Kompetenzerweiterung III, Homework for Week 2

Welcome to the class! For homework, please prepare the following:
1. Read the following pages on fronting:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/about-words-clauses-and-sentences/fronting
Read 2.1 and 2.2 on this page (it requires scrolling down):
http://random-idea-english.blogspot.de/2014/09/exploring-inversion-and-fronting.html
And complete the following exercises:
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/advanced/cae-050-key-word-transformations-exercise.php
http://www.cityu.edu.hk/elc/quiz/inverse.htm

2. Have a look at this debate https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2013/jul/15/internet-susan-greenfield-david-babbs-video-debate and jot down what you consider to be the three best points mentioned using reported speech, e.g. "I liked when Susan said that we weren't developing important face-to-face skills because we simply didn't have the time." (you can review the rules of reported speech in English here: http://www.ef.com/english-resources/english-grammar/tense-changes-when-using-reported-speech/ )

This week's optional writing prompt is to respond to any of the following debate questions: 

Should museums ban the taking of selfies?

Can ideas ever belong to just one person?

Do boycotts ever make a difference?

Does the internet bring out the best in us?

Written work should be kept under 500 words and must have gone through a spell and grammar check if it is typed. Typed work with basic spelling errors will not be corrected, so make sure that you have English settings on your Word processor (e.g. German Word will automatically correct "of the" to "oft he" if you do not set the language to English at the bottom of the screen). Submit the essays to me by Thursday at midnight if you'd like to receive them in your Monday class. Otherwise, submit them in person on Monday. (My Tuesday class can submit their essays by Friday at midnight in order to receive them in their Tuesday class.)