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EN313: English Reading and Writing for Communication Professionals

EN313: English Reading and Writing for Communication Professionals. Ajarn Erica Bangkok University 25 November 2010. Why do I need this class?. Communication career “Global language” 80% of information on the internet is in English. Why you should speak English well.

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EN313: English Reading and Writing for Communication Professionals

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  1. EN313: English Reading and Writing for Communication Professionals Ajarn Erica Bangkok University 25 November 2010 EN313 A. Erica

  2. Why do I need this class? • Communication career • “Global language” • 80% of information on the internet is in English EN313 A. Erica

  3. Why you should speak English well EN313 A. Erica

  4. What I expect from you • Participation – English ONLY. Try your best! • Behavior – professional • Attendance • Marking – seethe course outline • Cell Phones – NO! • Food & Drinks – water only EN313 A. Erica

  5. A. Erica • Website For documents, updates, and to contact me: http://ajarnerica.weebly.com BU Language Institute http://buli.bu.ac.th & click on English for Specific Purposes EN313 A. Erica

  6. Course description • This course focuses on the advanced skills in reading and writing. We will practice summarizing news stories, expressing opinions, and discussing topics. We will write and analyze advertisements. EN313 A. Erica

  7. Assignments EN313 A. Erica

  8. Group project: Social Ethical Analysis (15%) EN313 A. Erica

  9. In-class Tests EN313 A. Erica

  10. News story reading & writing • Context • Headline • Lead • Body • Conclusion EN313 A. Erica

  11. Homework: Learning Style Survey 1 http://library.cuesta.cc.ca.us/distance/lrnstyle.htm 2 3 E-mail your result with your nickname to erica.c@bu.ac.th EN313 A. Erica

  12. I want to know you! Bring in name card next class EN313 A. Erica

  13. Watch this for contexthttp://youtu.be/MSSeDJPVfrY EN313 A. Erica

  14. Watch and write 3 headlineshttp://www.youtube.com/v/sc5bbz5SB7M EN313 A. Erica

  15. Headline • A headline describes the mainidea of the story using a fewwords. Its main function is to get the reader’s attention. • Examples: • Kimmell announces “National Unfriend Day” for Facebook • Kimmell wants you to delete your Facebook “friends” • Get rid of your fake Facebook friends, says Kimmell EN313 A. Erica

  16. Watch and write 3 headlineshttp://www.youtube.com/v/ten-h-fBIWw EN313 A. Erica

  17. Text messaging Spend 1 minute writing down all of the different words you think about when you think about a ‘textmessage’ or ‘BBM.’ EN313 A. Erica

  18. Headline: Heavy Texting – a New Social Problem EN313 A. Erica

  19. Heavy Texting – a new social problem Teenagers who send more than 120 text messages a day are more likely to have sex, drink, use drugs, and get into fights, a new study has found. The research from the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, found there was a strong link between “hyper-texting” and “risky behavior”. The research was based on questionnaires taken by 4,200 students at 20 high schools in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is the first study to look at a link between texting and social problems. The report reveals some interesting statistics. It found that one in five students was a hyper-texter and about one in nine was a hyper-networker (someone who spends three or more hours a day on social networking websites). Both these activities seemed more common among girls, minorities, children whose parents are not so well educated, and kids from single-parent homes. The study found hyper-texters have more sex than “normal” texters, have been in fights, binge drink, and take drugs. One teenager, Jason McCoy, 19, said the statistics made sense: “Kids who text a lot are arranging dates and parties with their friends. Dates and parties mean drinking and meeting people. Of course kids will do things,” he said.

  20. Lead • A lead is the firstparagraph of the news story. It also describes the main idea but with more detail. A lead is written as a complete sentence with a subject and a predicate. EN313 A. Erica

  21. Body • The body gives a detailed description of the event. The details are written in orderofsignificance. EN313 A. Erica

  22. Matching EN313 A. Erica

  23. Texting survey Write five GOOD questions about texting. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers. EN313 A. Erica

  24. Homework: Headlines • Find 10 headlines from English newspapers then • Identify the structure of each • Write out the meaning Charitable people gave a lot of their money to good foundations.

  25. Due by next week • E-mail your results from Learning Style Survey • Bring in name card • Submit 10 news headlines EN313 A. Erica

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