Summer Sophomore Syllabus

SUMMER 2016 WOOSONG UNIVERSITY SOPHOMORE CLASS SYLLABUS

Course Name: English Conversation 1	Class Code:	Class Location: TBD		Semester & Day(s): Summer, 2016
Teacher:	Office & Office Hours:  TBD	Textbook: Harrington & LeBeau, Speaking of Speech, 2009, Macmillan ISBN: 978-0-2307-1533-2
Course Description: This course is designed to improve oral fluency by focusing on the organization and delivery of ideas and information.  Students will examine a process approach to planning, writing, and delivering effective presentations.  This course provides opportunities to explore essential skills such as eye contact, gestures and voice inflection to enhance students’ presentations.  Students will participate in a variety of speaking, listening, reading and writing activities focusing on speech preparation and presentation. Course objectives:          The objectives for this course are to: Develop public-speaking confidence in English. Brainstorm ideas. Generate main and supporting ideas for topics. Create and organize speech outlines. Demonstrate appropriate eye contact, gestures and voice inflection. Apply appropriate target language Evaluate peers. By the end of this course you will have: Performed at least two (2) presentations. Brainstormed ideas. Created and organized speech outlines. Practiced the various elements of presentation delivery. Demonstrated appropriate eye contact, gestures and voice inflection Applied appropriate target language Evaluated peers.   Teaching Strategies: Presentations, speeches, role-plays, demonstrations, modeling, group and pair work, in-class preparation, critical evaluation of self and peers, and others as the instructor sees fit. Assessments: Midterm Exam (20%) Students will perform a 2 or 3-minute demonstration presentation Final Exam (40%) Students will perform a 3 to 5 minute persuasive presentation
Course Assessment: Attendance  =  20% Homework & Participation = 20% Homework  = 10% Participation = 10% Midterm Exam = 20% Final Exam  =  40%			Grade Curve: A+  ~  A0   L1≤ 25%/L2 30/L3 35 B+  ~  B0   L1≤  40%/L2 40/L3 40 C+  ~  D0   L1≥ 35%/L2 30/L3 25 F = total score below 40%; ≥33% absence; didn’t sit final exam

WOOSONG UNIVERSITY COURSE POLICY

You are expected to behave appropriately in your class.  This means: Pay attention to the teacher. Do not talk when your teacher or your classmates are talking. Participate in class.  If the teacher asks you a question, try to answer it. Bring your book, pencil, paper and dictionary to class every day.   Do not use your cell phone for chatting or calling during class. Dictionary use may be permitted (teacher’s discretion) Do not bring a photocopied version of the textbook; all students MUST have a genuine textbook.

Attendance If a student is absent, they must first talk to their Department Head and obtain an excused absence form.   That form must then be given to the instructor.  Only absences for sickness, car accidents, military service interviews, training for army reservists, departmental events, and mourning will be considered with documentary evidence. Students can have up to TWO CLASSES excused per semester.  Allowance for any further excuses is up to the instructor's discretion.   If a student is absent (unexcused) from one third of the classes in that semester, the student will automatically receive an “F.” Students should check their attendance as often as possible to avoid mistakes. A student will lose 0.5 points from their attendance every time they are tardy.

This course will include a minimum of two presentations as exams: a presentation which will count as the Midterm Exam and a presentation which will count as the Final Exam. The instructor may also administer quizzes or other assignments at any time during the course. Homework and Participation will be assessed at the discretion of the instructor as per standard Woosong policy.

COURSE CALENDAR

Class/Day	Contents	Objectives
1	Introductions
2	Text pp. 5- 27, DVD Episode 1&2 Information Speech	Recognize the Three Messages. Learn about and practice the physical message: eye contact, posture, gestures
3	Text pp. 28-39 DVD Episode 3: The Demonstration Speech. Prepare and practice the  demonstration speech	Learn about and practice voice inflection, emphasizing key words. Use the physical message and voice inflection to give a demonstration speech
4 Midterm Assessment	Midterm Exam:  Demonstration Presentation Speech
5 Midterm  Assessment	Midterm Exam: Demonstration Presentation
6	Text pp. 39-50, 51-54 DVD Episode 4&5	Students choose presentation topic for the persuasive presentation and begin working towards the final presentation. Learn: the 5 tips for effective visuals, 2 guidelines for making effective visuals, and common problems and solutions to presenting visuals
7 & 8	Text pp. 57-68 DVD Episode 6: The introduction. Prepare and practice the introduction of the persuasive presentation.	Recognize and be familiar with the functions of the introduction, body, and conclusion of a presentation. Prepare introduction.
9 & 10	Text pp. 69-86 DVD Episode 7: The Body Prepare and practice the body of persuasive presentation.	Recognize the importance of evidence.  Learn how to use numbers and examples. Learn how to use transitions.
11 & 12	Text pp. 87-95 Prepare and practice the conclusion of the persuasive presentation.	Learn how to use main points and focus points to make a conclusion.
13	Presentation Practice presentations
14	Final Exam: Persuasive Presentation
15	Final Exam: Presentation of persuasive presentations

If you miss a class, it is your responsibility to make up missed class work.

Smart Choice Starter Final Study Guide

Vocabulary
Unit 7
Unit 8

Grammar
Unit 7 present continuous
Unit 8 prepositions of place
Unit 9 giving directions

Reading
Unit 7

Writing
Unit 5
Unit 7

Listening
Unit 7
Unit 9

Reading
Unit 10

Content:
Power poses  https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are?language=en
TED talk map app  https://www.ted.com/talks/daniele_quercia_happy_maps
Yoga article  http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1409/140930-international-yoga-day.html

Smart Choice 1 Final Study Guide

Grammar
Unit 1 be verb
Unit 4 frequency adverbs
Unit 6 past tense of be
Unit 7

Vocabulary
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 7
Unit 8

Reading
Unit 5

Writing
Unit 5

Listening
Unit 7

Stretch 2 Final Study Guide

Listening -
Unit 6

Vocabulary -
Unit 3
Unit 5
Unit 7

Grammar - 
Unit 3 (p.16A, B) noun + verb
Unit 5 (p. 30A,B) simple present/present continuous
Unit 7 (p.44 A,B) superlatives

Reading -
Unit 6
Unit 7

Writing -
Unit 7, 9, 10, 11

Weather

For Question 1
Watch the video. How is the weather going to be today and tomorrow in Colorado?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
http://www.kktv.com/content/news/Warm--Breezy-Tuesday--380578751.html

http://www.koaa.com/weather

For Question 8-1

Describe the picture:

8.

7.

6.

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http://www.imfromdenver.com/8-images-that-show-just-how-crazy-the-weather-is-in-colorado/

For 3rd question - What surprises you about weather in Colorado?

For TED questions:

TED Talk

What is the main idea?

What is your opinion?

http://www.ted.com/talks/gavin_pretor_pinney_cloudy_with_a_chance_of_joy

Do exercise D/E on Page 45 (Good to prepare for the final!)











Worksheet:

Watch the video. How is the weather going to be today and tomorrow in Colorado?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Describe the picture:

8.

7.

6.

5.

4.

3.

2.

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What surprises you about weather in Colorado?

TED Talk

What is the main idea?

What is your opinion?

Smart Choice Starter Midterm Exam Questions

Describe yourself

Tell me about your birthday and sign, email address

What’s in your bag?

What kind of music do you like?

What do you like to do?

Smart Choice Starter Oral Midterm Question Bank

SpeakingUnit1

Use the following to answer questions 37-40:

Choose one of the speaking tasks below.

37.	Talk about you. Answer the following questions: What's your name? Are you from the US? Are you a student?

38.	Talk about you. Answer your teacher's questions.

39.	Talk about the woman. Use your imagination. Include the following information: her name where she's from her job

40.	Ask your teacher questions about the man. Include the following information: name? from? job?

SpeakingUNIT2

Use the following to answer questions 37-40:

Choose one of the speaking tasks below.

37.	Talk about a friend. Answer the following questions: What's his / her name? What's his / her nickname? Where's he / she from? What's his / her phone number?

38.	Talk about you. Answer the following questions: Where are you from? What's your address? What's your phone number? What's your e-mail address?

39.	Talk about you. Answer the following questions: When's your birthday? What's your sign? What's your favorite month?

40.	Ask your teacher or your partner questions about her / his favorite things and people. Include the following information: favorite singer? favorite actor? favorite food? favorite sign?

Speaking

Use the following to answer questions 37-40:

Choose one of the speaking tasks below.

37.	Introduce one friend to another friend. Answer the following questions: What is his/her name? How old is he/she? When is his/her birthday? What is his/her sign?

38.	Talk about things that you have in your book bag or in your pockets. Answer the following questions: What are they? What are they for? How do you use them? When do you use them?

39.	Talk about a favorite item. Include the following information: What is it? What does it look like? Where did you get it? What does it do?

© Oxford University Press. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.                          Smart Choice Starter—Unit 3 Test    8

40.	Talk about something that your friend has. Say what it is, what it does, and why your friend likes it.

Speaking Unit 4

Use the following to answer questions 37-40:

Choose one of the speaking tasks below.

37.	Talk about a friend. Answer the following questions: What's your friend's name? How old is your friend? Does your friend like rock concerts? How about hip-hop concerts?

38.	Talk about music you like and don't like. Use the following words: I think Terrible amazing OK favorite music

© Oxford University Press. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.                          Smart Choice Starter—Unit 4 Test    7

39.	Talk about you. Answer the following questions: What's your favorite CD? Who's your favorite singer? What kind of music is on your favorite CD?

40.	Talk about a parent, brother, or sister. Include the following information: his / her name kind of music he / she likes kind of music he / she doesn't like favorite CD favorite singer

SpeakingUnit5

Use the following to answer questions 37-40:

Choose one of the speaking tasks below.

37.	Talk about Paul's activities. Include the following information: collect comics no listen to music no play video games yes play soccer yes go bowling no

38.	Talk about your parents. Answer the following questions: What are your parents' names? What activities do they do for fun? When? Where?

39.	Talk about a friend. Answer the following questions: What's your friend's name? What does your friend do for fun on Friday nights? What does your friend do for fun on Saturdays and Sundays?

40.	Talk about you. Answer the following questions: How old are you? What do you do every week for fun? What activities do you do with your family?

Speaking Unit 6

Use the following to answer questions 37-40:

Choose one of the speaking tasks below.

37.	Talk about you. Answer the following questions: What things can you do? What things can you do very well? What things can't you do at all?

38.	Talk about a friend. Answer the following questions: What's your friend's name? What things can your friend do well? What things can't your friend do?

39.	Talk about you. Answer the following questions: Can you play soccer? Can you speak another language? Can you play tennis? Can you ride a bike? Can you play the piano? Can you play the guitar? Can you sing?

40.	Talk about your family. Answer the following questions: What activities does your family like? What things can they do well? What things can't they do at all?