SEU ENG 220 Week 02 Chapter PPT
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Saudi Electronic University
2011
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This document is a presentation on education and student life, as part of the ENG 220: Listening & Speaking I course at Saudi Electronic University. It covers objectives for the second week of the course, including taking effective lecture notes, gaining meaning from context using tone and intonation, and understanding expressions of location using prepositions.
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Chapter 1: Education and Student Life ENG 220: Listening & Speaking I 1 Week 2 Learning Objectives Interpret a photo Take effective notes using indentation, keywords, and abbreviations Gain meaning from context Use expressions of location ENG 220: Liste...
Chapter 1: Education and Student Life ENG 220: Listening & Speaking I 1 Week 2 Learning Objectives Interpret a photo Take effective notes using indentation, keywords, and abbreviations Gain meaning from context Use expressions of location ENG 220: Listening & Speaking I 2 Objective: Take effective lecture notes Three Keys to Writing Effective Lecture Notes: Indentation: Moving your text to the right This shows the relationship between main ideas and specific details Main idea Detail More specific idea Keywords: Important nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs Abbreviations and Symbols Save time by shortening words and use symbols as much as Adapted from Tanka & Baker (2014 Page 13 possible. ENG 220: Listening & Speaking I 3 Objective: Gain meaning from context Meaning comes not only from words, but also from the way English speakers use their voices. The tone( feeling) and intonation (rising and falling) of a speaker’s voice can be important clues. Source: Tanka & Baker (2014 Page 18 ENG 220: Listening & Speaking I 4 Objective: Use expressions of location Prepositions such as “on”, “at”, and “in” are used to express location. On + street Example: I live on Hudson Street. At + address Example: The restaurant is at 2570 Orange Road. In + city, state, country Example: The university is in Saudi Arabia. Adapted from Tanka & Baker (2014 Page 23 ENG 220: Listening & Speaking I 5
