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