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English (ESL)

ENGLISH 3-MONIKA-2016-2


Class
Michael Moonan
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Lessons

Here is the class outline:

1. Online dictionary: wordreference

Aug 8

Very useful dictionary to learn English.

2. Syllabus

Aug 8

Content of the English 3 course.

3. COMMON VERBS IN ENGLISH

English verbs with Spanish translation.

4. LIST OF CONNECTORS

Aug 8

Words to link ideas.

5. COURSERA: ONLINE COURSES IN ENGLISH

Browse the course catalogue, select ONE course that you like and enroll.

6. DUOLINGO: practice languages with games and activities

Aug 8

Games to practice English.

7. GLOSSARY FOR EDU 2.0

Aug 8

Terms to use this platform.

8. PREPOSITIONS

Aug 8

Common prepositions in English. Prepositions normally link words.

9. LIST OF REGULAR VERBS

List of regular English verbs.

10. LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS

List of irregular English verbs.

11. MONIKA'S BLOG

A brief history of the English language.

12. QUIZLET

Aug 8

Lots of games to practice vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.

13. QUIZLET-Verbs (English-Spanish)

Aug 8

Games using English verbs.

14. REAL ENGLISH VIDEOS & EXERCISES

Videos and exercises.

15. SESSION 1: Introduction to the course, platform enrollment & sign-up on Coursera

Aug 8

EDU 2.0 and COURSERA. P.S. There's no material as such in this first session.

16. SESSION 2: DIAGNOSTIC EXAM: The History of the English Language

Aug 11

Diagnostic exam

17. SESSION 3: video on Margaret Thatcher

Aug 15

Listening exercises and review of past verbs (regular and irregular)

18. SESSION 4: The future of English-WILL

Aug 18

Future: use of WILL for predictions.

19. SESSION 5: more on future

Aug 22

WILL for predictions.

20. SESSION 6: Pink Floyd-Future (Will and Going to)

Aug 25

Different use of Future WILL and GOING TO

21. SESSION 7: Experiences and comparisons

Aug 29

Present Perfect

22. SESSION 8: Newspaper articles-Experiences and results

Sep 1

More on the use of Present Perfect.

23. SESSION 9: text analysis: genre, tone, register and topic

Sep 5

Analysis of different texts, in terms of genre, tone, register and topic.

24. SESSION 10: Best friends, a dying species

Sep 8

Discussion on how digital communication has changed the way people relate to each other.

25. SESSION 11: GLOBAL WARMING (CAN-COULD-MAY-MIGHT)

Sep 12

Possibilities: CAN-COULD-MAY-MIGHT

26. SESSION 12: Hypotheses

Sep 15

DEFINITION: A hypothesis consists either of a suggested explanation for a phenomenon or of a reasoned proposal suggesting a possible correlation between multiple phenomena. The term derives from the Greek, hypotithenai meaning "to put under" or "to suppose." The scientific method requires that one can test a scientific hypothesis. Scientists generally base such hypotheses on previous observations or on extensions of scientific theories. In common usage in the 21st century, a hypothesis refers to a provisional idea whose merit requires evaluation. For proper evaluation, the framer of a hypothesis needs to define specifics in operational terms. A hypothesis requires more work by the researcher in order to either confirm or disprove it. Any useful hypothesis will enable predictions by reasoning (including deductive reasoning). It might predict the outcome of an experiment in a laboratory setting or the observation of a phenomenon in nature. The prediction may also invoke statistics and only talk about probabilities.

27. Session 13: more on hypotheses

Sep 19

28. SESSION 14: Research methodologies

Sep 22

29. SESSION 15: Street Art

Sep 26

30. SESSION 16: Word formation

Oct 6

31. SESSION 17: continue with Word Formation: prefixes and suffixes

Oct 10

32. SESSION 18: word formation-revisited: BBC News

Oct 13

33. SESSION 19: Languages and perceptions of the world

Oct 17

34. Session 20: connectors

Oct 20

35. SESSION 21: Masdar City

Oct 24

36. SESSION 22: continue with session 21

Oct 27

37. SESSION 23: BBC News Videos

Oct 31

38. SESSION 24: US ELECTIONS

Nov 10

39. SESSION 25: Write the end of the story

Nov 14
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