ELC1011 - Practical English for University Studies

Steps to Access and Utilize Online Tutorials: 

1. Recommend that instructors show the online tutorials in class. 
    
2. Click on the online tutorial links and sign in using your NetID and NetPassword.
    
3. When appropriate, activities and guides related to the activity will be provided after the online tutorial.
    
4. After watching, all students and the ELC instructor should submit the feedback form to record attendance. You may also leave any questions you have.
    
5. For in-depth research assistance, students can contact the Faculty Librarian for research consultation services.

Click and sign in to view the online tutorial.

Click and sign in to view the online tutorial.

Activity for Part 1

 (Suggested Activity Duration: 5 minutes)

Situation: 
You are starting a research project related to the workplace and need ideas as well as reliable information. You want to brainstorm ways to improve workplace communication. 

Try AI OneSearch Lite Now:

Identify some ways to promote positive communication in the workplace.​

Guides for Activity: Using PolyU Library's AI OneSearch Lite

Submit your answer

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Activity for Part 2 

(Suggested Activity Duration: 5 minutes)

Situation: You are interested in accessing news articles published by The Wall Street Journal, but encounter a paywall restricting full access. What steps can you take? 

Try the following: 

1. Use Goolgle searching, find a news related to same-sex marriage on www.wsj.com  
2. Using Library News Databases - Factiva, locate the full-text news article 

Guides for Activity: Accessing a Full-Text News Article using Factiva

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Activity for Part 4 

(Suggested Activity Duration: 5 minutes)

Try Online Citation Generators Now:​

Cite an image or an online newspaper article related to same-sex marriage in APA 7th Style​

Guide for activity: Citing Creative Commons Images Using Google Images and Scribbr

Feedback Form and Handout Matters

This is the end of the library workshop.

• For students, we would appreciate your feedback. Let us know what you think.
   
• For course instructors, we would appreciate it if you could also respond to indicate how many students viewed the workshop recordings for record purposes.
   
• The Workshop Handout can be downloaded after submitting your response. 

We appreciate your feedback. Thank you for being so supportive.