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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MATRICULATION

PB's ESL HOMEPAGE

Welcome to Miss Prem's ESL Website ....your companion to your ESL lessons with me...
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Introduction

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Assessments

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Notice Board

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Blackboard 6

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Save the Children Project

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SSABSA

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FAQs

 

ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS

bullet Writing Technique
bullet ESL SAM Grammar WEB
bulletGrammar & Sentence Structure
bulletPurdue University's Online Writing Lab
bulletParadigm: Organizing Your Writing
 

WHAT IS ESL?

SAM's ESL is a skill based subject that all students take during the course of their one year study of the program. This subject is not a learning subject where you will be asked to memorize notes. It is a skill base subject meaning you will learn specific language and thinking skills that you will then apply in a variety of situations. 

 

     WHAT SITUATIONS?

 

bullet writing essays for specific purposes (e.g. info-domain, or research study)
bullet writing creative pieces such as narrative (stories), letters (persuasive), descriptive and reflective
bullet analyzing and synthesizing information from a variety of sources (used in research and viva)
bullet critically thinking about issues and being able to discuss these issues in depth after having analyzed the information given and researched (themes used for viva and CR's, plus Research Study and Viva)---YES! You will have to talk in class.

 

 

 

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

bulletInvestigative Study
bulletText Production
bullet Creative Writing
bulletIssue Analysis
bulletTutorial

 

THEMES

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Nuclear War

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Childhood

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Family

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Environment

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Women's Issues

EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT

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Information Domain

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Letter Writing

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Listening Domain

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Links

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University Applications

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Web Evaluation

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