Week 2 Study Guide Tutorial

Week 2 Tutorial (Language Lab.) A. Expected Learning Outcomes of the Lesson By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:  Understand how to make use of the online resources at the textbook companion websites (Online Learning Centre for CWSR and RSS)  Take effective notes from lectures

B. Suggested Learning Activities for Tutorial 2  Note-taking Practice: Listen to one of the following three lectures and take notes on the lecture. Then, answer the questions that follow the selection by referring to your textbook: o Activity 4, Lecture about Listening, pp.73-75 o Activity 5, Lecture about Propaganda Techniques, pp.75-76 o Activity 6, Lecture about Effective Writing, pp.77-79  Thirteen Hints for Taking Effective Classroom Notes, pp.53-61

C. Supplementary Learning Activities  Reading Practice: Read the details of the “Thirteen Hints for Taking Effective Classroom Notes” and complete the questions on pp.53-61.  Note-taking Practice: Listen to the other two audio files on Moodle and complete the rest of the note-taking practices (Activity 4/5/6, pp.73-79) for the lectures not covered in class.

D. Useful Resources  Online Diagnostic Exercises at Companion Website (CWSR) http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073384089/student_view0/index.html.  Listen to the lectures at http://www.listeningtowords.com/lectures.php and take notes on the lectures.  More references and activities on listening to lecture and note-taking at “Language and Learning Online” website at http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/listening/notetaking/index.xml.  More activities on listening to lectures at the “Essential Academic English Skills (ease)” website: http://www.ease.ac.uk/listening/index.aspx.

CC2040 Eng lish for A cademic Studies (Health Care) – Stud y Gu id e

CC2001 Textbook (Abridged) vs. Online Resources @ Companion Websites (CWSR USER GUIDE) Textbook: English Skills for Academic Studies, 2009 An abridged version of: ™ Reading and Study Skills (RSS), Eighth Edition (Extracts) (ISBN: 978-0-07-298277-0) ™ College Writing Skills with Readings (CWSR), Seventh Edition (Extracts) (ISBN: 978-007-126652-9) Coursebook Websites • College Writing Skills with Readings • Reading and Study Skills CC2001 Textbook Website for CWSR Unit 1 – Reading and Summarizing Main Ideas Chapter 1: Recognizing Main Ideas in Paragraphs and Short Selections Chapter 2: Knowing How to Summarize Chapter 3: Paraphrasing and Writing a CWSR – Ch 18 Summary Unit 2 – Research Skills Chapter 1: Taking Notes Chapter 2: Researching for Relevant CWSR – Ch 22 Information Chapter 3: Using the Library and the CWSR – Ch 21 Internet Unit 3 – Writing Academic Essays Chapter 1: An Introduction to Writing CWSR – Ch 1 Chapter 2: The Writing Process CWSR – Ch 2 Chapter 3: The First and Second Steps CWSR – Ch 3 in Essay Writing Chapter 4: The Third Step in Essay CWSR – Ch 4 Writing Chapter 5, Using Other Sources to Support Your Thesis Chapter 6: The Fourth Step in Essay Writing Chapter 7: Four Bases for Revising Essays Chapter 8: Introduction to Essay Development Unit 4 – Sentence Skills Chapter 1: Fragments Chapter 2: Run-Ons Chapter 3: Misplaced Modifiers Chapter 4: Dangling Modifiers Unit 5 – Grammar Revision Chapter 1: Verbs Chapter 2: Subject-verb agreement Chapter 3: Pronoun Agreement and Reference Chapter 4: ESL Pointers Chapter 5: Editing Tests

CWSR – Ch 22 CWSR – Ch 5 CWSR – Ch 6 CWSR – Ch 7

CWSR – Ch 24 CWSR – Ch 25 CWSR – Ch 32 CWSR – Ch 33 CWSR – Ch 28 CWSR – Ch 27 CWSR – Ch 29 CWSR – Ch 45 CWSR – Ch 44

CC2040 Eng lish for A cademic Studies (Health Care) – Stud y Gu id e

Website for RSS RSS – Part 4, Skill 5; Part 7, Main Idea RSS – Part 4, Skill 7; Part 7, Summarising

RSS – Part 2, Taking Classroom notes

RSS – Part 7, Using Research Skills

RSS – Part 4, Skill 4