Kompetenzerweiterung II (Tuesday/Thursday Group), Homework for Weeks Four and Five (April 12th-22nd)

 Don't forget to meet up with your partner this week. 

Please read about inversion in Unit 19 and complete all of the accompanying exercises and learn ALL of the vocabulary for Unit 20 and complete its accompanying exercises. 

Inversion is important for sophisticated English usage and is tricky for German speakers as one has generally trained oneself to not let rules of German syntax (featuring the verb in the second position, otherwise known as "V2 position" in linguistics) interfere with English output. Page 154 of your Destination book features adverbials that trigger inversion in English. You should learn them by heart, read the examples in that table out loud and, ideally, write out your own examples. Just like the gerund or infinitive rules from last semester, learning the rules of inversion in English will make it truly sophisticated.

These videos are useful resources in explaining inversion further: 

Inversion BBC class  Inversion: BBC English Class - YouTube
English Masterclass inversion, negative or limiting adverbs BBC English Masterclass: Inversion 1: After Negative or Limiting Adverbs - YouTube
English Masterclass inversion, reduced conditionals BBC English Masterclass: Inversion 2: Reduced conditionals and more - YouTube

Here are some accompanying exercises from BBC English:
BBC Learning English - Course: Towards Advanced / Unit 25 / Session 1 / Activity 1

Additional online quizzes for inversion:
Inversion Exercise 1 (perfect-english-grammar.com)
Advanced Grammar | Inversion Multiple Choice Exercise | esl-lounge Student
INVERSION online exercise - verb before subject | Learn English Today (learn-english-today.com)
Test English - Prepare for your English exam (test-english.com)
'Inversion' - English Quiz & Worksheet - UsingEnglish.com

These videos tie into "power and social issues" and might be of interest to you, especially in considering your answers to the two essay prompts for this week:

How to understand power How to understand power - Eric Liu - YouTube
School of Life Machiavelli POLITICAL THEORY - Niccolò Machiavelli - YouTube
What "Machiavellian" really means What “Machiavellian” really means - Pazit Cahlon and Alex Gendler - YouTube
Good Morning Britain Is civil disobedience justified when protesting important issues? Is Civil Disobedience Justified When Protesting Important Issues? | Good Morning Britain - YouTube

Your optional essay topics for this week are: 
1. What does it take to be a great leader?
2. Is civil disobedience justified when protesting important issues? (Please make sure you understand what civil disobedience means before you respond to this question.)

Choose one of the above questions for your optional essay of 250-350 words and submit it to me via email as a .docx file by Thursday, April 21st at midnight. Essays must meet the word-limit guidelines and be submitted by the deadline in order to receive feedback.