Abschnitt: Process Description | FSZ: Blended-Learning-Konzept für English for Specific Purposes

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- Welcome to our digLL Project page!
  All the materials you can find here are intended to be used as accompanying material to ESP (English for Specific Purposes) courses and are around the level B1/B2. Teachers are welcome to export any materials from this page into their own campUAS courses.

Process Description
In this Moodle course, you will:

learn how to write a process description.

read about how to structure a text.

learn about passive voice

have a look at some linking words and phrases.

practice using some formal and informal synonyms.

have a go at describing some processes.
- Welcome to this "Process Description" Moodle course!
- Process
  Before we learn about process description, let's take a look at some quotes about process. Additionally, we will look at some characteristics of a process in order to understand what is meant by it. Then you will consider exactly what the quotes mean by doing a quiz.
- Read these quotes by famous people about a process.
- Text: Famous quotes about process Textseite
- Test your understanding of the quotes by choosing the best description for each.
- Quiz: What do these quotes mean? Test
- How would you describe a process? Once you submit your answer, you will get a chance to read about some characteristics of a process.
- Feedback: What is a process? What are some characteristics of a process? Is it natural or man-made?
- Structure, Tone & Vocabulary
  Generally speaking, a process description is a formal or a semi-formal piece of writing with an objective tone. It should offer a overview of the process, focusing on its stages. It should be written clearly and coherently, using specific words and expressions. Additionally, the essay writing process is described in detail.
- Text: How to describe a process? Textseite
- Text: Process Description - How to write an essay (with a diagram) Textseite
- Listen to the audio about the essay writing process.
- Audio: How to write an essay Datei
- Audio Transcript: How to write an essay Textseite
- Now let's have a go at the listening comprehension quiz.
- Quiz: Process description listening comprehension Test
- Linking words
  Linking words and phrases are often refered to as "discourse markers“. They can show the link between what has been communicated and what will be communicated further in the text. They are especially important in longer and more complex texts.
- Let's have a look at the most common linking words and phrases used for structuring and adding, as well as to express similarity, contrast, and for giving examples.
- Text: Linking words/phrases - Part 1 Textseite
- Now let's do a quiz with these linking words and phrases.
- Quiz: Linking words Part 1 Test
- Let's have a look at the most common linking words and phrases used for generalising, giving opinions, giving details, summing up, and for expressing logical consequences.
- Text: Linking words/phrases - Part 2 Textseite
- Now let's do a quiz with these linking words and phrases.
- Quiz: Linking word Part 2 Test
- Now let's look at the most common linking words and phrases for writing process descriptions.
- Text: Linking words for process description Textseite
- Grammar & Tone
  
  In order to achieve the objective tone, you should rather use the passive voice in your sentences. Moreover, we will look at some characteristics of formal (and informal) register.
- The Passive Voice
- Video: Passive Voice Datei
- Remember the infinitive, the past simple and the past participle forms? Give this quiz a go to practice the three forms of the irregular verbs.
- Flashcards: Three forms of the verb H5P
- In this quiz, you need to transform the active sentences into passive ones.
- Quiz: The Passive - Sentence Transformation Test
- In this quiz, you need to find and mark the passive voice.
- Quiz: Find the Passive Verbs Test
- Formal and informal register
  
  The register refers to the style of the language: your choice of words and grammar structures.
- Now let's look at the most important characteristics of the formal register.
- Text: Characteristics of the formal register Textseite
- In this quiz, you need to decide if the phrases and sentences are formal or informal.
- Quiz: Formal Register Test
- This lesson will provide you with the list of formal and informal verbs, nouns, adjectives, as well as phrases. Additionally, after each presentation, there is a short quiz to practice these synonyms.
- Lesson: Formal and Informal Words/ Phrases - overview Lektion
- Use the flashcards below to expand your vocabulary and learn some formal synonyms.
- Flashcards: Formal and informal synonyms H5P
- This lesson will provide you with an overview of what is meant by informal and formal grammar. Additionally, there is a short quiz to practice these phrases.
- Lesson: Informal Grammar - Contractions Lektion
- Writing tasks
  Having learned about how to write a process description, about the passive voice, linking words, as well as about formal and informal style, it is time for you to have a go at describing a process.
- Task: Writing task for a technical English class Aufgabe
- Task: Writing task for a general English class Aufgabe

Kursthemen

Allgemeines

Welcome to our digLL Project page!

All the materials you can find here are intended to be used as accompanying material to ESP (English for Specific Purposes) courses and are around the level B1/B2. Teachers are welcome to export any materials from this page into their own campUAS courses.

Process Description

Welcome to this "Process Description" Moodle course!

Process

Structure, Tone & Vocabulary

Linking words

Grammar & Tone

Grammar & Tone

The Passive Voice

Formal and informal register

Writing tasks