Good Blog

Hi,

A good blog that you should take a look at is

www.englishforuniversity.com

See you tomorrow

Introductions

Hi,

This is just to remind you to bring in two copies of your introduction tomorrow. It doesn't matter if you haven't finished it.

See you all tomorrow

Blogs

Dear Grape Class,

I've had a look at your blogs and some of them are very good. Some of them, however, look a bit empty. Once you have set up your blog the idea is to post something everyday. Please let me know, as some of you already have, if you intend to submit your self-study as a paper version.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend and see you all tomorrow.

Helen

Key points from the lecture about the media

• confusing reality and fantasy
• people don't want to see reality on tv - they want fantasy
• more men on tv, only 38% were women
• men can solve problems, don't need help, money, better jobs
• women are represented as looking for a relationship
• Americans watch 30 hours of tv a week
• Easy to find rich people on tv shows - this does not represent reality
• Occupations and economical status does not represent the reality
• 1/3 of people on tv have professional jobs but in reality 11%
• more than 50% of people on tv are seen as wealthy
• the reality is that it is lower
• compared tv to a product - a marketing tool
• stereotypes - easy and quick to recognise so people identify with them
• Like tv for entertainment purposes

Academic Word List

Hi,

Here is a link to the site where you will find the Academic Wordlist and the Academic Wordlist Highlighter and Gapfill.

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/%7Ealzsh3/acvocab/wordlists.htm

Grammar

Here is a useful website you can use to help you with your grammar. Look in the resources section at the material bank

www.llas.ac.uk

Preparing for the seminar on Media/Television

• Internet
• Newspapers
• Own ideas
• Other people
• Books
• attendance at lectures

Newspaper Links

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

Here are the links to two newspaper sites.

Seminars

Benefits and Purpose of Seminars

• exchange information/sharing ideas and thoughts
• vocabulary
• communication skills
• increasing confidence
• more knowledge about the topic
• helps for next level
• familiarity with different accents
• socialisation
• team work
• working as a group
• teacher can check understanding of subject
• put forward own ideas/comparing ideas with others

Drafts

Dear Derby,

I've had a look at your drafts and made some comments on them. I've sent you each an email with your draft re-attached with comments

Issues raised in tutorials today

Hello Everyone,

During the tutorials today a number of people raised the issue of wanting to prepare more specifically for their Masters courses.
One way in which you can do this is to look on Weblearn at the modules you will be studying on your Masters and looking at the book lists. Whilst the university is quiet you are more likely to find the books on the reading lists. Try taking one of the books out of the library and reading a couple of chapters. This will give you an idea of both the level of English and the type of vocabulary used.

A website that you could look at for more business oriented materials is
http://www.businessballs.com/

Also look in the library for the book Business Vocabulary in Use published by Cambridge University Press

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

This website can give you lots of advice on writing. Have a look if you think you need to work on your writing skills.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/

This is the website we used in Self-study on Friday 27th June for the News Quiz. If you want to practise your reading it's a good site to use.

Draft

Dear Derby,

This is to let you know that by 5pm on Friday 4th July I'd like you to email me the first draft of your research report for the first 3 sections:
Background
Aims
Methods
Could you also include 3 or 4 points about the findings from your research.

Thanks