October 1st lesson

Dear students,
Welcome back. Here is your schedule for today:
1) grading
Portfolio 27
Awl matching 10
Awl gap fill 10
Science news quizzes 16
Intensive reading 5
Final test 32

2) online quiz
AWL 6A online quiz

3) portfolio
 Please bring an article to class and let me check your work. Use the form below to upload your portfolio. If you wish to edit your work, use the email receipt  which is sent to you after you upload. (Do not use the form again for the same portfolio article).

Portfolio Upload Form

You should use the form above three times (one for each article; homework 1, homework 2, homework 3). You should have three receipts in your email. Use these receipts to edit your work. Try not to make a mistake with your name, ID, or email address.

4) test prep
For homework please read the spotlight article below. (Parts of it will be on the final test).

Spotlight article

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

July 23rd lesson

Dear students,
1) Today you will hand in paper copies of your portfolio. Ideally they should be in a folder or stapled together. (If you have had some or all of your portfolio graded already, you do not need to hand the already graded ones in).
For homework, everyone must upload the three summaries and opinions of your portfolio to the spreadsheet via the portfolio upload form (see blog June 4th). The deadline to upload your digital portfolio is Sunday July 22nd.
Students who fail to upload their assignments will score a maximum of 6 points (out of 9) for each missing assignment.

2) Then you will have an AWL gap fill test.

3) After that I will check your five intensive reading exercises in the textbook.

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

AWL Matching Test C

AWL Matching Test C

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