1. The Study and Production of Texts
Semester 2
Lesson 1

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3. ADMIN:
Dates
Aims
Marking

4. Dates Semester II Monday Group 10. END-OF-COURSE TEST 13/05 04/03
11/03
18/03
25/03
01/04
08/04
15/04
Easter Holidays
/04
/05
10. END-OF-COURSE TEST 13/05

5. Dates Semester II Friday group
1. 08/ / / / / /04 Easter Holidays 7. 03/ / /05 END OF COURSE TEST Friday 24/05

6. Second Semester Core Aims
The main aims of this second-level course are:
to continue the groundwork covered in semester 1
to further extend your knowledge of both grammar and lexis
to pave the way for the second year of your degree course.

7. Second Semester Marking System
The marks you are given for the two in-class tests you will sit this semester will be added to the mark you were given for your first test in semester I.
The average of these three marks is your final mark for this course.
Students who fail either or both of their tests should see me during office hours.

8. What skills do good writers demonstrate?
Authoring
Having something to say
(a sense of purpose)
Being aware of the reader
( a sense of audience)
Developing the ideas
( a sense of direction)
Crafting
Organising the content clearly and in a logical manner
Using the conventions, e.g. spelling, layout
Getting the grammar right
Developing sentence structure
Linking ideas in a variety of ways
Having a range of vocabulary

10. DATA COMMENTARY E S A Y

11. Weeks 1 - 4 Week 5 Mid-semester Readings 39 Section 1: Data Commentary
Introduction to Data Commentary 1
Young adults and alcohol 2
Asylum seekers in Britain 3
The Language of Data Commentary 5
Dates and Numbers 9
UK Universities World Rankings World University Rankings 11
European University Statistics 16
Students Travel Data 19
Homework task 1 21
Perceptions of National Identity America’s gun culture data 24
5 Facts about Smoking Well-being Men & Women 37
Week 5 Mid-semester Readings

12. Weeks 6 - 9 Section 2: Essay Writing Sustainable Development Goals 45
Stephen Hawkings article 46
Stages in Writing an Essay 48
Topics for Discussion 49
Getting Started: writing your introduction 50
Factive vs. non-factive verbs 52
Homework task 2 53
Considering Structure 54
Homework task 3 55
Finishing up: writing your conclusion 56
Language Exercises 57
Hedging 61

13. TURN TO PG 1

14. Data Commentary

15. Source text New text Text - Data - Organisation Elaboration Lexis
Features
Data -
Elaboration
Interpretation
Presentation
Source text
New text

16. Turn to p2

18. Task 1
Read the text with a partner and underline all the lexical items that refer to data commentary.

20. Task 2
Work with a partner. Student A consider paragraphs 1 & 2 Student B consider paragraphs 4 & 5 Underline all the lexical items that refer to data commentary.

22. HOMEWORK Lesson 1
Reflect on today’s lesson – make notes & start keeping a Data Commentary section in your Writing notes
p42 – 49
Further reading:

23. For next lesson (for Test 2)
4. Study The Language of Data Commentary p.5 – p.9
5. Read and study the text on p.10 – p.13 in preparation for next lesson
6. Reflect

24. The Finish Line….