Lecture Extra:Argumentative Speeches

As noted in class this week, an argumentation / argumentative speech is "a form of persuasive public speaking. The speaker presents a personal opinion, judgment or idea about a controversial and current issue, problem, value or dispute in a way that the opinion of the audience will change in favor of his or her side". [speech-topics-help.com] Argumentative speech ideas are controversial and refer to current political, social, business, religious issues, disputes, policies and values.

There are lot of sites of the web related to argumentative speeches and in particular, possible argumentative speech topics . Check some of the links below:

Links:

speech-topics-help.com/argumentative-speech

edu/communication/Argu-Speech-Outline-Format.pdf
goodpersuasivespeechtopics.com/argumentative
homeworktips.about.com/argumenttopics

Lecture Extra:Detail Sentences

As noted in class this week, Detail Sentences can be defined as sentences which add detail or 'meat' to sentences supporting the topic sentences. Whilst often 'detail sentences' ans 'supporting sentences' are regarded as the same thing or at least types of supporting sentences, there is a good case for treating them a separate type of sentence.

For more information on 'detail sentences', check the links below.

Links:
word-mart.com/SupportParagraph
authorstream.com/writing-details

Workshop Powerpoint:On The One Hand (i)

Please find below a link to the Powerpoint for the Workshop for Week 11which involved amongst others things a review of Future Real & Unreal Conditionals and Euphemisms and an introduction to what will be expected in the 'On The One Hand' activity.

Links:
Workshop Powerpoint Week 11: On The One Hand (i)
Review Handout Week 11: On The One Hand (i)
Homefun Handout Week 11: On The One Hand (i)
Preparation Handout Week 11: On The One Hand (i)

Lecture Extra:Future Real and Unreal Conditionals

As noted in class this week, the Future Real Conditional "describes what you think you will do in a specific situation in the future" and is "different from other Real Conditional forms because, unlike the present or the past, you do not know what will happen in the future." [Englishpage.com]

The Future Unreal Conditional meaniwhile, englishpage.com notes, "is used to talk about imaginary situations in the future." It is not as common as the Future Real Conditional because "English speakers often leave open the possibility that anything MIGHT happen in the future. It is only used when a speaker needs to emphasize that something is impossible." To read more about furure conditionals and to do some exercises on the follow the links below.

Links:
englishpage.com/futureconditional
grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/conditional
nonstopenglish.com/conditionals

Lecture Extra:Euphemisms

As noted in class this week, A euphemism is "a substitution with an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the receiver,^[1] or to make it less troublesome for the speaker, as in the case of doublespeak" [Wikipedia]. For example in the case of death and illness one might speak of:
passing away: "Her uncle passed away last year." or
fight a long battle with: "He fought a long battle with cancer."

To learn more about euphemisms check out the links below.

Links:
wikipedia/Euphemism
phrases.org.uk/meanings/euphemism
english-at-home.com/euphemisms
cliffsnotes.com/Euphemism
fact-archive.com/euphemisms

Lecture Extra:Language/Lexical Chunks

As we noticed in class this week, one way it has been suggested you can use to improve your fluency is to learn chunks of language [also known as lexical chunks]. As www.splendid-speaking.com site for example has stated, "while knowing the meaning of a word is useful, knowing how to use it in context is vital."

Words, they note, aren't used in isolation and will often form part of an expression or fixed set of words and being able to call on these 'chunks' of vocabulary, they argue, will help you to improve English fluency skills. To learn more about Language/Lexical Chunks, see the links below:

Links:
www.splendid-speaking.com/
www.englishgateway.com/

Lecture Extra:Concluding Sentences

As noted in the writing section of this week's class, in formal paragraphs, will sometimes see a sentence at the end of the paragraph which summarizes the information that has been presented. This is the concluding sentence. To read more about concluding sentences check out the links below.

Links:
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/
http://writesite.elearn.usyd.edu.au/
http://www.rit.edu

Lecture Extra:Blue Urine

If your interested on following up on the conversation between Dr Abdullah and Simon in the Listening acitivity this week about Blue Urine, check out the links to the sites below.

As we noted in class, blue urine color is most likely caused by foods you have eaten lately or medications you are taking. Medications and drugs can cause your urine to turn blue, since many of these contain dyes. But there are other causes as well

Links:
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/
http://www.urinecolors.com/
http://www.cureresearch.com

Lecture Extra:Present Conditionals

As noted in the grammar section of class this week, there are two kinds of conditional sentences: real and unreal.

While, Real Conditional sentences, it was noted, related to real-life situations, Unreal Conditional sentences describe unreal, imaginary situations.

We also noted that while the various conditional forms might seem quite abstract at first they "are actually some of the most useful structures in English and are commonly included in daily conversations" [englishpage.com]

Links:
http://www.englishpage.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/
http://www.english-zone.com
http://www.punctilious.org/

Lecture Extra:Medical Idioms

Like many fields Medicine has its own set of idioms that it is worth being aware of not least because your colleagues and patients will sometime use them.

Among the sites that may help you develop an understanding of some of these are linked below.

Links:
http://www.idiomconnection.com/medical.html
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/m-body.html
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/

Lecture Extra:Past Continuous Exercises

Please find below a link to some Past Continuous / Progressive exercises from the English 4U site.

Link:
Past Continuous Exercises [E4U]

Lecture Extra:The Skeletal System

To remind yourself about the vocabulary related to the Skeletal System you think about going to Inner Body's pages on it.

Don't spend too much time on this. Most of what you will need you should already know.

Link:
Inner Body: Skeletal System

Lecture Extra:Video: The Digestive System

From argosymedical.com comes this 3-D video respresentation of the digestive system. As usual, try and test your English comprehension by listening to the video while watching along.

Below find the links to an AVI file on the video and a copy of the video available on Youtube.

Links:
Digestive System Video [AVI]
Digestive System Video [Youtube.com]

Lecture Extra:Present Continuous Exercises

Check below for a link to some Present Continuous Tense Exercises from www.isabelperez.com.

Link:
isabelperez.com

Lecture Extra:Sentence Unscramble Exercises [iii]

A little collection of Sentence Unscramble Exercises from manythings.org.

Again check out the resources at the manythings.org site.

Links:
Conversation Questions
10 Proverbs
Robotic Milking
Questions Used at a Gasoline Stations
Unscramble These Proverbs

Lecture Extra:Sentence Unscramble Exercises [ii]

Check out the 39 "What's the Correct Word Order?" exercise from Charles Kelly at a4esl.org.

Check out some of the other resources at this site [click on 'Home' at the top of the page]. They are not bad.

Links:
a4esl.org/q/j/ck/wo-01.html

Lecture Extra:Eating Slowly & the Digestive System

As noted by Dr. Abdullah in the listening this week there has been some speculation in recent years about the impact of eating slowly on weight loss. To read some of the articles referred to by Dr. Abdullah in his conversation with Simon on eating slowly read the articles at the links below.

Links:
mensvita.com
tonic.com .
techocrunch.com

Lecture Extra:Sentence Unscramble Execises

As you hopefully know by know, one of the sets of questions in the mid-term exam will require you to Unscramble some sentences. If you want to have some practice in doing this there are a number of sites on the web site that will allow you to do this. Just visit them and have a go. [If you are stuck at any time try out the last link!]

Links:
spellingcity.com
ecenglish.com
eslpartyland.com
unscramble.net

Lecture Extra:Video: The Circulatory System

From the Pheonix Learning Group this video on the circulatory system. As usual, try and test your English comprehension by listening to the video while watching along.

Below find the links to an AVI file on the video; and a copy of the video available on Youtube.

Links:
The Circulatory System Video [AVI]
The Circulatory System Video [YouTube]

Lecture Extra:Medical Adjectives

As you hopefully know, adjectives are words whose main role is to modify a noun or pronoun, giving more information about the noun or pronoun's referent.

In medical terminology, many adjectives or combining forms of adjectives are derived from either Greek or Latin.

Adjectives will appear most often in compounds and will be joined to either nouns or verbs. Suffixes may be added to make them into nouns as well.

Links:
naturalpedia.com /
medword.com