ESSAY 1. Social responsibility of business

Topic: "To what extent should large international companies make acting in a socially responsible manner more a priority than increasing their profits".

Write a 300-word academic essay on the topic after doing some research. Include two or more in-text references in your essay.

Attach notes you have made while listening and reading to the essay.

Materials: CAE Upper- Intermediate, Unit 1 and the link below.

https://1drv.ms/w/s!ArsglA96TFcfge478a1W4osc5gubZg

 

ESSAY 2. Natural Disasters and Their Causes.

Write a 300 - word essay on the topic. You must refer to 2-3 appropriate sources using the prompts from CAE Student’s Book and include in-text links and bibliography.

Materials: CAE Upper-Intermediate, Unit 2.

 

ESSAY 3. Socio-economic impacts of Internet/ computer / mobile phones use.

Write a 300 - word essay on the topic. You must refer to 2-3 appropriate sources using the prompts from CA E Student’s Book and include in-text links and bibliography.

Materials: CAE Upper-Intermediate, Unit 3.

Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYDmIq-nTn4&t=63s _ Dr Davis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_578GihaQY- CBS news a book author on Cyberpsychology

Articles: http://iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol7-issue4/C0741718.pdf - mobile phones in India

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042815005285- effect of computer games

 

 

Speak on each topic for 3 minutes using the given vocabulary.

Topic 1. British and Russian academic cultures: analysis of their similarities and differences. · Punctuality, addressing the lecturers, tutorials · Plagiarism, critical thinking, group work · Reading, writing · Independence SB, Units 0,1

Topic 2. Effect of natural disasters on less economically developed countries (LEDCS) and more economically developed countries (MEDCS). · Cyclones, landslides, floods, mud flow, storm surge · Facilities, sewage, cope with demand, infrastructure · Loss of life, drowning, disease outbreaks, famine · Economic impact, insurance · With respect to, in particular, as far as….is concerned SB, Unit 2.

Topic 3. The origin of human diversity · Migration, adaptation, culture · Species, barriers, hungry cats, gene flow, DNA · Slender body, drought, population. SB, Lecture skills A & B

Topic 4. Ways of taking notes: · Tabular notes · Diagrammatic notes · Linear notes · Cornell method · Other   SB, Unit 3; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSYnGhlnzyw&t=266s

Topic 5. Referencing systems · In-text references · Endnote system · Bibliography list · Short and long quotations SB Unit 3, Unit 5, Appendix 2.