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Sergio Pizziconi

Plan of the day

Plan

- Review- A portfolio checklist- Structure of the paper

- Review- A portfolio checklist- Structure of the paper

EXTRA-CLASS work: Keep working on your project.Complete your portfolios.

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Review: Phonology 1Vowels: exercises from /i/ to /a/ and from /u/ to /ɒ/ (lowering your jaw) from /i/ to /u/ mind driven; puff of air (see IPA chart). // Where accent falls is relevant: 1) OBject (n.) – obJECT (v.), 2) if lost, stress the first syllable, you’re likely to sound right. // Stress movement shortens/weakens previously stressed vowels (also in writing): proNOUNce pronunCIAtion // This Miss /s/ unvoiced These Ms. /z/ voiced// “gh” mute (though, thought) OR /f/ (rough, tough)

Review: Phonology 2

SOURCE: CONSONANTS

References……..……..CONSONANTS = Table of English consonants, retrieved URL: https://www.llas.ac.uk/materialsbank/mb081/page_07.htm (accessed May 14, 2014).……...

Review: Morphology 1IRREGULAR VERBS:choose – chose – chosen; seek – sought – sought; Grow - ????? - ??????; Show- ????? - ??????; Know - ????? - ??????[report the paradigm of irregular verbs you write in your maps] ADJ+lyADV; N+lyADJ // V+er N(s.o./s.t. does V) // To+N(and

most words)V (googleto google; wowto wow) // V + ance/ence N (differ+ence, perfom+ance) // Help+less antonym help+ful //

Adj+ en V (to make s.o./s.t Adj) //WRONG: I want to show the differents between BMW and FIAT

RIGHT?????Adj(max2syll.) + er Adj (comparative: more Adj)Adj(max2syll.) + est Adj (superlative: most Adj)BUT: good – better – best; bad – worse – worst //Singular: Thesis, Analysis, Hypothesis, Axis /s/ unvoicedPlural: Theses, Analyses, Hypotheses Axes /z/ voiced //Datum (sing.) Data (pl.)Criterion, phenomenon (sing.) Criteria, phenomena (pl.)

Review: Morphology 2

PersonalPr.subjectIyouhesheitweyou (all)they

who

PersonalPr.Non-subject

meyouhimheritusyou (all)them

whom

Reflexive

myselfyourselfhimselfherselfitselfourselvesyourselvesthemselves

PossessiveAdjectives

myyourhisheritsouryourtheir

PossessivePronouns

mineyourshishersitsoursyourstheirs

Sets of personal pronouns and possessive

Review: Morphology 3Possessive

MyYourHisHerItsOurYourTheir

Luke’s

mineyourshishersitsoursyourstheirs

Tony’s

car is affordable is expensive

Review: Morphology 4 Verb tenses 1

• Past (simple)

• Non-past: present (simple)

NOW

PastNon-Past

I go to school tomorrowI go to school everydayIn 1776 the USA declare their independence

Try to be as consistent as possible!

Review: Morphology 5 Verb tenses 2• Past (simple)

• Non-past: present (simple)

NOW

PastNon-Past

Futurity:I go to school tomorrowI am going to school tomorrowI’m going to go to school tomorrowI will go to school tomorrow

Review: Morphology 6 Tense-aspect 3They usually refer to a habitual action:I go to school [as my main activity today]I went to school last year [as my main activity then]

To remark habits in the past:I used to go to school last yearI would go to school everyday

• Past (simple)

• Non-past: present (simple)

NOW

PastNon-Past

Review: Morphology 7 Tense-aspect 4• Simple

• Continuous/Progressive

Habitual process

On-going process:To be + V-ing

NOW

Their price is decreasing

When I bought the shares,their price was decreasing

Their price will be decreasing

Review: Morphology 8 Tense-aspect 5

Habitual process

On-going: To be + V-ing

NOW

I have started this project two weeks ago

The deadline was yesterdaybut I had started the project two months ago

When you will be back, they will have finished the project

• Simple

• Continuous/Progressive

• Perfect Some link with ensuing time: To have + V-ed

Review: Morphology 9 Tense-aspect 6

Habitual process

On-going: To be + V-ing

NOW

I have started this project two weeks ago

The deadline was yesterdaybut I had started the project two months ago

When you will be back, they will have finished the project

• Simple

• Continuous/Progressive

• Perfect Some link with ensuing time: To have + V-ed

I started the project two months ago because the deadline was yesterday

I have been working on this project for four weeksI have been working on this project since last month (2013)

Review: Morphology 10 Duration form 7

Habitual process

On-going: To be + V-ing

NOW

• Simple

• Continuous/Progressive

• Perfect

• Perfect continuous Some link with ensuing time: To have + V-ed

Some link with present and on-going : To have + BEEN + V-ing

BUT: I have known you all since March 10th

OR: M&M’s has been in the market for a long time

Review: Morphology 11Relative Pronouns

• Who/whom for people

• That (restrictive)

• Which (non-restrictive)

• Whose possessive

– Skoda, whose previous Unique SELLING Proposition was very low price cars, decided to be more aggressive

– NOT FOR SUBMISSION write a sentence using whose

Review: Syntax 1

Verbs: transitive Vs. intransitive (Direct object, Indirect object, Oblique object)// passive Vs. active (mentioned)//AUXILIARY verb for the perfect tenses (actually, aspect) ALWAYS to have (e.g., Things have changed)BUT: passive voice (e.g., Rules were changed by the CEO) or few constructions (e.g., are you finished?) //Phrasal verbs. Verb+ ADV or Prep. To bring about = to cause, to engender (causare, determinare) //

Typical declarative sentence structure: Subj + Verb +…..Typical negative: Subject + do/does/did + not+ V(base form)Typical question: Do/Does/Did + Subject + V(base form)

N.B. When some sort of auxiliary is already in the sentence USE IT instead of adding to doEmphatic statement Subj +do/does/did +V(base form) //What brings about unemployement? (what = SUBJECT)What does unemployment bring about? (what = ????)WRONG: I’m interesting in fashion RIGHT: ????

Avoid breaking the S-V connection with a subordinate clause (different from a relative clause) {See example in the next slide}

Review: Syntax 1bis

AVOID THIS: ASOS, by implementing new technological devices, reduced resistance to online purchases.

Move the subordinate either before or after the “main” clause:

By implementing new technological devices, ASOS reduced resistances to online purchases.

ASOS reduced resistances to online purchases by implementing new technological devices.

But you can have a relative clause:ASOS, which has improved its web-site, succeeded

in overcoming resistances to online purchases.

Avoid breaking the S-V connection with a subordinate clause (different from a relative clause) {See example in the next slide}

Review: Syntax 2Skoda is…, Italy/France/Japan is… [WITHOUT article] BUT The United

States of America, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands //Once upon a time there was a small village in the country. The

village was…In light of (mainly US) In the light of (mainly UK) [see FOEs for

possessive case and article]//TRANSITIVE: to raise (raised – raised); to lay (laid – laid)INTRANSITIVE: to rise (rose – risen); to lie (lay – lain) (lying)N.B.: to lie (to say something untrue) (lied – lied) (lying)

Review: Syntax 3Modal verbs: can, may, will, shall, must, could, might, would, should +

BARE INFINITIVE (without to)Interrogative: MODAL + Subj + BARE INFINITIVE (must I go?)Negative: Subj + MODAL + not + BARE INFINITE (I mustn’t go, I

cannot go OR I can’t go, I won’t go)They do not take to before or after:

WRONG To may, to must, to could… WRONGWRONG I can to go, you may to talk… WRONG

They do not take –s for 3° person singularWRONG he cans do, she mays do… WRONGThey have no tense it’s a matter of distance from reality:Next year, I am/will be/can be/ may be/could be/might be in the UK

I want TO focus/analyzeI would like TO focus/analyze

Review: syntax 4

S V(D.O.)

(I.O.)Why?

Where? When?

How?

On what condition?

(Att)

Links within the text

About the relation between interlocutors

Circumstances Textual markers

General structure of the sentence

• What sentence constituent is the underlined subordinate clause replacing?

– I think (that) you can do excellent projects– Io penso che …

– Can you replace “that” (“che”) with “which” (“il/la/i/le quale/i”)?

• What’s the difference between the two uses of “honestly” below?– Honestly, I don’t think you can win the game

– I don’t think you can honestly win the game

Review: Syntax 5

D.O. replacing subordinate

clause

Discourse Marker

(relation to interlocutors)

Vs.Circumstance

Review: Syntax 6We have already sold the books

that

we received XXXX yesterday

We have already sold the books

that

XXXX were delivered yesterday

A Main Clause with a Noun Phrase

A relative pronoun

A clause with a missing element

A Main Clause with a Noun Phrase

A relative pronoun

A clause with a missing element

Basic relative clauses

Review: Syntax 7• Omitted relative pronoun:

– From AMWAY: These distributors sell to people [that/whom] they know or meet.

• Whiz (omitted which and auxiliary to be):

– From BIC: Most large companies produce a variety of goods and services XXX XXX [which are] designed to meet customers’ needs…

• Fused relative pronoun:

– From BIC: This case study shows how [the way in which] BIC understands product life cycles

Other details about relative clauses

Review: Syntax 8

• Try to figure out what the pair below has to do with relative clauses:

Restrictive Vs Non-restrictive

The car that is parked in front of the department is mine

My car, which is parked in front of the department, is a FIAT

Restrictive Vs Non-restrictive

Review: Syntax 9 Conditional sentencesIf/when I (get to) know it, I (will) say it to youIf I knew it, I would say it to youIf I had known it, I would have said it to you

Negative infinitive and ing-formTo go is your best choiceNOT TO go is your best choice

Developing the product is a riskNOT developing the product is a higher risk

Review: Pragmatics 1/1Do not pick on students or class fellows. //“See you later.”// Language

varies across jobs. //Think it over before saying “No, this is wrong” Recommended: “Very interesting point/question. Let me point out though that…” or some sort of hedging (softening expression). // How is it going? How (are) you doing? What’s up? Wassup? Sup? It’s always Good.// Expectation of truthful statement. // Lag time between turns: When asking for questions, wait for a longer time.// Greetings (see next slide)//

FORMAL: Dr. Pizziconi, your course is interesting [NOT: his/her].

INFORMAL: Sergio, your course is interesting. {“On a first name basis” “May I call you Sergio?”}.

Review: Pragmatics (Appendix)Pragmatics:

Informal Formal

Greetings Sup?Wassup?What’s up?How you doing?How is it going?

How are you doing?

Good morning/afternoon/evening

Intro “ (very) nice/glad/pleased to meet you!How do you do?

Parting after first meeting

(very) nice/glad/pleased meeting you!

Review: Tools 1/1Tools: www.thefreedictionary.com Also, the financial and legal

dictionaries within and the Idioms section. // Check for the frequency of sentences googling them in quotes “……..” // Semantics of prototypes //

Google advanced search: with pdf and site: .edu (US universities) or .ac.edu (UK universities)

SUNECO’s library’s link to “online sources” (Open access journals)

FOEs 1- Information (uncountable: much information NOT many

informations , NOT an information)- Economy Vs Economics - Security (against criminal actions) Vs Safety (against dangerous

actions)- Across (time, space whether real or abstract) Vs Through

(space; means/tool)- Frequent (a bar, a restaurant) Vs attend (a

course/program/school)- I study English Vs I study the English language- Aim/Attempt at (+ N; V-ing) OR to (+ V-base form)

- A + consonant sound! OR pronounced h : a house, a university

An + vowel sound! OR mute h: an unpredictable even, an hour.

- Principal (of a secondary school), head, chair (of a Department), dean (of a college) president (of a university)

FOEs 2- I’m graduated FROM Aversa high school

I graduated FROM/AT Aversa high school

- Such as (listing examples) as (in the function of)

- Comparison and manner: As (+entire clause) like (+noun)

- Wal-Mart is one of the largest employers in the US. In fact it’s the largest (A dire il vero)

- Industry usually means productive sector. Plant, factory (are the words for the place where things are manufactured)

- When a word is not used because of its meaning but as a word to be dealt with, mark it somehow: The verb can expresses…; The verb “can” expresses…; The verb can expresses

- Matricola (the person) = freshman/freshmen- Matricola (the number) = Student ID number

FOEs 3• What’s wrong in the sentence below?– WRONG Is more correct to use “may” to mean permission.• You need a subject!

• Io sono d’accordo I agree with+N/ to +Vbase form (clause)…. [NOT: I am agree]

• A Facebook page is/isn’t useful to keep in touch [NOT for to keep in touch]

• Possessive case:

The doctor’s house Vs X Dr. Smith’s house

The consumer’s choice Vs The consumers’ choice

BUT The child’s toy Vs The children’s toy

BUT X Giordano’s book Vs The Giordano book

FOEs 4 (charts)• Fall – fell – fallen• WRONG: his trend is regular RIGHT: ????• ITA: media ENG: mean (on average)• Price varies according to volume• WRONG: It is steadily for the first part• RIGHT: It is steady. It levels steadily. It is steadily high.• WRONG: After there is a slowly fall RIGHT: ????• WRONG: Before it varies RIGHT: ????• PREPOSITIONS

April May June

IN JuneON May 23rd

DURING the month

AT the end of June

FOEs 5One – first 1st

Two – second 2nd

Three – third 3rd

Four – fourth 4th ……

Twenty one – Twenty first 21st

Twenty two – Twenty second 22nd

Twenty third – Twenty third 23rd

Twenty four – Twenty fourth 24th ….

Thirty one – Thirty first 31st …..

FOEs 6

• GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT• MARKETING DOMESTICALLY• DOMESTIC FLIGHTS

To enterIf it refers to s.o. or s.t. that moves into a place, to enter is transitive and the place is the DIR.OBJ. without preposition:A company enters the marketBut if it has other specific meanings:

Therefore, McDonald’s Restaurant Managers need to ensure

that the data [that] they enter [data] into the system is as

accurate as possible.Relative clause Dir.Obj.

Review: Acconto: Down-payment or Advance payment?

• I would like our extended community of knowledge to solve the issue.

• Let’s state the issue by looking at the definitions of the two English words in the financial dictionary.

• The conclusion might also be along the lines:

• From a logical/semantic point of view, we should not use “advance payment”. However, language use is different in this specific domain.

Portfolio’s checklist• Portfolio. At the end of the course you will be asked to submit your portfolio

which will comprise at least the following material:• Exercises and reports of the in-class activities with my comments and

initials (at least: 60% of all the exercises/reports you will be requested in class)

• Texts generated for your project (at least: abstract/proposal, final paper, slides for a presentation)

• A lexicon structured according to your own organizing criteria (mandatory)• Your curriculum vitae (mandatory)• Two cover/application letters: one for a corporate position, the other for a

graduate program abroad (at least one)• A statement of goals for a graduate program, such as an MBA (Master’s

degree in Business Administration) (mandatory)• A table of contents and commentary (at least 400 words maximum 800)

on the material included in your portfolio (mandatory)

Statement of goals

• 100 is the total number of bits of information you write

• 80 must talk about your future

• 20 must talk about your past and present

• The difficulty is to avoid granted and naïve rhetoric (i.e., “My favorite colors are Green, White and Red because they are the colors of our flag”

Paper outline & Presentation slides draft• The blocks I expect in your projects

– Introduction– Literature review– Hypothesis/es OR research question/s– (Methodology)– Data/results– Discussion– Conclusion– References

Title and your name

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Passive 1• Bush decreases gas price

• Gas price was decreased

• Obama decreases gas price

The biased intransitive solution• Gas price decreases

Passive 2

It was reported to Dr. Smith and me that doors are

still being left unlocked. Please, make sure you’re locking up after yourselves. You can also help Dr. Smith and me by keeping your eyes open for unlocked doors in unattended rooms – lock them up or let someone in the main office know so we can lock up.

Why do we need the passive voice here?NOT FOR SUBMISSION:Re-write the first sentence turning both verbs into the active voice.

Passive 3

It was reported to Dr. Smith and me that doors

are still being left unlocked. Please, make sure you’re locking up after yourselves. You can also help Dr. Smith and me by keeping your eyes open for unlocked doors in unattended rooms – lock them up or let someone in the main office know so we can lock up.

Mr/Mrs Green OR Somebody reported to Dr. Smith and me that Mr/Mrs White OR somebody is still leaving doors unlocked……

Passive 4UPDATE: Sexual Assault Reported on Campus Commerce, TEXAS (March 24, 2011)- After a comprehensive and thorough investigation into the sexual assault reported on March 8, the University Police Department has determined that the report was false and the described assault did not occur. While all reports are taken seriously, the university community is urged to remember that false reports carry a penalty under Texas State Law. Although this assault did not occur we continue to encourage the university community to use standard precautions when walking across campus at night, to travel in pairs and report any suspicious behavior to the University PD at 903-886-5868.

Passive 5UPDATE: Sexual Assault Reported on Campus Commerce, TEXAS (March 24, 2011)- After a comprehensive and thorough investigation into the sexual assault [which was] reported on March 8, the University Police Department has determined that the report was false and the described assault did not occur. While all reports are taken seriously, the university community is urged to remember that false reports carry a penalty under Texas State Law.

NOT FOR SUBMISSION:Re-write the two sentences turning the three verbs into the active voice.Why do we need the passive voice here? {explain the two reasons}

Same structure/similar terms

Terminology activityThe completed map MUST be in your portfolio

Same structure/different terms

Different structure/Transparent terms

Different structure/Opaque terms

Either “Bank operations”Or “Export-Import activities”

MUSTs & MUST-NOTs MINIMUM MUSTs

• MUST rephrase

• MUST cite sources

• MUST circumscribe your scope

MUSTs for “GOOD/HARD WORK” assessment

• MUST carry out YOUR OWN analysis

MINIMUM MUST-NOTs

• MUST NOT copy and paste

• MUST NOT hide sources

• MUST NOT write your paper in the slides

MUST-NOTs for “GOOD/HARD WORK” assessment

• MUST NOT just repeat what other scholars wrote