Earl J. Noble

I rock, you rock, we rock together.

• Greetings

• noble@sungshin.ac.kr• If you email me, please use

the code in the subject line every time.

Welcome! How was your

weekend?

Fantastic!

Email coding

[name] [class days] [class type] [room number] [keyword]

Example:

Happy Girl WF 307 blog address

Take a deep breath and then say:

• I love speaking English.

• I am calm and relaxed when I speak English.

• I am not shy or scared. • I am not afraid to make mistakes.

• Mistakes help me to learn and improve my English.

• I always try my best.

Class Mantra

Previously in the course

• The Word– Truth-functionality of words– The definition of the word is the criteria for the

thought you wish to express.– Appropriate words

• Not “really, really big” but “enormous”• Not “sounds kinda true but not” but “specious”

– Write what you mean, so you mean what you write.

Paragraph Structure

• Topic sentence– The main idea of the paragraph.

• Supporting sentences– Sentences that develop the idea of the paragraph

• Concluding sentences/transitional sentences– Not necessarily used

Topic Sentences

• Topic sentences have two parts:– The topic– A controlling idea

• Topic sentences are complete sentences.• Topic sentences should be general but not too

general.

Good Topic Sentences

• Example:Hye-ji owns a coffee shop in Gungdong that is

popular with university students.Topic: Hye-ji

Controlling idea: owns a coffee shop in Gungdong that is popular

with university students.

Bad Topic Sentences

• Hye-ji’s coffee shop.– Sentence is incomplete

• Hye-ji owns a coffee shop– Too general

• Hye-ji owns a coffee shop in Gungdong frequented by university students who spend an average of \12,500 per visit.– Too specific

Supporting sentences

• Supporting sentences develop the idea of the topic sentence by either explaining or proving the controlling idea.

• This is usually performed by using statistics, examples , or quotations.

Good supporting sentences

• The average check of a student in a coffee shop in Gungdong is \3,500 but the average check of a university student in Hye-ji’s coffee shop is \12,500.

• Hye-ji’s coffee shop is frequently busy when other coffee shops in proximity are empty.

• “My friends and I love Hye-ji’s coffee shop.” said Eunjoo “The coffee is freshly roasted and the free wi-fi makes it a good place to study and relax.”

Poor Supporting Sentences

• Hye-ji is a single mother and small business owner.

• Hye-ji’s coffee shop puts up their Christmas decorations in October.

• Hye-ji used to own bar but went into a drug rehabilitation program so now she owns a coffee shop.

• Gungdong is not adjacent to KAIST.

Hye-ji owns a coffee shop in Gungdong that is popular with university students. Hye-ji’s coffee shop is frequently busy when other coffee shops in proximity are empty. The average check of a student in a coffee shop in Gungdong is \3,500 but the average check of a university student in Hye-ji’s coffee shop is \12,500. “My friends and I love Hye-ji’s coffee shop.” said Eunjoo “The coffee is freshly roasted and the free wi-fi makes it a good place to study and relax.” With great coffee, wi-fi, and Chungnam University and KAIST nearby, it’s easy too see why Hye-ji’s coffee shop is popular.

Concluding sentences

• Concluding sentences show the end of the paragraph has been reached.

• Concluding sentences summarize the points of the paragraph or restate/reinforce the topic sentence.

Transitional Sentences

• Transitional sentences introduce the idea of the next paragraph.