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Enhancing English Communication: A Guide to Effective Writing and Expression

Welcome to our English communication journey! This guide will help you improve your writing skills and express your ideas clearly. Learn about the importance of topic sentences and supporting details in paragraph structure. Discover how to choose precise words and avoid vague expressions for impactful communication. Through practice and examples, you will build confidence in speaking and writing English, embracing mistakes as part of your learning process. Let's rock English together and make every word count!

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Enhancing English Communication: A Guide to Effective Writing and Expression

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  1. Earl J. Noble I rock, you rock, we rock together.

  2. Welcome! How was your weekend? • Greetings • noble@sungshin.ac.kr • If you email me, please use the code in the subject line every time. Fantastic!

  3. Email coding [name] [class days] [class type] [room number] [keyword] Example: Happy Girl WF 307 blog address

  4. Class Mantra Take a deep breath and then say: • I love speaking English. • I am calm and relaxed when I speak English. • I am not shy or scared. • I am not afraid to make mistakes. • Mistakes help me to learn and improve my English. • I always try my best.

  5. Previously in the course • The Word • Truth-functionality of words • The definition of the word is the criteria for the thought you wish to express. • Appropriate words • Not “really, really big” but “enormous” • Not “sounds kinda true but not” but “specious” • Write what you mean, so you mean what you write.

  6. Paragraph Structure • Topic sentence • The main idea of the paragraph. • Supporting sentences • Sentences that develop the idea of the paragraph • Concluding sentences/transitional sentences • Not necessarily used

  7. Topic Sentences • Topic sentences have two parts: • The topic • A controlling idea • Topic sentences are complete sentences. • Topic sentences should be general but not too general.

  8. Good Topic Sentences • Example: Hye-jiowns a coffee shop in Gungdong that is popular with university students. Topic: Hye-ji Controlling idea: owns a coffee shop in Gungdong that is popular with university students.

  9. Bad Topic Sentences • Hye-ji’s coffee shop. • Sentence is incomplete • Hye-ji owns a coffee shop • Too general • Hye-ji owns a coffee shop in Gungdong frequented by university students who spend an average of \12,500 per visit. • Too specific

  10. Supporting sentences • Supporting sentences develop the idea of the topic sentence by either explaining or proving the controlling idea. • This is usually performed by using statistics, examples , or quotations.

  11. Good supporting sentences • The average check of a student in a coffee shop in Gungdong is \3,500 but the average check of a university student in Hye-ji’s coffee shop is \12,500. • Hye-ji’s coffee shop is frequently busy when other coffee shops in proximity are empty. • “My friends and I love Hye-ji’s coffee shop.” said Eunjoo “The coffee is freshly roasted and the free wi-fi makes it a good place to study and relax.”

  12. Poor Supporting Sentences • Hye-ji is a single mother and small business owner. • Hye-ji’s coffee shop puts up their Christmas decorations in October. • Hye-ji used to own bar but went into a drug rehabilitation program so now she owns a coffee shop. • Gungdong is not adjacent to KAIST.

  13. Hye-ji owns a coffee shop in Gungdong that is popular with university students. Hye-ji’s coffee shop is frequently busy when other coffee shops in proximity are empty. The average check of a student in a coffee shop in Gungdong is \3,500 but the average check of a university student in Hye-ji’s coffee shop is \12,500. “My friends and I love Hye-ji’s coffee shop.” said Eunjoo “The coffee is freshly roasted and the free wi-fi makes it a good place to study and relax.” With great coffee, wi-fi, and Chungnam University and KAIST nearby, it’s easy too see why Hye-ji’s coffee shop is popular.

  14. Concluding sentences • Concluding sentences show the end of the paragraph has been reached. • Concluding sentences summarize the points of the paragraph or restate/reinforce the topic sentence.

  15. Transitional Sentences • Transitional sentences introduce the idea of the next paragraph.

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