IE Core 3 Friday: Lesson 7

Hi everyone,

Can you believe that we're almost half way through our course? I hope you're making progress with your English communication skills.

Presentations:
After speed discussion, you received the guidelines for your group presentations that you'll present near the end of June. We also learned about the different parts of a presentation and expressions for each part.

All of our presentation materials and today's slide presentation are in the Presentation section of the website. Also, you can find the Presentation Outline template in that section.

Showing Interest:
Before our discussions, we had a short activity on how to show interest during a discussion. We need to show interest to let the speaker know that we are listening to him/her. You can use these expressions:

1. Fixed Expressions: I see, Ya/Yes, Uh-huh, Mm-mm
2. Suprise: Oh my God! Really? Wow!
3. Sympathy: Oh no! What a shame. That's to bad.

Discussions:
For next week's discussions, remember these points:

1. Member interactions. In your discussions, there is a lot of communication between the group lead and the members. However, we need more communication among members. To improve member interactions, group leaders can ask these questions: (1) Are there any comments on ...'s opinion? (2) Do you agree with ...'s opinion?
   
2. Read the news. Some of your had a difficult time in today's discussions because of the topics. These issues are important to Japanese society, so it's a good idea to get into reading the news each day. Try to read the news for 10-15 minutes on your smart phones while you're on the train.
   

Homework:
1.  Blog Post #7
2.  Discussion Preparation
3.  Read Graded Reader (15 pages)
4.  Journal Topic #6: a Japanese social issue
5.  Presentation outline

• submit Monday, June 1 by 12:00 noon to ntakeda.aogaku@yahoo.com
  

Blog Question #7:

We have finished our first round of discussions. You have received a lot of feedback in our lessons and on your worksheets.

Which three points do you think you have to focus on to improve your next discussion?

• Write 8-10 sentences.
• Use capitalization, punctuation & spelling correctly.
• Submit by Thursday, May 28 by 6:00pm.