1. Make sure you know the basics about Verb patterns (go through the worksheet from Oxford English Grammar Course which I gave you at the end of Thursday's class) - this is quite basic, but it's a good idea to work through it so that you are clear what we're talking about next Tuesday when we look in more detail at verb patterns.
Q: What are Verb patterns?
A: When TWO verbs come together, one after the other, we need to know how the second one behaves (Infinitive? - ing? Preposition? Direct object etc). For example:
She decided to go to the pub with her friends. The 2 verbs are decide and go. When the verb 'decide' is followed by another verb, the second verb needs to be in the Infinitive form. Don't ask why! That's just the way it is.
2. For a little further practice of Cause and Effect language (very important for your essay), I'd like you to write 5 sentences related to the Hans Rosling video and summary about Asia's rise that we did this week. For example:
Hans Rosling attributed the lack of development to the high levels of inequality in some Asian countries.
Send your 5 sentences to me by email by Monday evening at the latest!!
3. How to make referencing and writing bibliographies much easier for yourself...
I'd like you to do a little bit of research into an online tool called Zotero. This is a free referencing software which you can download onto your laptop (if you have one) to make your life much easier when it comes to saving online articles, writing and formatting references for your essays and automatically creating your bibliography. I very strongly recommend getting to know this service (or another similar software) as you will thank me for it one day ;-)
The links below will help you to get started.
http://www.zotero.org/
http://www.zotero.org/support/quick_start_guide
When you've completed all your homework, you'll look like this hairy frogfish (which lives in Indonesia..)
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