Today, we will be mainly focusing on preparing for your EAP exam which will be next week (date to be confirmed). Towards the end of the day, you will receive your first drafts of your essay back and have time to re-draft and ask questions.
As you have been informed, the structure of the EAP exam will be as follows:
EAP Exam; Duration = 60 minutes
Section 1: Gap-fill Listening Exercise, followed by summary writing
Section 2: Topic Sentences
Section 3: Paragraph Structure: Cohesion and Coherence
Revision Guidelines for the three sections:
Section 1:
Listening to TED talks or radio programmes on Radio 4 and making notes. Then, using those notes to write a summary. The structure of this summary is really the same as Task 1 in IELTS: good to use passive voice, formal academic structures and no need to give opinion apart from maybe in the conclusion.
You practiced this last week on Wednesday and you will receive feedback for both today's attempt and last week's attempt on Friday. (Friday will also be dedicated to EAP exam prep!)
Section 2:
Topic Sentences! What is a topic sentence? How do you write one appropriately and accurately?
Pages 4 - 11 (Oshima and Hogue) are dedicated to Topic Sentences. Read, do or re-do the activities and digest!!
Section 3
Paragraph Structure: Cohesion and Coherence. Yes, folks it's "TRANSITIONS!!!" time. You know it was coming...
So get to know your TRANSITIONS inside out.
Useful places to do this:
http://grammar.about.com/od/developingparagraphs/a/exsbsignals.htm
and English Grammar in Use, Units 113 - 120.
AGENDA FOR TODAY:
LESSON ONE: Paragraph Structure revision and quiz!
LESSON TWO: Gap-Fill Listening Practice and Summary Writing
LESSON THREE: Topic sentences revision, p.4 - 11 (Oshima and Hogue)
LESSON FOUR: Re-drafting Essay Time
Coursework Submission:
By Thursday 6th Dec, 4pm:
- email one copy to me
- email one copy to the office: efupsubmissions@efupcam.co.uk
- hand in a paper copy to the office
