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IE Core 3 Thursday: Lesson 8

5/28/2015

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Hi everyone,

We are officially half way through our course. We'll be quite busy in June with our presentations and Book Report #2, but July will not be as busy. Work hard for the next few weeks, and you can have a bit of a break in July.

Vocabulary Building:
After speed discussion, we had a short activity on vocabulary collocation (=learning vocabulary in groups). Instead of making lists of words, it's better to make a group of words that are connected to the same topic. In this way, you can remember vocabulary more easily. For example, you can have this group of words connected to the word "smoking":

smoking --> causes cancer
smoker / non-smoker
--> first-hand smoke/second-hand smoke

Make sure you note down the vocabulary from speed discussion and from your discussions each week.

Discussions:
For next week's discussions, remember these points:
  1. Transitions. Use transitions to connect your discussions. When you want to end one section of your discussion, you can say "Well, that's it for ... Let's move onto ..." (e.g. Well, that's it for my summary. Let's move onto my opinion.)
  2. Show interest. Remember to show general interest when others are speaking. You can use these expressions: Yeah / I see / Uh-huh / Mmm-mm

Presentations:
After the break, we continued with learning about presentations. In today's lesson, we learned how to use visuals. There are a variety of visuals that you can use for your presentation:
  1. Graphs: vertical/horizontal bar, pie, line graphs
  2. Pictures: photos, illustrations, diagrams, maps
  3. Charts: title, overview, bullet, flowchart

We also learned how to explain graphs and maps. When you explain a graph, use the following steps:
  1. Introduce the chart.
  2. Explain the chart.
  3. Emphasize what is important on the chart.

All of our presentation handouts from class today can be found in the Presentation section of the website.


Cell Phones in Class:
I am very disappointed that I still have to keep telling students not to use their cell phones during our lesson. When you do this, it shows that you are not interested in learning and shows that you don't care about your partner and/or group. Please be aware that I note down your name every time you use your cell phone in class, and I will decrease your final grade by -1% each time you use your phone in class.

Homework:

1.  Blog Post #8
2.  Discussion Preparation
3.  Read Graded Reader (15 pages)
4.  Journal Topic #7: your future goals
5.  Presentation outline
  • submit Monday, June 1 by 12:00 noon to ntakeda.aogaku@yahoo.com

Blog Question #8:

In today's lesson, I returned your Book Report #1 with my comments and your grade. Read through the feedback.

What three things do you have to improve for your next book report?

  • Write 8-10 sentences.
  • Use capitalization, punctuation & spelling correctly.
  • Submit by Wednesday, May 27 by 6:00pm.

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IE Core 3 Thursday: Lesson 7

5/21/2015

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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.

Asking for and Giving Examples:
Before our discussions, we had a short activity on how to ask for and give examples. It's important to give detailed information when you give an opinion, so you can give examples to support it.

To ask for examples, you can use these questions:
  1. Can you give me an example?
  2. Like what, for example?
  3. Can you expand on that?
To give examples, you can use these expressions:
  1. For example, ... / For instance, ....
  2. One example is...
  3. Let me give you an example.
  4. Off the top of my head, ...

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. Balance speaking time. Make sure that all members get a chance to speak enough during your discussion. If you need to interupt someone to let another person speak, you can use this expression: "Let me stop you there for a minute, and let's hear from ..."

Presentations:
After the break, 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.


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 Wednesday, May 27 by 6:00pm.
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