Word Tools for Academic Language Development

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Session One Overview ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Let’s start with three questions about English ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Where do you start? 08/02/12 http://www.flickr.com/photos/60810582@N04/galleries/72157629220721347/

Google *FLAX language* http://tinyurl.com/ 7ea4tzq

Meaning + Usage + Frequency ,[object Object]

Web Phrases OER http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n67FBqBFm6I

FLAX Web Phrases Collection Search ( http://flax2.nzdl.org/greenstone3/flax?a=p&sa=home&module =)

Web phrases checking activity (a) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Web phrases checking activity (b) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Derivatives / Word families ,[object Object]

Highlighting aspects of lexical knowledge tell make listen to laugh at do a joke Economy Economies economical uneconomical economically economist take a photograph convince sby of sth that ... to do sth He tried to convince me that it wasn’t his fault. She convinced him to lend her $100. make sby believe sth is true persuade notorious (for ~) (-) famous for sth bad Rome is notorious for pickpockets . notoriously

Typical lexical errors … demanded that they do economic sanctions and revoke all commercial and trade agreements signed with… They conversated for almost one hour. … it seems that the widespread utilization of informatics… collocation word families / derivatives register impose/enforce conversed can be observed

Reporting verbs analyses/analysed compares/compared comments/commented concludes/concluded criticises/criticised demonstrates/demonstrated discusses/discussed illustrates/illustrated indicates/indicated notes/noted investigates/investigated evaluates/evaluated estimates/estimated observes/observed points out/pointed out reports/reported shows/showed suggests/suggested validates/validated verifies/verified argues/argued disputes/disputed concedes/conceded believes/believed recognises/recognised predicts/predicted

Web Pronouns Phrases OER http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns4nXsZQmUA

FLAX Web Pronoun Phrases Collection Search ( http://flax2.nzdl.org/greenstone3/flax?a=p&sa=home&module =)

FLAX Web Pronoun Phrases Collection Search ( http://flax2.nzdl.org/greenstone3/flax?a=p&sa=home&module =) Noticing Text Types – Issues of Register and Genre

Collocations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Compleat Lexical Tutor (Tom Cobb) http://www.lextutor.ca/

Web Collocations OER http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyZgZhHMovI

AWL Exercises (Nottingham) http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~alzsh3/acvocab/index.htm

UEFAP (Andy Gillett) http://www.uefap.com/index.htm

Specific EAP vocab (UEFAP) http://www.uefap.com/vocab/vocfram.htm

Preparation (session two) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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