Week 4, Session 1

1. Discuss homework

(a) Text type Conventions


(i) writing: email, message, chat, blog,wiki, notes, articles, reports,dissertations, text message, wishing card, memo.


(ii) Speech: lectures, public speaking, conversation, debate.



2. Discuss Summary writing for improvement


3. Discuss Wiki sections


4. Discuss Record keeping


5. iPod Project: listen to video, read script for as many times as you need to until you feel you are saying it like a native speaker and then record it using Dropvox.



11. Homework: Communication daily activities log

(a) For one day, keep a log in which you describe your communication activities. Keep track of the time and different ways you spend communicating, such as talking person-to-person, listening to teachers or the radio, watching television, reading books and other print media, and using any electronic communication device. Discuss with your lecturer and colleagues what your log reveals about the importance of communication in your life. Think of ways to improve your communication skills

(b) Wiki Online Electronic Portfolio: Communication daily activities log; invite 3 classmates to visit your wiki; visit at least two other classmates’ wiki and comment on their log in the Discussion area (comments)

(c) iPod Project Task 2 COMPLETE BY SUNDAY EVENING