LSSN 1 Introduction Scanning, Skimming

English language
Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences

University of Zagreb
Jelena Mandić
Lecturer –contact information
Jelena Mandić, prof..
e-mail address:
[email protected]
• Course: Engleski jezik
• Period: winter term, 4/10/19 –
24/01/2020
• Type of course: elective*
*Engleski jezik 2 is compulsory
• No. of lectures: fifteen (15)
• Schedule: Friday, 8-9:30, 9:30-11h
• Examination: 27/01/2020 – 21/02/2020
Cambridge Academic English
•Level:
Upper Intermediate B2
•Author:
Martin Hewings
In addition: CD, DVD
Presentations, materials
provided at the lectures
Requirements for signature
• Presence
- 4 (FOUR) allowed absences
- Assignments
Careful!
• Students are allowed 4 (four)
absences for all needs and purposes,
including sick leave and trips
• Doctor’s notes will NOT be accepted
• In case of a longer absence a student
should refer to the vice-dean for
students ([email protected])
• Keep track of your absences!
Requirements for lectures
• The textbook (or the copy of

necessary pages)
• Materials sent by e-mail (if
applicable)
• Homework - presentation, essay,
language exercises, translation
Grades and scales
• Two preliminary exams
(kolokvij)
- 60% to pass the exam
• Exam has two parts
a) the units + additional material
b) one essay question based on
lectures (for As)
Testing
• 1st preliminary exam –22/11
• 2nd preliminary exam – to be
established
• Total grade is an average of the
two previous grades
• Extra credit for additional tasks
Preliminary = OBLIGATORY
• Preliminary exams are held
as a part of the lecture
• Absence from the
preliminary exam means one
absence less for you!
• You are allowed three more
Communication
• Presentations will be sent to
the e-mail address you
indicate
• Any general questions should
be asked by student
representatives
One rep per study
programme
Obligations
• CHECK your e-mail on
Wednesdays before the lecture
• Notify your colleagues (sick leave,
lecture called off, new exam date
etc.)
Lesson 1
4 October 2019
TODAY’S TOPICS:
EAP
Types of vocabulary
Skimming and scanning
Word families
Collocations
English for academic
purposes
EAP
What do you think you will learn?

Who is EAP for?
For example...
“It is for everybody.”
“I’ll learn about tenses.”
“We will discuss the news.”
“It’s like a general language course”
“We’ll do research.”
“I’ll listen to native speakers.”
Retrieved from
http://www.uefap.com/articles/eap.htm
“ESP is goal directed - the

students are not learning the
English language for the sake
of it, but because they need to
use English.“
“EAP students are usually
current higher education
students.
They need to learn English in
order to succeed in their
academic careers.”
Read the following lists of
skills
• Decide : two skills  the most
important for your academic
studies
• which two  the least important
Academic study skills
include:
- Test taking and note taking skills
- Academic vocabulary usage
- Critical reading and writing
- Comprehending academic lectures
- Giving presentations
- Research and library skills
Language skills include:
- listening comprehension
- fluency development
- oral intelligibility
- reading, grammar, writing
- vocabulary development
Your strenghts and
weaknesses
oUnderstanding lectures in English
oGroup work
oGiving presentations
oReading academic texts
oFinding information for your writing
oWriting essays with academic
vocabulary
oSpeaking English in public
Pair work
•In pairs discuss your
strenghts and weaknesses
•Provide advice on how to
work on the difficulties
Tips and tricks
• Taking good notes – invent a system
(symbols, arrows etc.), review notes
• Reading academic texts – no need
to understand every word
• Giving presentations –prepare well,
rehearse, be certain about the
content
Types of academic texts
• Textbook, p.12
• Without reading, what do you
think is different in the
abstracts?
• Read and compare the
language and organisation
Language- Organisation
• All three abstracts have specialized
terms; Abstract 2 highly specialized
• Abs. 1 – „we”, Abs. 3 – „I”, Abs. 2 no
personal reference
• Abs. 1 – clear 4 parts, Abs. 3 content
and aim of the article
• Why is organisation different?
= arts, humanities / hard-science, maths
Think of two school
subjects
•What are the typical
topics?
•What types of texts did you
read in the subject?
•In what way was the
language different?
Mathematics
History
“World view transitions
At the beginning of the 21st century there
is truly an exciting phenomenon
occuring in American society: Christian
Theism is experiencing an
unprecedented revival. As sociologist
Peter Berger accurately observes,
Evangelical Christians are growing in
number and maturity.”
Differences
• Type of language depends on the
matter studied
• Mathematics includes equations,
symbols, calculations, it’s impersonal
• History contains biographies, dates,
causes and effects, logical links
Vocabulary types:
1 general vocabulary – words
commonly used in everyday
language
2 academic vocabulary - words used
in various academic subjects but are
less common in everyday language
3 specialised vocabulary – words
used mainly in particular academic
subject areas
We will mostly deal with
ACADEMIC vocabulary
Which is which?
analyses Hispanic growing
ethnomusicological
beyond likely methods
conclusions debate
necessary dichromium
proficiency transformation
differentquintuple
Solutions
• General: beyond, different,
growing, Hispanic, likely, necessary
• Academic: conclusions, debate,
methods, proficiency,
transformation
• Specific: dichromium,
ethnomusicological, quintuple
 academic vocabulary can be used
in all sciences
Two reading techniques
Based on what you want to do:
- Understand the purpose of the
text, organization and main
ideas SKIMMING
- Look for specific information
 SCANNING
Skimming or scanning?
• Statistics to include in the essay
• Author’s general view of the
topic
• Definitions of key terms
• Is it worth reading the text in
detail?
• The most important sections
Why should we prioritize?
• To prepare for reading try to agree on
the order of importance
• national government should spend
money on: agricultural improvement
arts and culture national security
education industrial development
health care law and order
Skim to find the best summary
Why should we prioritize? TEXTBOOK
p.16/17
1) National governments are good at

prioritizing so they should also
decide the order in which global
problems are dealth with.
2) We cannot deal with all global
problems at the same time, so
we have to find ways of deciding
the order in which they are dealt
with.
3) The world’s major problems are
all of equal importance, so we
should try to deal with them at the
same time.
Sequence of ideas
E The quality of life for most people
has been improving 1
A) We can use Economics to
compare the costs and benefits of
projects.
B) All global welfare projects should
be worked on at the same time.
C) Both developed and developing
countries still have problems.
D) International agencies are not
motivated to compare the effectiveness
of their work.
F) People understand that governments
have to prioritise national spending.
G) We need to face the problem of how
to prioritise problems.
H) It is difficult to compare the costs
and benefits of global welfare projects.
Solutions
•E 1
•C 2
•A 3
•F 4
•H 5
•D 6
•B 7
•G 8
Additional activities
• Grammar and vocabulary p.
24-p.25
• Exercise 2 (word families)
• Exercise 3 (collocations)
A word of advice?
• What is skimming?
• What three types of vocabulary
have we mentioned?
• How many times may a student
be absent and still get a
signature?
• Name two academic study skills!

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English language

Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences

Jelena Mandić, prof..

• The textbook (or the copy of

What do you think you will learn?

“ESP is goal directed - the

1) National governments are good at

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