Made in Dagenham

Some further reading related to Made in Dagenham for you:

- BBC Radio 4's The Reunion and Whatever Happened to the Sisterhood?
- the full text of Germaine Greer and Beatrix Campbell's commentaries
- the perspective of the Gender and Education Association
- the Fawcett Society website

Help with project work

Brendan has kindly made the following recommendations from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University website.  These pages should be useful for Period 4 projects:

http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/eap/functionsexplanation.htm what essay titles mean and practice.

http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/eap/2001/egacademicessay.htm   example essay to look at.

http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/essay_checklist.htm   checklist of what you should have in your essay

http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/tools/orgtool.htm   students can list and move their ideas around to organise the structure of their essays.

http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/tools/ideaweb.htm    lets you organise your notes

http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/errordetector.htm   error detector

PS Classic Recommended Reading : Week 6

The most important texts to look at for EAP sessions this week are issues of Essex Quarterly, a publication dedicated to the " latest achievements, news and developments" of Essex University.  The last four issues are available in pdf format via the university website, and you can also pick up paper copies from various locations around the campus.

Suggested Self-study Material to follow EAP 3.18

Units 2-9 of Academic Vocabulary in Use


"Style", Chapter 2.10 from Bailey's Academic Writing


"Academic vocabulary", Chapter 3.2 from Bailey's Academic Writing

Suggested Self-study Material to follow EAP 3.17

“Facts, evidence, and data” Unit 24 from Academic Vocabulary in Use

“Examples”, Chapter 2.6 from Bailey

Suggested Self-study Material to follow EAP 3.16

“Cohesion”, chapter 2.3 from Bailey

PS Classic Recommended Reading : Week 3

If you'd like to explore more of Benjamin Franklin's wisdom, you can read Poor Richard's Almanack via this link. If you haven't already done so, now might also be a good time to explore the University Library website.