HKCEEspeechandwritingcourseContentsWritingSectionGeneraldescription...............................................................2FreePressGuidetoErrorTags......................................................3Samplecompositionreturnedtoparticipantwitherrortagsinserted...........................4Samplecompositionwithcorrections...................................................5Concordance.....................................................................6Sentence-combiningexplanation,objectivesandmethod...................................7Sentence-combiningsample.........................................................8Sentence-combininganswers.........................................................9OralSectionGeneraldescription...............................................................10Quick-studyguide–discussionskillsandfunctions......................................11Sampleindividualresponse–opinion+reasons+examples...............................12M-Cquizzes–relativeclauseerrors...................................................13M-Cquizzes–voiceerrors..........................................................15WritingsectionThecourseusestwomethodstoimproveyourwriting:(1)computertaggingandconcordancing,whichpermitanindividualisedanalysisoferrors,and(2)sentence-combining,alearningmethodthatallowsyoutounderstandthevarioustechniquesprofessionalwritersusetocombinesentencesandideasintostylish,complexandrhetoricallyeffectivesentences1.Compositionissues
Reviewofpastpapertopicsandissues
Reviewoftexttypes(stories,argumentativeandpersuasiveessays,letters,memos,email,speeches,debates,reports,proposals,newspaperandmagazinearticlesandeditorials)
Essayorganisation(introductions,conclusions,traditionalfive-paragraphpattern,situation-problem-solution-evaluationpattern)
Paragraphorganisation(describing,defining,classifying,examples,explaining)
Usingappropriateregister2.ErroranalysisParticipantswriteatleasttwopiec