Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Final Day of Class

 

Today is our final formal class meeting! Congratulations to everyone on making it through the summer. It's be a great experience getting to work with each and every one of you and I wish you continued success during your time here at UIUC, as well as in your personal and professional lives! 

We will begin class today with our final group of presentations. After that, we will spend some time talking about how to properly format our citations and reference listings for the final paper (so as to avoid any possible plagiarism). 

We'll also spend some time working through a drill on idiomatic expressions and after, you'll have some time to work on your essay drafts/outlines. 

Finally, during the last 20 minutes of class, I'll ask you to fill out a couple of evaluations. One of them is for me and one of them is designed to give you a chance to give us some feedback on this final assignment, the Case-Based Evaluation Essay! 

Citation Practice 
Survey about the Case-Based Essay 

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Monday, July 29, 2013

Evaluating the Case-Based Essay


 Happy Monday! While Monday might not be the most exciting day of the week for many of us, the fact that this is our last Monday of classes should bring a smile to most faces! Today in class we will finish talking about the evaluation criteria for the final assignment and, if everything goes smoothly, you will have some time to start writing your essays. The following links will be used in class today:






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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Evaluating the Case-Based Essay



After today's presentations, we will continue to analyze and evaluate Hong's essay. Our focus will be on the an evaluation of his thesis and problem statements. With the remaining time, we will be our discussion on coherence and cohesion with a short presentation and a chance for practice.

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Monday, July 22, 2013

The Case-Based Essay: Audience, Purpose and Thesis Statements



Happy Monday!

Today in class we will be reviewing the details for your final assignment, the Case-Based Evaluation Essay. After reviewing the assignment details, we will spend some time reviewing the student essay and brainstorming critiques of the essay.


During the second half of class, we will review the concepts of audience and purpose and evaluate the student assignment to see how well he accounted for both of these ideas.


Finally, we will discuss the characteristics of a good thesis statement and have a little practice writing good thesis statements.




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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Presentations and an Intro to the Case-Based Essay


Today we will begin class with Group #3's presentations. After, we will begin our final unit! This unit is designed to share the information necessary to write a case-based evaluation essay. The links below will be used in class for today's lesson: 



Comprehension Activities
Part I: Heineken Case Study (password: esl505)



The Assignment


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Monday, July 15, 2013

Negotiation


Today in class we will be discussing what 'negotiation' means, why it is important and how to effectively negotiate. We will do so with a fun practice activity that has some wonderful practical applications. 



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Thursday, July 11, 2013

APA Citation

Today in class we will discuss APA-style citation. The majority of class will be dedicated to practice. We will also have some time at the end for you to get started on writing your critiques for the Summary Critique essays.




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