English for Science

Here’s a version by Group 3. Again, give some comments to this group’s hard work!

The group “Good Taste” has done a great job! What do you like about the video? Do you have some comments / suggestions to this group?

 

On Monday, we had some great discussion about using English outside classroom in our project work. It is our strong belief that the English language has to be learnt through constant practising, not only within classroom but in other scenarios. By using English in various situations: whatsapp, text messages, facebook posts, we will slowly and surely gain confidence in using the language.

I took some time reading through the learning contracts you all have filled in, and I’m glad to see that most of you are determined to use English more than 80% in those mentioned situations. I wondered, however, what made some of you feel less confident in some group work. Feel free to share in the comment area below and see if others are also having the same concern.

Today (Wednesday), we have looked at different types of documentaries and have seen two examples: one from BBC and other from a previous student in this course. We even took off trying to create a short video using PhotoStory 3 and a given script. Remember to upload a copy on our YouTube site  (link available in the PowerPoint file on blackboard), and I’ll share the link here later so that we can comment on each others’ work.

 

It’s nice to see you all this week! This week we started the course by looking at different qualities of good scientists. And we had some nice discussion. We also took the chance to have a look at a couple of samples of scientific writing and see how language use differs when we have different target readers and different writing purposes.

How important are English communication skills for scientists? How important are English communication skills for you?  What did you get from the reading tasks in class?

Please let us know by leaving a comment below. Please keep the comments positive and constructive, and choose one of your classmates to respond to, saying whether you agree with their point of view and why.

Remember, it is through practice we can improve our language skills. Please make a lot of noise here!

Welcome to the course blog which we can use to share our views / comments regarding the course materials that we go through each week.

I’m looking forward to some fruitful and exciting discussion about communication in science here!

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In class we shared our documentaries: congratulations to you all on the effort that you have put in! You can see all of the videos in the post below (in no particular order): please tell us which one you like the most and why. Remember to give positive and constructive feedback!

1. TB2_Kristy_Edward_Philip_Kenneth (below)

 

2. TB2_Dada_Sunny_Anita (below)

In class we shared our documentaries: congratulations to you all on the effort that you have put in! You can see all of the videos in the post below (in no particular order): please tell us which one you like the most and why. Remember to give positive and constructive feedback!

1. T03_Yuki_Ricky_Joe (below)

 

2. T03_Eric_Stanley_Kenny (below)

 

3. T03_Candy_Michelle_Sandy (below)

 

4. T03_Yung_Fred_Kaichung (below)

 

5. T03_Janis_Alfred_Agnes (below)

 

6. T03_Gary_Reeve_Daniel (below)

 

7. T03_Wing_Kristin_Nancy (below)

 

8. T03_Alan_Jeffrey_Jessica (below)

In class we shared our documentaries: congratulations to you all on the effort that you have put in! You can see all of the videos in the post below (in no particular order): please tell us which one you like the most and why. Remember to give positive and constructive feedback!

1. TB3_Ada_Annabelle_Joanna (below)

 

2. TB3_Alan_Shiu_Jonathan (below)

 

3. TB3_Kian_Navi_Steven (below)

 

4. TB3_Erica_Yuki_Jenice (below)

 

5. TB3_Andy_Leonard_Vinci (below)

 

6. TB3_Alex_Danny_Jason (below)

 

7. TB3_Janet_Rainbow_Tony (below)

 

8. TB3_Nelson_Sanjo_Kat (below)

In class we shared our documentaries: congratulations to you all on the effort that you have put in! You can see all of the videos in the post below (in no particular order): please tell us which one you like the most and why. Remember to give positive and constructive feedback!

1. TB4_Becca_Jenny_Sammi_Jamie (below)

 

2. TB4_Terry_Paul_Anton_Benjamin (below)

 

3. TB4_Florence_Jacqueline_Lilian_Racheal (below)

 

4. TB4_Jacques_Chloe_Nina_Shelley (below)

In class we shared our documentaries: congratulations to you all on the effort that you have put in! You can see all of the videos in the post below (in no particular order): please tell us which one you like the most and why. Remember to give positive and constructive feedback!

1. TA1_Tommy, Tina, Amy, Berry (below)

 

2. TA1_Kitty, Yvonne, Money (below)

 

3. TA1_Lee Pui Ying, Poon Sau Yi, Shum Wai Kwan (below)

 

4. TA1_Katherine, Phoebe, Jessica (below)

 

5. TA1_Chloe, Evita, Vivian, Shirley (below)

 

6. TA1_Erica, Rita, Zoe, Pencil (below)

 

7. TA1_Yannes, Wing, Hazel, Winky (below)