"Technical English 1 (B1BI2b [3:30 - 6:45])", Room 335, "BL".
"Technical English 1 (B1BI1a [9:45 - 1:00])", Room 01, Bldg G3, "BL".
"Technical English 1 (B1BI2a [3:30 - 6:45])", Room 335, "BL".
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FINALS are now posted
"Einsicht" in the finals for Technical English 1 at the FHTW, Aristotelessteig 14 [Karlshorst], 3rd Floor (Russian), Wednesday, 21 February, from 11:00-12:00
Last chance to convince me to give you a better grade, before I turn the grades in.
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Class Dates
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Oct. 9, 2006
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Oct. 16, 2006
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Oct. 23, 2006
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Oct. 30, 2006
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Nov. 2, 2006
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Nov. 13, 2006
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Nov. 20, 2006
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Nov. 27, 2006
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Dec. 4, 2006
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Dec. 11, 2006
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Dec. 18, 2006
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Jan. 8, 2007
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Jan. 15, 2007
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Jan. 22, 2007
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Jan. 29, 2007
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Feb. 5, 2007
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Feb. 12, 2007
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Apr. 5, 2007
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October 9, 2006 / October 16, 2006
- Administrative
- "Anwesenheitspflicht"
- It takes two to learn as well as tango
- Breaks et al.
- Cellulars
- English
- Mine
- Archaic
- Fast
- Mumbled
- American Accent
- Time
- past = past
- present = present
- future = future
- Yours
- Auslautverhärtung
- Time
- past = past
- present = past
- present = present
- present = future
- future = future
- Problems
- Vocabulary
- Grammar
- Pronunciation and Spelling
- Background
- "1066"
- Different words; same word order
- Word endings lose importance to word position
- Pronunciation and Spelling lose importance to word position
- The "Enlightenment"
- Even more classical words
- Formalized, "logical" grammar
- Only the educated
- SOLUTIONS
- Topic - Word Order
- Statements - SPoOmpt.
- Imperatives - (S)PoOmpt!
- Questions - wPSpoOmpt?
- Antecedents - place the description as close as possible to that which it describes
- Requirements (minimum 50%)
- Final (85 points)
- Tenses (Simple, Progressive, Perfect)
- Time (Past, Present, Future)
- Voice (Active, Passive)
- Modals
- Relative Clauses
- Linking Words
- Letters
- Reading Comprehension
- Vocabulary
- Writing (140-150 words on a given topic)
- and MORE
- Oral Exam (15 points)
- Hear tape twice
- Must participate or written exam doesn't count
- grammar - Word Order
- Statements - SPoOmpt.
- Imperatives - (S)PoOmpt!
- Questions - qPSpoOmpt?
- Antecedents - place the description as close as possible to that which it describes
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October 23, 2006 / October 30, 2006
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November 6, 2006 / November 13, 2006
- Properties
- Topic - Pronoun Case
- Cases
- Nominative
- Accusative
- Dative
- Genitive
- reflexive
- possessive
- Topic - Pronoun Gender
- NO grammatical gender
- He is he (i.e. Junge ist ein "er".)
- She is she (i.e. Mädchen ist eine "sie", nicht ein "es".)
- It is it (i.e. Tür ist ein "es", nicht eine "sie".)
- Do you Care?
- You care, but 'dunno'!
- Verb Form Exercise (to download and complete for TODAY)
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November 20, 2006 / November 27, 2006
- Spatial Descriptions
- Pronoun Gender Exercise (to download and complete for TODAY)
- Pronoun Case Exercise (to download and complete for TODAY)
- Letter Writing
- Return Address
- Recipient Address or Addressee
- Date
- 7/4/76
- April 7, 1976 (Br.)
- 4 July 1976 (Am.)
- Always write out / spell out the month
- Subject:
- Salutation(: or ,)
- Dear
- Honorific
- Mr.
- Mrs., Ms, Miss
- Dr. (only if they can legally give out drugs, otherwise Ph.D. after surname)
- Name
- Use only lastname, except:
- Non-gender specific names
- Robin (but not Robyn)
- Evelyn
- Chris
- Foreign names
- Kim Il Jung (Asian names list last name first)
- Kofe Annan
- Mwangi Ngumo
- Use full name without gender based honorific if unsure
- Punctuation
- : - business
- , - personal
- Dear John,
- Subject
- Body
- Always begins with a CAPITAL LETTER
- Introduction - Tell 'em what yer gonna tell 'em
- Information - Tell 'em
- Summary - Tell 'em what ya told 'em
- "Call to Action"
- Closing
- Faithfully yours (Br. for everyone you do not personally know)
- Sincerely yours, (Am. for everyone, Br. for everyone you personally know)
- Signature
- p.p. [per procurationem] (i.A.)
- for (i.A.)
- Signature Block
- Blame line
- sy:GN
- the person responsible for typing it:THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT
- Attachment(s) or Enclosure(s)
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December 4, 2006 / December 11, 2006
- Structures
- *If your Immatriculation Number is not listed, send me an email. I probably misread your chicken scratch.
- Adjective or Adverb?
- Basic Rules
- Adjectives modify nouns
- Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs and sentences.
- "Rule of Thumb" You can make adverbs easily by adding "-ly" to an adjective.
- Variant Germanic adjective endings:
- -ish (having the attributes of an attribute or of something):
- -y (having the attributes of an attribute or of something):
- Exceptions
- Adjective "-ly" exceptions are "-ly" added to a noun:
- Daily (adj.)
- Early (adj.) [I know it's not added to ear: the exception that proves the rule.]
- Friendly (adj.)
- Goodly (adj.) [I know it's an adjective: another exception that proves the rule.]
- Homely (adj.)
- Kingly (adj.)
- Knightly (adj.)
- Lowly (adj.)
- Queenly (adj.)
- Princely (adj.)
- Adverbial "-ly" exceptions:
- Double trouble (Standardizing on "-ly"; joining the "Rule of Thumb"):
- fair fairly
- free freely
- high highly
- late lately
- most mostly
- near nearly
- right rightly
- slow slowly
- wrong wrongly
- Adverbs that are Adjectives too:
- close
- daily
- early
- fair
- far
- fast
- free
- hard vs. hardly ("hardly" means almost not at all.)
- high
- late vs. lately ("lately" means recently. Lately, they were shipping late.)
- long (He worked long at the project.)
- low
- pretty vs. prettily ("prettily" means beautifully, "pretty" means very.)
- right
- wide
- well (also an adjective meaning healthy)
- wrong
- Sense (& Linking) Verbs:
- to appear
- to be
- to become
- to feel
- to get
- to go
- to grow
- to look
- to prove
- to remain
- to seem
- to smell ("Her nose smells well." vs. "Her nose smells good.")
- to sound
- to stay
- to taste
- to turn
- to work
- NOT NO is a NO-NO (almost but still a cigar - negative adverbs):
- hardly ("He hardly ate." vs. "
He did not hardly eat.")
- barely
- scarcely
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December 18, 2006 / January 8, 2007
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Febuary 12, 2007
FINAL EXAM
Room 115, "BL", 9:45 am - 1:00 pm
B1BI1a/B1BI2a/B1BI2b
- PART I
- PART II
- Grammar
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing (90-100 words on a given topic)
- PART III
April 5, 2007
2ND FINAL EXAM
Room ???, "BL", 9:45 am - 1:00 pm
B1BI1a/B1BI2a/B1BI2b
- PART I
- PART II
- Grammar
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing (90-100 words on a given topic)
- PART III
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