Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and problems for Teacher training

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Rewrite the Questions in Reported Speech

1. “Are you coming to the dance?” Courtney asked me.

• 1. Courtney asked if / whether I was coming to the dance.
• 2. Claire asked the teacher when they would get their papers back.
• 3. Tracy asked us if / whether we had done the homework.
• 4. David wanted to know what they should bring on the field trip.
• 5. The teacher asked the students if / whether they had finished the exam.

Complete Sentences with Reported Speech

1. “Don’t forget to wash the dishes,” Mum said. Mum suggested / reminded

• 1. Mum reminded me / us to wash the dishes.
• 2. Tina boasted (that) she was the best volleyball player in the team.
• 3. Kim wondered why the sky was so dark.
• 4. The policewoman ordered the criminal not to move.
• 5. Dad promised

Discourse as a Verbal Structure

• Modes of Discourse:

• Talk or spoken discourse comprises everyday conversations and other types of dialogues, such as parliamentary debates, board meetings, etc.

• Text or written discourse defines the large set of discourse types, comprising, for example, news reports in newspapers, textbacks, advertising, etc.

• Typology of Discourse: They define sets or classes of discourse types. We may use discourse modes to define genres—conversations, poems, reports, etc.

• Order and Form:

• The formal structure of sentences in discourse is not independent of the rest of discourse for the context.

• Meaning:

• Is the abstract sense of discourse, which is called semantic representation. Meaning is something assigned to a discourse by language

A. Meeting and Follow-Up

I'm writing to arrange a time for the meeting next week. We had arranged a meeting for tomorrow to discuss our business plans. Following conversations with our distributors, following a meeting of the ..., it has been decided to cut our training budget by... Due to the suggestions that our staff gave us, we have decided to promote this fact.

B. Requests and Apologies

I would be grateful if you could (give us a sample/ inform)-(send us details of your services). We would be pleased if you could inform us about how... I wonder if you could tell me what time... I apologize again for the changes, and I hope we can meet in the near future. If you are interested in working with us, please contact me at the above number to arrange...

Synopsis

Sam Sylvester, a dedicated teacher at Hawkwood School, strives to instill ambition in his students and inspire them to achieve great things. He decides to train them for a sports competition against the affluent students of Greycoats. The great adventure begins here.

Key Vocabulary

• Team: A group of people who play a sport or game together against another group.
• Race: A competition to see who can run, ride, or drive the fastest.
• Course: The ground where a race is run.
• Competition: A game or sport that people try to win.
• Mare: A female horse.
• Recording: The process of storing sounds or images.
• Shed: A small building used for storage.
• Knackers: People who buy and sell old horses.
• Score: The number of points in a game or test.
• Slide: To move smoothly

Transmedia Storytelling: Unfolding Across Multiple Platforms

Pros and Cons of Transmedia Storytelling

Shared Knowledge and Collaborative Processes

Intrasentential Cohesion

Intrasentential cohesion involves the thematic structure (theme/topic, old information, subject) and information structure (rheme, comment, new information, predicate).

Topicalisation

A syntactic process used to promote cohesion by fronting an element in a clause, often an object, to maintain structure.

Focalisation

• Phonological: Marked tone units.
• Syntactic: Clefting (It + be + X + that clause) and Pseudoclefting (What clause + be + X).

Extrasentential Cohesion

Markers of cohesion include the following categories:

a) (Co)reference and Deixis

• Referential Deixis: The ability of language to point. It can be referential (pointing to a referent) and categorized as exophoric (context-dependent) or endophoric (referent within the text)

1. Learning Theories and Their Influence on Learning

Behaviorism (Motivation through Rewards and Punishments)

Behaviorism is a learning theory based on the idea that learning occurs through pleasurable or painful consequences (positive/negative reinforcers and punishments). It focuses on controlling and developing motivation.

Cognitivism (Memorization and Information Processing)

Cognitivism explores how information is received, organized, stored, and retrieved by the mind through the processes of retention and recall. It aims to increase lexical items and improve memory.

Constructivism (Creating Your Own Knowledge)

Constructivism emphasizes the creation of knowledge from experiences and ideas. It encourages peer group/class discussions and allows...

The Foundation of Forensic Linguistics

When Halliday wrote, “Language is as it is because of what it has to do,” he opened many avenues in the field of linguistics. One of these avenues was the application of linguistics in a forensic context, which I discovered by chance. This happened two years ago when I saw a poster in my faculty announcing a lecture on this subject matter. Driven by curiosity, I attended, and since that moment, I realized that I would like to dedicate my final year research to the historical development of this branch of linguistics. During my research, my interest was further aroused when I sourced documents relating to forensic linguistics’ applicability to real-world situations.

Thus, I consider the Forensic Linguistics

Unit 3 Level 2 Grammar Exercises

3.1 Grammar Solutions

1. had / got … painted
2. would continue
3. hasn’t met
4. Will … be selected
5. had spread
6. will have set
7. hadn’t lost

3.2 Grammar Solutions

1. I haven’t eaten chocolate for six months.
2. How long have you been running marathons?
3. Sally admitted losing / that she had lost my camera.
4. Our photos were taken by a photographer. / We had/got our photos taken.

3.3 Grammar Solutions

1. the bus arrived, I’d been waiting (for) an hour
2. he couldn’t remember where he had left his phone
3. the table been set
4. don’t keep their rooms tidy
5. they had not / never been abroad
6. to stand up

Term Test 1 Optional Reading

Term Test 1 Solutions

1. F – “In the last decade, a unique approach has been taking advantage of all five senses to make the party