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IE Core 3 Friday: Lesson 7

5/22/2015

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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.
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IE3 Core Friday: Lesson 6

5/17/2015

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Hi everyone,

What a beautiful day today! I hope you can enjoy the sunshine during your breaks.

In-text Citation:

After speed discussion, we learned to put direct quotes from your novels into your book reports. This is called in-text citation, and we use it to show when we are using ideas from other sources (e.g. like the characters in your novels, or from the author).

Also, we need to use in-text citation to avoid plagiarism (= copy somebody’s idea and claim it as your own).  If you use another person’s idea, you must tell the reader where you got that information.

1.  Direct Quote
When you use a direct quote, you are quoting the information directly from your novel.  For example:

By the end of his adventure, Santiago realizes that "the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself" (Coelho 73).

This tells us that "the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself" is a sentence from the novel by the author Coelho, and this information is on page 73. 


MLA Referencing:
We also learned how to write down the source information from your graded readers.  This is called MLA Referencing.  For most of your references, you need to use this format.

Author. Title. City of Publication: Publisher, year.

The Secret Garden
Make sure to meet me in front of the theater at 6:40pm and I'll give you your ticket. We'll be sitting in a group in the theater. Please don't forget the map from class, or you can check the map on your phones - justclick on this link for the map: IE Field Trip map

Discussions:
For next week's discussions, remember these points:
  1. Follow-up Questions. When your group leader or group member makes a comment. Ask a follow-up question. This question asks the speaker to give more information.

Homework:
1.  Discussion Preparation
2.  Blog Post #6
3.  Complete Book Report #1
  • use the Book Report template on the website in the Reading-Book Report section
  • type your book report
  • email your book report to me by Friday, May 22 by 12:00noon to ntakeda.aogaku@yahoo.com
**NO JOURNAL ENTRY THIS WEEK!


Blog Question #6:

What did you think about our field trip to see the musical The Secret Garden (interesting and/or suprising observations)?


  • Write 8-10 sentences.
  • Use capitalization, punctuation & spelling correctly.
  • Submit by Thursday, May 21 by 6:00pm.
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