Dear AEFS students
AEFS CLASS SEM 2 2025
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Dear AEFS students
Sunday, November 9, 2025
REFERENCE MATERIALS
Reference materials are various sources that provide background information or quick facts on any given topic. While there are many different types of resources, here are a few: almanacs, atlases, bibliographies, biographical resources, dictionaries, encyclopedias (both general and by subject), handbooks, indexes, statistics, and citation guides.
Parts of a textbook
- Watch the video
- Complete the quiz
- Complete TASK 1
- Complete TASK 2
- Complete TASK 6
- Complete TASK 7
- Complete TASK 10
Encyclopaedia Entry - Taj Mahal
- Preparation Task
- Matching paragraphs Task
- Reading comprehension
First Government House
- Pre-reading
- Skimming
- Scanning
- Read for detail
- Grammar
- Watch the video - Weak Reporting Verbs
- Watch the video - Reporting Verbs EAP
- Complete activities in Academic writing is formal
- Complete activities in Academic writing is objective
- Complete activities in Academic writing is impersonal
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
TEXT TYPE - REPORTS
A report is a document that presents information in an organised format for a specific audience and purpose. Although summaries of reports may be delivered orally, complete reports are almost always in the form of written documents. Reports are professional documents so need to be written in a formal and concise style.
Report Text Type – Watch the video 'What is a Report?'
Language of Reports (Prezi) - Watch the presentation
- Look at the research report and examine the report.
- Identify the key features
- Practice Activity
- Watch the video
- Read the transcript
- Complete tasks 1 and 2
- Complete the pre-reading activities
- Complete the reading activities
- (handout given)
TASK 5: – Writing about Survey Results
Reading reports practice
- Do the Preparation
- Read the Report
- Complete the tasks 1 and 2
- Do the Preparation
- Read the Report
- Complete tasks 1, 2, and 3
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
TEXT TYPE - NEWS ARTICLES
Media File
Each week you will need to collect news clippings about current issues and the most useful sources are The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian and The Daily Telegraph. Current concerns are usually, immediately covered by the press and it will mean you become familiar with some of the local and macro environment.Tuesday, August 5, 2025
JOURNAL ARTIC LES
WEEK 3 - 6 JOURNAL ARTICLES
Journal articles are shorter than books and written about very specific topics. A journal is a collection of articles (like a magazine) that is published regularly throughout the year. Journals present the most recent research, and journal articles are written by scholars or professionals who are experts in their field. They may be published in print or online formats, or both.
TASK 1:
- Watch 'What is a journal article?', and get familiar with the text type
- Watch Journal vs Popular Articles and discuss the differences
- Watch 'Elements of Journal Articles'
- Watch 'Tips for reading journal articles
- Find a journal article of your interest (health, education, sport etc.)
- Write your notes using the different parts of the journal/periodical
- Complete your summary based on your notes
- Watch the video Benefits of Sport
- Complete the activities (handout given)
Dear AEFS students We have come to the end of the course, and I hope you have improved in all—or at least some—areas. Please continue with y...
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WEEK 3 - 6 JOURNAL ARTICLES Journal articles are shorter than books and written about very specific topics. A journal is a collection o...
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Media File Each week you will need to collect news clippings about current issues and the most useful sources are The Sydney Morning Hera...
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Reference materials are various sources that provide background information or quick facts on any given topic. While there are many diffe...
