1. ESP COURSE ( English for Specific Purposes) for Class Teachers (19-20) Vera Savic, MA Lecturer in English 2010/2011 Faculty of Education in Jagodina University of Kragujevac vera.savic@pefja.kg.ac.rs

2. Punctuation Capital letter: This is a beautiful place. Jim; Mrs Jones; I; France; English; the English Wednesday; March; New Year’s Day, ‘Pride and Prejudice’; ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’; ‘The Times’; Faculty of Education;Computers For Fun Full stop (.): This is a beautiful place. e.g. etc. (Mr) (BBC) (AIDS) Comma (,): I bought some books, pencils and a notebook. She needed some work experience, so she got a part-time job. She, however, had no work experience. If you need help, call me. However, this can be dangerous. Tony, who is usually late, turned up on time. Jim said, ‘I’ll be late.’

3. Punctuation (cont.) Colon / Semi-colon (:)(;): There are two rules: one, don’t do it; two,.... Apostrophy (‘): It’s warm today; where’s he; what’s that; who’s; don’t forget; Jack’s car; one’s responsibility; nobody’s fault; two l’s in ‘specially’; in the 1980’s, Quotation marks (‘ ‘) (“ “): “Why do you want to know?” Helen asked. We went to a performance of Ibsen’s ‘Ghosts’. Question mark (‘): What’s the time?

4. Punctuation (cont.) Dash ( - ) Our teacher – who is never late – came last. Constructivism has brought with it a whole new set of terms – learning has become ‘knowledge construction’; Hyphen (-) a twelve-year-old child; learner-centred approach; computer-assisted learning; day-to- day practice; activity-based methods

5. Common abbreviations Latin expressions: cf. (confer) e.g. (exempli gratia) et al.(et alii) ibid. (ibidem) i.e. (id est) N.B. (nota bene) P.S. (post scriptum) v.s. (versus) etc.( et cetera) English abbreviations: ed. eds. p. pp. no. nos. vol. Use: and other similar things against something added after the signature take note that is to say the same as the and other authors for example compare volume number(s) page(s) editor(s )

6. TASK: Rewrite the following sentences using the appropriate punctuation: hamlet was written by shakespeare the teacher announced were going to have an exam next week he didnt study at all but still got 8 in the test ---------------- ‘Hamlet’ was written by Shakespeare. The teacher announced, ‘We’re going to have an exam next week.’ He didn’t study at all, but still got 8 in the test.

7. TASK: Rewrite the paragraph introducing appropriate punctuation : Im quite glad youre asking us to write about ourselves as writers Ive always loved writing Ive loved it since i was a child when i write i seem to be able to free a part of me that does not come out easily otherwise writing allows me to admit things that are difficult to express in spoken words the thing is its mei always write to nobody usually reads me and i dont think i would really like it if they did either

8. „I’m quite glad you’re asking us to write about ourselves as writers. I’ve always loved writing, I’ve loved it since I was a child. When I write I seem to be able to free a part of me that does not come out easily otherwise. Writing allows me to admit things that are difficult to express in spoken words. The thing is, it’s me I always write to, nobody usually reads me and I don’t think I would really like it if they did, either.”

9. Revising and Proofreading Revision of an essay is not simply proofreading Proofreading is checking over a draft to make sure that everything is complete and correct as far as spelling, grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, and such matters Revision is how you see things, deciding whether your essay has an introduction, body and conclusion, and really expresses your view.

10. Learner Characteristics Savic, V. (2009): English for Specific Purposes for Students of Education, pp. 10-12 1.Who is the author of the text? 2.Where and when was it published? 3.What is it about? 4.Why is the topic important? Vocabulary learner characteristics attitude to to respond to teaching styles learning styles learning strategies approach physical sense interacting with commonly to match with visual auditory kinaesthetic reflective impulsive autonomous learners research maturity to fit into likely age group