AWL Matching Test B

AWL Matching Test B

AWL Matching Test A

AWL Matching Test A

Science News Test 2

Science News Test 2

July 9th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will have Science News Test 2 which is worth 8 points.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

AWL highlighter

Dear students,
The AWL highlighter at Nottingham University appears to be down.
You may search for a new one, or try below.

EAP AWL highlighter

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

July 2nd lesson

Dear students,
Today you will have a practice matching test.

AWL practice matching test 1-5

After that you will study cohesive expressions (2.7), paragraphing and quoting (3.5) and skimming and scanning (3.4). If there is time after that, let me check your portfolios or intensive reading.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

June 25th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will study the AWL 5b words, then context clues to word meaning, and then work on your portfolios or intensive reading.

AWL 5B worksheet

AWL 5B online test

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

June 18th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will do AWL 5A word test. Then you will study about references. Then you will work on your portfolios or your intensive reading.

AWL 5A worksheet

AWL 5A online test

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

AWL highlighter

Dear students,
Please use the AWL highlighter to highlight the AWL words.

AWL highlighter

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Portfolio Upload

Dear students,
Please use the form below to upload your portfolio articles (use the form three times). Ideally, you should show your article to me first, then I will grade it, and then you should upload. At the end of the semester I will check them for plagiarism and regrade if they have been edited.
You may edit your articles after you have uploaded by using the link in your email responses.

Portfolio Upload

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

June 11th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will take the AWL 4B test and then upload your first portfolio report. After that, do the extensive reading, and if you finish, show me.

AWL 4B worksheet

AWL 4B online test

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

June 4th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will look at paragraphs (2.6). Then you will show me your summary and opinion of your first article. Make sure that your in-text citation and reference are in APA format and correct.
After that you will study the AWL wordlist.

AWL 4A worksheet

AWL 4A online test

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

May 28th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will have science news test which will be 24 multiple choice questions (T/F or a/b/c/d) about the first six articles on the CELESE website for this semester. The test is worth 8 points.
After that you will have an AWL practice test.

AWL 3B worksheet

AWL 3B online test

Then you will continue with the textbook.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

May 21st lesson

Dear students,
Today you will study the AWL 3A words.

AWL 3A worksheet

AWL 3A online test 

Then you will learn more about abbreviations and technical terms, so please download and bring the technical word and abbreviation worksheet to class. Then you will learn about paragraphs (2.5). Finally, you will study APA formatted references.

APA formatted references matching exercise

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

PS.
The answers to the APA formatted references matching excercise are here:
APA formatted reference matching excercise answers

May 14th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will study the AWL 2B words.

AWL 2B worksheet

AWL 2B online test

Then you will learn about APA formatted in-text citations.

APA in-text citation matching exercise

An after that you will study about technical terms and abbreviations (2.3) and work on your portfolio summaries and reaction statements, which should be about 150 words each. Please show me your in-text citations and references for your first portfolio articles, which should be formatted in APA style.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin