[hrtech.vn] english writing tips session 2

7/31/2019 [HRTECH.VN] English Writing Tips Session 2

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Tutor: Nam Nguyen Hoai



Review (25 mins)

How to write as anEnglish (60 mins)

Exercises (35 mins)

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Review (25 mins)


Exercises (35 mins)

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Work in 04 groups

Group 1 – Group 3

Group 2 – Group 4Each Group build an agree/disagree

question

Each Group has to make an outlinefor the given question

Present the answer

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Check your partner essay:

Structure

Signals

Ideas (topic)

Sub ideas

Examples

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Review (25 mins)


Exercises (35 mins)

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For sales: an antique desk suitablefor lady with thick legs and largedrawers.

Wanted: man to take care of cowthat does not smoke or drink.

Lost: small poodle. Reward.Neutered. Like one of the family.

Used cars: Why go elsewhere to becheated. Come here first.

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We do not tear out your clothing withmachinery. We do it carefully by hand.

Will you please send someone to mend

our cracked sidewalk? Yesterday mywife tripped on it and is now pregnant.

It is strictly forbidden that people of

different sex, for instance, men andwomen, live together in one tentunless they are married with eachother for this purpose.

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Contrastive rhetoric: Kaplan’s seminalarticle 1966

International students’ L2 writing

style: not wrong, but different.L2 writing “issues” are not necessarily

due to limited linguistic proficiency.

Advanced L2 students highly proficientin the syntactic structure of Englishmay still write papers consideredineffective and inadequate by nativeinstructors.

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ExampleTrong sân có một con mèo. Một conchuột bị con mèo nó đuổi.

Translate:There is a cat in the yard. A mouseis chased by the cat.

There is a cat in the yard. A mouseis chased by it.There is a cat in the yard. It chasesa mouse.




There is a cat in the yard.

There is: Theme

A cat in the yard: Rheme

Version 1:

A mouse: Theme

Is chased by the cat: Rheme





There is: Theme


Version 2:

A mouse: Theme

Is chased by it: Rheme





There is: Theme


Version 3:

It: Theme

Chases a mouse: Rheme

Best version. Why?




Special cases:

Theme (only):Topical: it, they, he, she …

Textual: as a result, however, moreover … Interpersonal: obviously, undeniable,

truly, …




Example:

If our team wins, we will celebrate. If our team wins: theme

We will celebrate: rheme

Anne is pretty, and Marry is smart.Anne|Marry: theme

Is pretty|is smart: rheme Each clause is a sentence.




Rheme – Theme: a previous rheme is reused asthe theme of the current sentence.

Luong Manh Hai cheated Tang Thanh Ha.

She was stolen the car. Theme – repeated: a previous theme is re-used

as the theme of the current sentence.

LMH cheated TTH. He stole her car.

New theme: a totally new theme, unrelated topreviously established themes and themes.

LMH cheated TTH. Hieu Hien came todrive her home.





From Teacher

Ho Le Vu




From TeacherHo Le Vu

Guess: Model Vietnamese? – Vietnamese ESL? – Model English?




From TeacherHo Le Vu



Special theme The use of linking words: TEXTUAL

Make a group of sentences more logical

Example: Students wish to be millionaires. In order to

be like that, they have to work hard.Moreover, they need luck to create an uniqueidea that could be developed successfully

like MS Windows. However, some of them aretoo lazy that they wait for luck instead oftrying hard. As a result, they become amillionaire only in their dream.




Special theme

The use of pronouns: TOPICAL

Make a group of sentences shorter,

clearerExample:

Ngoc Trinh crowned Miss VietnamInternational. However, she was said to

attend a non-sense contest that was notmore than a stupid music show. Actually, that contest was pretty small like a dust to astone in comparison with others this year.




Rheme – Theme: Try to convert sentences to Rheme – Theme type.

Make a group of sentences more logical.

Method: a b; b c; c d; … Avoid: a b; a c; b d; a d …

Example: Cong Vinh bought a car for Thuy Tien. However, that

singer had bought a car herself. That car is moreexpensive than the one Cong Vinh gave. So the footballplayer had to sing the song “Muộn màng”. That song isunlucky written by Thuy Tien, the one made himbecome a donkey.




Review (25 mins)


Exercises (35 mins)





Tim Russert, a political lifer who made a TV career of hispassion with unrelenting questioning of the powerful andinfluential, died of a heart attack Friday.

Unsurprisingly, the network announced that they would letsomeone anchor a special edition of "Meet the Press“ on

Sunday, dedicated to Russert.

At Tim Russert Children's Garden, a pretty hideaway in hissouth Buffalo neighborhood Friday, a bouquet of redcarnations appeared soon after news of Russert's deathemerged.

Earlier, when Russert came home to sign his book, people lined up by the hundreds to have their copies signed andwish the Russerts well.

Brown, too, was surprised at Russert's warmth, recalling

how he offered to do whatever he could to help Buffalo.



Identify the differences about Rheme-Themein your Vietnamese version.

Translate the Vietnamese version into English

including: Linking words

Pronouns

Rheme – theme structure.

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Choose a topic (agree/disagreetype). Write your essay with

the chosen topic and send [email protected] before Wed 24th Aug 2011.

File format: [Full Name][Essay

Session 3].doc

mailto:[email protected]

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Thank you!!!

[hrtech.vn] english writing tips session 2

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