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Apr. 8 & 10, 2008
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Apr. 15 & 17, 2008
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Apr. 22 & 24, 2008
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Apr. 29, 2008
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May 27 & 29, 2008
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Jun. 10 & 12, 2008
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Jun. 17 & 19, 2008
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Jun. 24 & 26, 2008
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Jul. 8 & 10, 2008
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Jul. 15 & 17, 2008
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Jul. 22 & 24, 2008
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Business English for Engineers
Summer Semester 2008
"Business English for Engineers (Ü AW/ 1-4) Tuesdays [4:00 - 5:30])", Room 032, "Haus Gauß".
Contact me at dozent@oneleaf.biz if you have any questions.
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Extra documents dealing with English in general are to be found at the English web page.
Click on the following link to see what grades I gave out last semester, AND here to check to see if I have counted all of your Homework.
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April 8, 2008 & April 10, 2008
- Administrative
- It takes two to learn as well as tango
- English
- Mine
- Archaic
- Fast
- Mumbled
- American Accent
- Time
- past = past
- present = present
- future = future
- Problems
- Vocabulary
- Grammar
- Pronunciation and Spelling
- "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
- SOLUTION
- K I S S
- Radio
- BBC 90.2
- NPR 104.1
- Internet Radio (Talk Channels)
- Internet Chatting ???
- MP3 Books & Project Gutenberg
- Free MP3s
- Free Text
- Be wary of machine-read text
Requirements (minimum 50%)
- Final (80 points)
- Grammar
- Letter Writing
- Reading Comprehension
- Vocabulary
- Writing
- Homework (20 points)
- Grammar Practice (up to 10 points)
- Current Article
- Questions, Word Meanings &c. (up to 10 points)
- Class Discussion
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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April 15, 2008 & April 17, 2008
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April 22, 2008 & April 24, 2008
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April 29, 2008
- Infecting your customer - Technical Reading (to download for today)
- grammar - Pronouns
- Cases and other forms
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Other Forms |
| Nom |
Dat |
Acc |
Gen |
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Poss |
Refl |
| I |
me |
me |
mine |
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my |
myself |
| you |
you |
you |
yours |
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your |
yourself |
he
she
it |
him
her
it |
him
her
it |
his
hers
its |
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his
her
its |
himself
herself
itself |
| we |
us |
us |
ours |
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our |
ourselves |
| you |
you |
you |
yours |
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your |
yourselves |
| they |
them |
them |
theirs |
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theirselves
themselves |
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| who |
whom |
whom |
whose |
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- Genitive case
- Genitive Case is used with "of" when showing possession.
- Three dogs are running in the park. The brown and white dog belongs to the Jones's.
- The brown and white dog is one of theirs.
- Accusative Case is used with "of" when showing inclusion in a group.
- Three dogs are running in the park. The brown and white dog is in the middle of the pack.
- The brown and white dog is one of them.
- Singular / Plural pairs
- that / those
- this / these
- which / which
- what / what
- NO grammatical gender
- He is he (i.e. Junge ist ein "er".)
- She is she (i.e. Mädchen ist eine "sie", nicht ein "es".)
- Also feminine are:
- Ships
- Ideals
- Lady Liberty in New York Harbor
- Justice on top of court houses
- Cities, States
- NOT its physical aspects (streets, roads, buildings, hills, seasides &c.)
- rather the collective of her parts and their interactions
- It is it (i.e. Tür ist ein "es", nicht eine "sie".)
- Do you Care?
- You care, but 'dunno'!
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May 6, 2008 & May 8, 2008
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May 15, 2008 & May 20, 2008
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May 22, 2008 & May 27, 2008
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June 10, 2008 & June 12, 2008
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June 17, 2008 & June 19, 2008
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July 10, 2008
- F I N A L
for Thur group (& Tues group space available)
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