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Mediant Studies |
ENGLISH TEACHING MATERIALS
These materials are available as electronic files or printed booklets.
All prices are in New Zealand Dollars
Click on titles underlined to see samples.
| EN3 | BASIC ENGLISH SURVEY | 12 pages | $6.00 |
This is a good starter, which will reveal any gaps in the student’s knowledge. It is useful for all students, including students whose first language is not English.
| EN5 | ACADEMIC ENGLISH SURVEY | 28 pages | $14.00 |
This will develop and test skills in reading and writing, especially for secondary school students:
Reading and understanding different types of text
Creative and transactional writing
Analysis of different types of texts.
Exercises are designed to prepare students eventually for NCEA and Cambridge English exams.
| EN7 | BUSINESS ENGLISH SURVEY | 10 pages | $5.00 |
Combines business English and information management. Includes verbal and written communications (including meeting procedure), and writing a CV.
| EN10 | BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR | 24 pages | $12.00 |
This contains explanations and exercises, with hints for good writing. It includes parts of speech, sentence structure, tenses (simple, continous and perfect), modal verbs, active and passive, participles and gerunds, and connectives (lincluding "wh" clauses). It is expressed in simple English, so it is suitable for both native English speakers and speakers of other languages.
| EN14 | THE GERUND | 10 pages | $5.00 |
Active, passive and perfect gerunds, and how to use them. Contains explanation and exercises.
| EN16 | REPORTING SPEECH | 4 pages | $3.00 |
How to report statements and questions, including which tenses, pronouns and linking words to use.
| EN20 | LANGUAGE FEATURES | 12 pages | $6.00 |
Devices and styles used in different types of writing. Includes functions and types of sentences, types of language (factual, narrative, descriptive and emotive), sound devices and figures of speech.
| EN25 | IMPROVING WRITING SKILLS | 12 pages | $6.00 |
How to find, analyse and present ideas. Includes descriptive, argumentative and analytical writing.
| EN28 | IMPROVING TEXTUAL ANALYSIS (see sample left) | 11 pages | $6.00 |
How to analyse setting, character, language, structure, style and theme of visual and written texts.
Please contact us to enquire about or order these resources.
One way authors create mood is vocabulary (choice of words)
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Authors choose words with the connot ations to create a particular impression. Instead of touch an author may choose any of these words to show what sort of touch it was: hug, peck, punch, thump...
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Some words have positive connotations, others have negative connotations, while others are quite neutral. (Compare these: racist / racial; alone / lonely; result / consequence; reason / excuse.)
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Words which create a strong feeling are called “emotive”. (Compare broken / shattered, hit / thumped....)
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Vivid” words are interesting words with strong connotations. (Compare hurtle / move, hurl / throw.)
