FAREWELL

 Dear AEFS students

We have come to the end of the course, and I hope you have improved in all—or at least some—areas. Please continue with your hard work, as it will help you achieve your goals. I know there have been some ups and downs during the learning period, but they have made our course more interesting and realistic.

It has been my pleasure to teach you, and I wish you all the very best as you pursue your future career. Good luck in whatever you choose to do next.                                                                                         

TEXT TYPE - REPORTS

 A report is a document that presents information in an organised format for a specific audience and purpose. Although summaries of reports may be delivered orally, complete reports are almost always in the form of written documents. Reports are professional documents so need to be written in a formal and concise style. 

TASK 1:

Report Text Type – Watch the video 'What is a Report?'

Language of Reports (Prezi) - Watch the presentation

TASK 2 - Stand Up Australia 

               

Sitting or lying down, (with the exception 

of sleeping), are what we call 'sedentary' 

behaviours. You can be sedentary at work, 

at school, at home, when travelling or 

during leisure time. Sedentary behaviour 

requires little energy expenditure.

• Look at the research report and examine the report.

• Identify the key features 
•  Practice Activity 

TASK 3: Schools Strike 4 Climate

• Watch the video 
• Read the transcript
• Complete tasks 1 and 2

TASK 4: - Interpreting information 

in diagram form in a report 

# Migrants and refugees #

• Complete the pre-reading activities
• Complete the reading activities 
•  (handout given)

TASK 5:  – Writing about Survey Results

Reading reports practice

• Do the Preparation

• Read the Report

• Complete the tasks 1 and 2

TASK 6: - Comparing two charts

Reading reports practice

• Do the Preparation

• Read the Report

• Complete tasks 1, 2, and 3

TASK 7: Reporting Verbs in English

A reporting verb is a word which is used to talk about or report on other people's work. Reporting verbs can be used to great effect, but the difficulty with using them is that there are many, and each of them has a slightly different and often subtle meaning.

• Watch the video - Reporting Verbs EAP

TASK 8: COHESION and COHERENCE

• Watch the first 8 minutes of the video
• Answer the questions (handout given)

Week 6 - 9

 WEEK 3 - 6 JOURNAL ARTICLES

Journal articles are shorter than books and written about very specific topics. A journal is a collection of articles (like a magazine) that is published regularly throughout the year. Journals present the most recent research, and journal articles are written by scholars or professionals who are experts in their field. They may be published in print or online formats, or both. 

The language of scholarly journals is that of the discipline covered. It assumes some technical background on the part of the reader.

The main purpose of a scholarly journal is to report on original research or experimentation in order to make such information available to the rest of the scholarly world.

Complete the following tasks:

TASK 1:

• Watch 'What is a journal article?', and get familiar with the text type
• Watch Journal vs Popular Articles and discuss the differences
• Watch 'Elements of Journal Articles'
• Watch 'Tips for reading journal articles

TASK 2: Benefits of sport

• Watch the video Benefits of Sport
• Complete the activities (handout given)

TASK 3: HEALTH ISSUES JOURNAL

• Refer to "A Healthy Mouth for a Healthy Life article
• Skim, scan and read for detail (handout given)
• Note taking
• Summary writing

EXTRA TASK: SPORT JOURNAL

• Find a journal article of your interest
• Take notes
• Write a brief summary

TEXT TYPE - NEWS ARTICLES

 Media File

Each week you will need to collect news clippings about current issues and the most useful sources are The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian and The Daily Telegraph. Current concerns are usually, immediately covered by the press and it will mean you become familiar with some of the local and macro environment.

TASK 1 - News headline Language - PPP - watch the PPP

TASK 2 - AEFS Project - Key features of a news article

• Choose a news article from the suggested newspapers in the blog
• Read it but do not focus on each word
• Try to identify the features of news article
• Answer the questions regarding each news article feature

 TASK 1  - MANAGING MY TIME

Managing your time is very important skill 

during your studies.

- Watch the video

Discuss

TASK 2 - TEXT TYPES

 -  Watch the video

Understanding text types

TASK 3 - TEXT TYPES AND PURPOSE

 - Watch the video

TASK 4 - PURPOSE AND AUDIENCE

It is important to identify the reason for 

writing the text and for whom it is written.

 - Watch the Slide share

TASK 5  -  MAIN IDEA

Main idea is important to understand the text

- Read and watch the video

TASK 6 - ACADEMIC READING SKILLS QUIZ

 - Complete the quiz and check 

what kind of reader you are

TASK 7 - How Humans Evolved Language

- complete the preparation task

- complete the matching task

- complete TRUE/FALSE task

 Dear students,

Welcome to AEFS reading class. For the AEFS reading unit, we will use our class blog as an online delivery platform. I will post resources and tasks for you to complete and send them back to me as blog posts or via email allowing you to practise your reading and writing skills. As you know, the course will be delivered face-to-face in class.

I look forward to working with you this term.