Today we worked on a PARTIAL reading of the 5th Chapter from "Global Politics: An Introduction". In doing so, we also worked on how to get meaning out of Long+Complex ACADEMIC essays. After the class I had a very fruitful discussion with some students. To them asked the following Question.- Why do I constantly make references to so many things. Does it not sometimes look like too CONFUSING?
In response to this question, the students came up with a couple of answers - BUT, I liked Ila Samajjita's response to be the closest to my own answer. So, here is what she responded with.
- Ila said, "By making references to so many things a speaker has to make several sides of an argument and in the END the speaker has to come back to the ORIGINAL statement. In this way, the whole speech achieves logical unity.
To supplement my today's class, I am hereby attaching 2 handouts on how to IMPROVE Reading Academic at University level. You will surely find this to be VERY VERY Helpful.
I also gave the class following tasks.- Students will READ the full unit 7 titled "Outcasts". Students will be required to ask me ALL sorts of Vocabulary and Phrases from this unit and I hope to respond to all these.
- They will also read the poem "Hawk Roosting" from the Unit titled "Hunting and Hunted."
- Members of every Vocabulary Group are required to find at least 5 to 10 words and use it in their everyday Writing and Speech.
- I will also bring my hard copy of the Novel "Animal Farm" and share it with Nishat whom I have assigned the task of going through the Chapter LENIN from Illustrated History. I hope she will be able to give a short introduction to the Novel in the next week.
- Some of the students whom I have assigned separate BOOKS, have NOT reported their progress very enthusiastically. I am requesting them to make quick progress.
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