1. A corpus-based class
Politics
Smear campaign
Activity 1
The words and expressions in the list below are related to the idea of hostile campaign. Do you know their meanings? If not, look them up in the online dictionaries whose web addresses are given below.
Activity 2
Now use the BNC Online service to study authentic sentences with these words. For each word/expression choose two examples which illustrate their meaning best. Copy them to your wordprocessor and save them on your computer.
Polls
Activity 3
Look up the following words in both online dictionaries. Note down their different meanings and the fixed expressions in which they appear.
Activity 4
Now do the task below.
Activity 5
Study concordance lines of two keywords: poll and polls. Note down at least six frequent or interesting collocations.
Putsches and revolutions
Activity 6
Read the text at the address below. There are a number of events mentioned in the text. Arrange them in the chronological order.
Activity 7
In the text find words and expressions that are related to putsches and revolutions. Copy them to the wordprocessor.
Riots
Activity 8
Read the text at the address below.
Activity 9
In the text find the synonyms of the following words and expressions.
Activity 10 (Polish-English translation)
Translate the following sentences and expressions.
Activity 11
Now do the task below.