Academic terminology

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_nf1_-muPg1Xl9ogOiHovPtsheeAxymmBWHNbCnRLp8/edit#gid=0

Haridussõnastik https://www.eki.ee/dict/haridus/index.cgi?Q=extended&F=M&C06=en

Tongue twisters:
https://www.engvid.com/english-resource/50-tongue-twisters-improve-pronunciation/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McJ6JI_2JQo

Headway https://elt.oup.com/student/headway/elementary4/?cc=ee&selLanguage=en
Tongue twister https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APEdXRHc_50
https://www.espressoenglish.net/pronunciation-practice-with-tongue-twisters/

Personality

test: https://www.gotoquiz.com/personality_plus_1
descriptions: https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/2988a589/files/uploaded/personality-plus.pdf

one way of explaining it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZmPQAcBspk

MI questionnaire

Would you please take the questionnaire:
What kind of a learner are you?

Vikipeedia

When you write to Vikipeedia, you need to
* choose your topic
* find out what has been written about it in Wikipedia, Vikipeedia and other sources
* decide if the sources are reliable
* figure out how the format works
* consider the style and requirements
* make sure what the system is for references
* be precise about the layout and punctuation (NB! spaces and full stops matter, too!)

--- which is what you need to do for most of your academic writing, so the method or process is similar.

NB! To complete the task, you have to read, think, check, re-check and cross-check a lot more than write.

Choosing the topic - any ideas?

Mõistete loendid
Tööriistade loend
Loendid 
Puuduvate artiklite loendid
Toimetamist ootavad

Glossaries 
Good articles 
Missing articles 

Sample articles:
Märkenöör
Chalk line
Nuumveis
History of writing the article
Discussion about the content 
Beef cattle
Discussions may become quite heated - but if you know you have point, stick to it:
Tuhaplokk, arutelu
How NOT to do it:
Arutelu:Palkmaja
Palkmaja

Naljad ja muu kustutatud jama 

You will notice, learn and practice
* what terminology is and how to work with it
* what is relevant enough for an online encyclopedia and where the content comes from
* how to structure your topic - the main ideas, subtitles, links to terms and concepts in the text (=you have to notice what the terms are) etc.
* how references work (for Vikipeedia - you always have to make sure what rules to follow for referencing!)
* how to avoid sloppy work - including punctuation (capitals, full stops, spaces, dashes [short or long], paragraphs, typos etc). After all, your writing often determines the first impression about you as a professional.
* taking responsibility for your (public) work
* understanding style (neutral for Vikipeedia)
* your contribution = entries on technical terminology are needed!

Vikipeedia

Vikipeedia as a terminology bank:
Ivo Kruusamägi, an administrator of Estonian Vikipeedia, speaks about Vikipeedia as a terminology bank ("Vikipeedia rollist terminisõnastikuna") (see: VAADAKE VIDEOSALVESTIST: http://www.nlib.ee/index.php?id=25415, downloadable, starting  0.51.51)
slides to his presentation: http://www.nlib.ee/public/documents/raamatukogule/oskuskeelepaev/I._Kruusamagi.pdf

Mida Vikipeedia ei ole
Kasutajakonto eelised
Kaastöö põhimõtted
Tähelepanuväärsus
Usaldusväärsus
Viitamine
Vormistusreeglid
Vormindamine
Spikker

Õppekäik
KKK kaastöölisele

Example for editing:
https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCgelkultuur#cite_note-Miles-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCgelkultur

EK choice of videos

Spreadsheet for phrases
Est-Eng dictionary http://enet.animato.ee/

1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9SrAGvhBbU

the reason I find this video useful is that

padlet

1) http://padlet.com/evelyn_soidla/tf3a1p1ddt4p

2) http://padlet.com/evelyn_soidla/6ojaczvspi0b

Summer

Spreadsheet
Dictionary http://www.multitran.ru/c/m.exe?l1=1&l2=2&s=complicated
Independent reading http://www.gizmag.com/  choose an article and tell us what it was about. Choose 5 words or phrases that you want to remember and tell us which ones you chose.

Voice recording Vocaroo:  http://vocaroo.com/


How to make goat cheese http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yngsk3rHS5k

Common irregular verbs grouped http://www.engvid.com/english-resource/common-irregular-verbs-grouped/ 
with audio http://www.espressoenglish.net/tips-for-learning-irregular-verbs-in-english/

long list of verbs, Quizlet http://quizlet.com/8862855/irregular-verbs-english-russian-long-list-flash-cards/
chants http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh7dyQB5SRk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHEjTKRRbrs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAmznNEwbOo

English tenses explained in Russian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzCIZkGKGw8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwyuENSt8bQ&list=UUqapSFNEorolmRL0daYatjQ

What is a report? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFGNKJruxdg

Increasing your vocabulary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53SIKuCuHv0

Listening exercise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4J23UqO6GQ

Jazz chants
Big Mouth John Brown http://muzofon.com/search/jazz%20chants%20big%20mouth%20John%20Brown
Major Decisions
http://muzofon.com/search/jazz%20chants%20major%20decisions
Twelve Cans of Tunafish Rag
http://muzofon.com/search/Jazz%20Chants%20Twelve%20Cans%20of%20Tuna%20Fish%20Rag
Food and containers (clicking on the dark blue item gives the pronunciation)
http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/blog/learn-english/vocabulary/containers/

A 1. Activities

The spreadsheet with the vocabulary and phrases we used in the class.
Irregular verbs with Russian translations

English-Russian dictionaries:
Irina's favorite: http://www.multitran.ru/c/m.exe?a=1&SHL=2
 http://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-russian/bend

Searching for videos with captions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1sRvT2xFL0
A lion called Christian: a doc with captions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4enNZqNrwYc 

Green Technology

 http://inhabitat.com/green-technology/

Inhabitat.com is a weblog devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and home design towards a smarter and more sustainable future.

Tongue twisters

http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm 

Smart... or not really?

The more inept you are the smarter you think you are:

You're pretty smart right? Clever, and funny too. Of course you are, just like me. But wouldn't it be terrible if we were mistaken? Psychologists have shown that we are more likely to be blind to our own failings than perhaps we realise. This could explain why some incompetent people are so annoying, and also inject a healthy dose of humility into our own sense of self-regard.

In 1999, Justin Kruger and David Dunning, from Cornell University, New York, tested whether people who lack the skills or abilities for something are also more likely to lack awareness of their lack of ability. At the start of their research paper they cite a Pittsburgh bank robber called McArthur Wheeler as an example, who was arrested in 1995 shortly after robbing two banks in broad daylight without wearing a mask or any other kind of disguise. When police showed him the security camera footage, he protested "But I wore the juice". The hapless criminal believed that if you rubbed your face with lemon juice you would be invisible to security cameras.

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131125-why-the-stupid-say-theyre-smart

Construction catastrophies

http://g2.nh.ee/images/pix/maxima-choping-center-collapse-analysis-67149538.pdf

This report is an independent attempt to find the
cause based on photographic evidence, numerical and analytical calculations.
Based on photographic evidence presented in media, it is obvious that the primary cause for
such collapse is the steel truss bolted tension connection.

Future for schools

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131107-could-video-games-replace-exams
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131022-hacking-senses-to-boost-learning
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131015-the-classroom-in-the-clouds
"Physical teachers are good, but in most remote places the quality of teacher will be lower than what you can recruit in the cloud. Mitra says that children aged 8-12 years don’t seem to mind. This young generation thinks differently about the need for a traditional teacher than we do. Interms of visions for future education it’s the older generation that thinks like dinosaurs."

De-privatisation

Is the tide now turning against privatisation? In the 1990s, a wave of sell-offs swept away countless publicly owned enterprises (though privatisation's fans would say that "enterprise" was the wrong word to describe them).

Hard-pressed governments everywhere sold power stations and electricity grids to private companies. If the taxpayer could not afford the huge bills for investment and modernisation, then why not let capitalism bear the burden - and reap the benefits? So ran the argument.

But now the trend is being reversed in Germany. In a referendum in Hamburg a month ago, 51% voted to buy back the energy grid the city sold.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24763311

e-trike

http://www.gizmag.com/hp-velotechnik-double-battery/29427/

German trike manufacturer HP Velotechnik plans to launch a new dual-battery option on its entire e-trike line next month. Double the battery will mean double the range.

Folding vehicles

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/11/tech/innovation/folding-origami-oru-kayak/index.html?hpt=hp_c4



and more.

e-cigarettes

What is the harm?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24440091

Facebook is bad for you - get a life!

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21583593-using-social-network-seems-make-people-more-miserable-get-life?spc=scode&spv=xm&ah=9d7f7ab945510a56fa6d37c30b6f1709'


THOSE who have resisted the urge to join Facebook will surely feel vindicated when they read the latest research. A study just published by the Public Library of Science, conducted by Ethan Kross of the University of Michigan and Philippe Verduyn of Leuven University in Belgium, has shown that the more someone uses Facebook, the less satisfied he is with life.

Past investigations have found that using Facebook is associated with jealousy, social tension, isolation and depression. But these studies have all been “cross-sectional”—in other words, snapshots in time. As such, they risk confusing correlation with causation: perhaps those who spend more time on social media are more prone to negative emotions in the first place. The study conducted by Dr Kross and Dr Verduyn is the first to follow Facebook users for an extended period, to track how their emotions change.