UPM-CALC/SEM2/2020-21/LPE2301/SCL WORKSHEET 1

LPE2301 ACADEMIC INTERACTION AND PRESENTATION

SCL WORKSHEET 1

WEEK 2 (OPENING A DISCUSSION AND PHONETIC SYMBOLS)

Name : NAJWA ASYSIKIN BINTI A.ZANI

Matric No. : 208113
Group : 41
Due date : 4 April 2021

Exercise 1

a) Complete the box below with suitable language expressions for inviting opinions.
E.g. What is your view …?

1. How would you feel about that?

2. What is your opinion on…?
3. What are your thoughts on the topic that we discuss?

b) Complete the box below with suitable language expressions for stating opinions using
owned language.
E.g. From my point of view …

1. Sorry to interrupt, but I think….

2. In my opinion…
3. Personally, as for me…

c) Rewrite the sentences below by adding suitable language expressions for stating
opinions and conjunctions for supporting opinions.

E.g.
 Eating healthily is important.
 We can maintain good health, prevent chronic diseases and maintain a healthy body
weight.
 Choosing a healthy diet is important in leading a happy and healthy lifestyle (from

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World Health Organisation).

Answer:
I believe that eating healthily is important because we can maintain good health, prevent
chronic diseases and maintain a healthy body weight. According to World Health
Organisation, choosing a healthy diet is important in leading a happy and healthy lifestyle.

1.  Gardening is a beneficial hobby.

 It can release stress, improve family’s health and ensure the consumption of
fresh vegetables and fruits.
 Gardening is good for both physical and mental health (from Alex Johnson)
As far as I am concerned, gardening is a beneficial hobby because it can release stress,
improve family’s health and ensure the consumption of fresh vegetables and fruits. Alex
Johnson once said, gardening is good for both physical and mental health.

2.  Procrastination can destroy lives due to its several negative effects.

 We must beat procrastination by committing ourselves to tasks given, minimising
distractions and prioritising the important tasks.
 Knowing how and when you work best would help to eliminate procrastination
(from Marina Lee)
I have no doubt that procrastinating can destroy lives due to its several negative effects.
So that, we must beat procrastinating by committing ourselves to task given, minimizing
distractions and prioritizing the important tasks. As stated by Marina Lee, knowing how
and when you work best would help to eliminate procrastinating.

3.  Involving in sports is important for students’ health and wellbeing.

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 Sports helps students to reduce anxiety and to stay active in completing more
tasks.
 Sports helps students to perform tasks with fewer struggles (from Kay Sherman)
In my opinion, involving in sports is important for students’ health and wellbeing since it
helps students to reduce anxiety and to stay active in completing more tasks. As claimed
by Kay Sherman, sports helps students to perform task with fewer struggles.

Exercise 2

a) Choose the correct words that match with each symbol.

b) Transcribe the words correctly.
c) You can use the keyboard found in this website to help you with the transcription.
http://www.e-lang.co.uk/mackichan/call/pron/type.html

flaw foil car flare yet full mad pull hair chat
fate glow air war bed far dour fat coin put
claw sure vase photo coil wet pay bait tour phone

Symbol 1 2 3
e.g.
/æ/ Chat /tʃæt/ Mad Fat

/aː/ Car Vase Far

/ɔː/ Flaw Claw War

/e/ Yet Bed Wet

/ʊ/ Full Pull Put

/eə/ Air Flare Hair

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/əʊ/ Glow Photo Phone

/ɔɪ/ Foil Coil Coin

/ʊə/ Sure Dour Tour

/eɪ/ Fate Pay Bait

Submission:
Submit the completed Exercise 1 and 2 in PDF format.

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