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Lab 3

Lab 3. Paragraphs, and corpus tools. Read about paragraph structure. http://www2.actden.com/writ_Den/Tips/paragrap/index.htm Now try these online paragraph exercises. Which do you like best? Where are they from?

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Lab 3

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  1. Lab 3 Paragraphs, and corpus tools

  2. Read about paragraph structure • http://www2.actden.com/writ_Den/Tips/paragrap/index.htm • Now try these online paragraph exercises. Which do you like best? Where are they from? • http://www.buowl.boun.edu.tr/students/writing%20exercises/fwriting%20exercises.htm • http://www.victoria.ac.nz/llc/academic-writing/ • http://learningcentre.usyd.edu.au/clearer_writing/module1/paragraph_structure/para_structure_intro.html

  3. Take out your BBC news story and read it carefully. If you don’t know a word, use these resources to look it up. You are notallowed to use dictionaries or dictionary websites! • http://www.lexchecker.org/ • http://forbetterenglish.com/ • http://193.133.140.102/JustTheWord/ • And Google image search, of course! • What can you learn that is different from consulting a dictionary? • Which site gives the most useful information?

  4. Copy your story from the web, and paste it in these places: • http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~alzsh3/acvocab/awlgapmaker.htm • http://www.lextutor.ca/concordancers/text_concord/ • Then follow the instructions, or play. • Then on the Lextutor site please look at • Corpus grammar • Group lex • Test your lexis (“Associates test” is pretty tough!)

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