Dear EFS students,

We have come to the end of the course and I hope you have improved in all or some areas. Please continue with your hard work which will help you to achieve your goals. I know there have been some ups and downs during the learning period but that has made our course a bit more interesting and realistic. It has been my pleasure to teach you and I wish you the very best in pursuing your career.
Best of luck in whatever you are doing next semester.

MODEL ESSAYS

You can practice on your academic English skills using these model essay.
Correct the mistakes (spelling, sentence structure etc) and then check.

TASK

• Look through the website for different encyclopeadias and similar sources

• Study their features 

• Comment on the benefits when using certain encyclopeadias or similar sources provided in this website.

ENCYCLOPEADIA TEXT TYPE

An encyclopedia or encyclopaedia is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of information from either all branches of knowledge or from a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into articles or entries that are often arranged alphabetically by article name and sometimes by thematic categories. Encyclopedia entries are longer and more detailed than those in most dictionaries.

Encyclopedias have existed for around 2,000 years and have evolved considerably as a valued source of reliable information compiled by experts, printed versions found a prominent place in libraries, schools and other educational institutions.

The appearance of digital and open-source versions in the 20th century has vastly expanded the accessibility, authorship, readership, and variety of encyclopedia entries and called into question the idea of what an encyclopedia is and the relevance of applying to such dynamic productions the traditional criteria for assembling and evaluating print encyclopedias.

TASK:
1. Go to Britannica ends print version BNE lesson
and listen, read and do all listening and vocabulary activities
2. Go to Britannica Encyclopeadia and familiarise yourself and write a brief summary about it.
3. Go to Encarta Encyclopeadia and get familiar with this type of encyclopeadia
4. Find any encyclopeadia from your country and compare it to Britannica Encyclopeadia.

ASSESSMENT TASK - Wednesday 23/05/18

Unit: AEFESL303 - Develop Advanced 
English Language Reading 
competencies for further study
Assessment Event:  Reading a Journal Article
Room:A214
Time: 12:00 - 13:30  (extra 15 minutes can be given)

Good Luck!     

JOURNAL ARTICLES - TASK - Wed 16/05/18

Do the integrated activities on
- Alternative Medicine
- Cavities
Go to Journals Medicine Health
Choose a journal, read and write a brief summary
Reading Journals - read the parts of a journal article and
do the provided activities
Do the following activities 
- Kew Gardens
- Anti-social Networking/Media

Journal Articles

Journal articles are shorter than books and written about very specific topics. 

A journal is a collection of articles (like a magazine) that is published regularly throughout the year. Journals present the most recent research, and journal articles are written by experts, for experts. They may be published in print or online formats, or both.
Scholarly or peer-reviewed journal articles are written by scholars or professionals who are experts in their fields. In the sciences and social sciences, they often publish research results.
Scholarly or peer-reviewed journal articles are written by scholars or professionals who are experts in their fields. In the sciences and social sciences, they often publish research results.

Scholarly journal articles often have an abstract, a descriptive summary of the article contents, before the main text of the article.

Scholarly journals generally have a sober, serious look. They often contain many graphs and charts but few glossy pages or exciting pictures.

Scholarly journals always cite their sources in the form of footnotes or bibliographies. These bibliographies are generally lengthy and cite other scholarly writings.

Articles are written by a scholar in the field or by someone who has done research in the field. The affiliations of the authors are listed, usually at the bottom of the first page or at the end of the article--universities, research institutions, think tanks, and the like.

The language of scholarly journals is that of the discipline covered. It assumes some technical background on the part of the reader.

The main purpose of a scholarly journal is to report on original research or experimentation in order to make such information available to the rest of the scholarly world.

Many scholarly journals, though by no means all, are published by a specific professional organization.

Journal Articles. Journal articles are a major source of information about specific topics, historical to current. Databases are used to find articles written in journals. Some databases cover a discrete field of knowledge, others are multidisciplinary.