Course : English for International relations and economics
Course code : IES124
Important announcements for CA and final exam students
- Announcement about next week and make-up
This is to let you know that on Tuesday, 28 April we are NOT going to have our lesson because I will be away at a conference. To replace that, we are going to have an ONLINE make-up lesson on Wednesday, 6 May 18:00-20:25 in the following google meet link:
https://meet.google.com/nyc-wwai-quw
Please make sure you connect through your uom.edu accounts and have a working camera and microphone ready.
- Announcement about vocabulary quiz and final exam preparation
On Tuesday 12 May we are going to have two separate sessions for the CA AND final exam students:
3:00-4:30 CA Terminology quiz
4:30-5:30 Final exam preparation
If you are taking the quiz, come at 3:00. Only students who have already completed all the previous CA assignments can take the quiz (i. e., oral presentation and submission of short abstract and rationale & submission of extended abstract).
If you are taking the final exam, come at 4:30.
Terminology quiz format:
- Match the words with their definitions (15 items)
- Complete the blanks with the words given (15 items)
- Put the words in the right derivative form (10 items)
To prepare for the vocabulary quiz, CA students need to study the vocabulary from the following speeches:
A tale of two political systems (book and eclass ppt)
Why democracy matters by Rory Steward (book and eclass ppt)
What explains the rise of humans by Y. Harrari (eclass ppt)
The way we think about work is broken by B. Schwartz (eclass ppt)
What makes us work hard by Dan Ariely (eclass ppt)
Maslow’s pyramid of needs (eclass ppt)
The economics of enough by Dan O’ Neill (eclass ppt)
Four world views on environmental change (eclass doc)
Global power shift by Paddy Ashdown (book and eclass ppt)
Who controls the world by J. Glattfelder (book and eclass ppt)
Why fascism is so tempting by Y. Harrari (eclass ppt)
How technology can help fight terrorism and online harassment by Y. Green (eclass ppt)
The format of the final exam will be explained in detail in class on 12 May, and a separate announcement will be made in due time.