Wednesday, 14 November 2012

ECII Group 6 B2+2 Lesson 8 14/11/12

Lesson 8
14/11/12

Class
Exam Skills Unit 12.5
IELTS listening practice.
http://www.ielts-exam.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=335&Itemid=57
Personal Statements Unit 12.5
Error Correction and Essay Feedback

Essay Feedback


Organisation
Write a detailed plan rather than 2 copies. A good plan helps you organize your argument in the most effective way. 
This is an essay so no headings and titles. It should be clear what each paragraph is about from the first (topic) sentence. 
Referencing
Remember citations are needed in the text as well – every time you paraphrase, summarise or quote.

Common Errors
SUFFIXES
Wealth, wealthy
Determinate
Economic, economical

CONFUSED WORDS
Earn/gain
Payments/pay

SPELLING
Crysis
Payed

ARTICLES
The luck, the effort, the talent, the market

COUNTABLE/UNCOUNTABLE
Research
effort

LINKING WORDS
Use a variety
Don’t start sentences with and or but
SENTENCE STRUCTURE/WORD ORDER/TENSES
In which are described some factors
Is sufficient to think about…
The problem is that is hard to…
The increasing of …
It is always been
One of the most important problem


Homework
As part of your self study go through your essay and try to correct the mistakes I have pointed out. A helpful self study exercise could be to rewrite the essay or to come up with a checklist of your typical mistakes which you could use when editing in future. 

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