2nd Draft of Personal Statement

This is due on Friday.  Please email this before the lesson begins.

Self-Study to complete for Friday 26th October

Tomorrow in a lesson with Nina, you will be looking at Chapter 15 from Oshima and Hogue.

Please make sure you complete the Editing Practice and the Writing Practice and submit this in Friday's lesson.

Self-Study for Next Lesson (Friday)

Complete the Editing Practice and Writing Practice on pages 207 - 209 and submit on separate paper.

Festival of Ideas

Being in Cambridge, we are lucky to be able to experience the University of Cambridge's 'Festival of Ideas' that is held over a fortnight every autumn at various locations around the city.

While you are free to attend whichever lecture you would like, two which seem to be relevant and may be more interesting for the international student have been selected that we will go to as a class.

They are:

Being a Language Detective       Thursday 25th October, 6 - 7pm

"A look at how linguists and regular people use analytical techniques to unlock the secrets of language; focusing on identifying a speaker's gender, race, region and age."
A talk by Bert Vaux, Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. 


Info on p.9 of the brochure.

When in Rome...have nightmares like the Romans      Friday 2nd November, 6 - 8pm

"What gives us nightmares?  Do we all fear the same things?  Are horror stories told in the same way all over the world?  Come and discover how the same object can make us laugh or shiver."
Facilitated by Erica Berzaghi, Anglia Ruskin University.

Info on  p.32 of the brochure.

The lectures are free but because we are a large group, we need to go in together slightly earlier than the published time.  A meeting point will be established closer to the time.

All updates will be published on this blog!

Week 2 Content and Prep for Week 3

What we covered this week:

• syllabus content in detail
• how to start writing your personal statement: guide sheet; looked at a model 
• you started drafting your personal statement (first draft due in Week 4)
• registered onto the UCAS site
• worked through Chapter 10 of Oshima and Hogue: 'Types of Sentences'

What to do for Tuesday next week:

Complete Chapters 10 and 11: studying and do practice exercises, p.172 - 193

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