exercise on Academic Writing (the key is attached as well). Please do it in your own time this week.

Academic Writing Intro

I'm looking forward to meeting you next week.

Have a nice weekend

Katie