- Learned how to use the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) at www.americancorpus.org to answer several questions, such as How do I use this word? Is this an academic word? When should I use this word rather than this synonym?
- For a summary of the lesson, go to Classes/Gigger/Summer/Corpora_Exercise.
Homework
- All of p. 87: Ex. A Thinking Ahead, Ex. B having Questions in Mind, Ex. C Guessing the Meaning from Context (continues to p. 88)
- On your white vocabulary sheet, put a box around the stressed syllable in the following words: 6. authoritarian regime, 7. avert, 12. drought, 14. equitably, 18. gross domestic product, 21. hoard, 31. natural disaster, 37. press, 46. starve, 51. well-to-do.
- On your white vocabulary sheet, write usage notes for the following words: access (preposition after), drought (verbs before and after), equitably (synonyms), harsh (synonyms), intervention (synonyms), impact (prepositions after). Use www.americancorpus.org.
- Choose one of the following prompts from p. 72. Record it. Transcribe it. For the recording, you can save it in, Classes/Gigger/Summer/Chapter_3/130 or 1215/Your Name or you can email it to me. For the transcript, you can save it in the same folder, email it, or print it and put it in my box.
- What are your ideas on microcredit loans compared to welfare? Which is better? Why?
- What are your ideas on other ways to solve the problem of poverty?
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