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Writing Skills - English literature - Bac1

Writing Skills - English literature - Bac1. To improve your writing skills 6 modules to read Monthly exercises to send via email to: daniel.janssens@ulg.ac.be. How to find the « Writing skills » website?.

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Writing Skills - English literature - Bac1

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  1. Writing Skills - English literature - Bac1 To improveyourwritingskills • 6 modules to read • Monthlyexercises to send via email to: daniel.janssens@ulg.ac.be

  2. How to find the « Writing skills » website? • In Google or Yahoo (or other search engines): type « index writing skills » between quotation marks • The full address is: http://www2.ulg.ac.be/facphl/uer/d-german/remed/index.htm

  3. Interactive exercises • An example of an interactive exercise: http://www2.ulg.ac.be/facphl/uer/d-german/remed/linkwords.htm • ULg "identifiant" and "mot de passe" needed • Interactive exercises need not be sent – only the NON interactive exercises must be sent to daniel.janssens@ulg.ac.be (see next slide)

  4. Other (non interactive) exercises • Twoways to send the non-interactive exercises: http://www2.ulg.ac.be/facphl/uer/d-german/remed/relsel.htm • 1. Answerform • 2. Email attachment: seeinstructions point 4 • Send all exercises of one module in the SAME email or ATTACHMENT

  5. Correction • See instructions point 7 • See example of annotated file • See Annotation Key • See Checklist of common mistakes • See Statistics

  6. The Instructions • Read ALL the instructions carefully • Follow instructions to the letter • How to email: see links • Use Ulg email and webmail (NOT: I_love_u@whatevermail BUT yourfullname@student.ulg.ac.be) • Answerform vs email attachment • Group work • Time needed to annotate students’ work • If problem: let me know asap

  7. The Website • Menu (Mac users will not see the Java applet) • The sliding menu (with direct links to the exercises) • Instructions+Annotation Key+Supplementary exercises • Guide to essay writing • The 6 modules (On each page: Double-click on any word and see its definition from Cambridge Dictionaries Online) • Deadlines (to be respected - see menu and instructions) • Checklist of common mistakes (list + exercises) • Sample essays and short stories + detailed comments on a sample essay • The links (see next slide)

  8. The Links • Online dictionaries (all English-always read examples given, e.g. interest) • Online translating dictionary (French-English: double-check) • Always check phonetic transcription (Macmillan dictionary) • Concordancer (useful to check usage, e.g. interested) • False friends (e.g. French: actuellement vs actually) • Grammar • Plagiarism

  9. Humour 1

  10. Humour 2

  11. The end of the presentation and the beginning of a new academic year • Thank you for your attention • Any questions? • Have a fruitful academic year • Contact: daniel.janssens@ulg.ac.be

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