For today's speaking assignment

You will note from this that you will also be required to ask and to answer two questions during the activity today.

You can watch the videos of your presentations here.   When you watch the video,  please try to do a self evaluation of your own speaking performance.

• Kid
• Rocky
• Shirley
• Alisa
• Ikuya
• Zach
• Mark
• Hussain
• Maryam

For your listening

Try to listen to the news for 30 minutes every day to build your listening and knowledge of the world.

CBC's The World This Hour  is a good program.   You can listen to it here

APA Citing and Referencing

You can look at the slides from this presentation I have previously given

here

and for our essay

Week 4 Plan

We have crossed the half-way point in this short course.   Things will begin to intensify now.



In week 4  this is what we will do:

• Essay -- you will work on writing draft 1,  which is due on Friday.  You will have class time during three days (about 3 hours total).  
• Grammar -- Chapter 15 -- we will finish this.  You have Grammar Test 2 on Thursday.
• Speaking -- Introductions presentations on Tuesday.  We will talk about this on Monday.   I will introduce your big presentation assignment later in the week.   You will also practice debating and discussing issues.
• Listening - you will listen to a radio interview,  and a lecture,  and a debate;  we will discuss the sitcom you watched on Friday; you will have a listening quiz on Wednesday (based on the textbook)
• Vocabulary -- you will prepare for a vocabulary quiz on Feb. 9th -- you will practice writing vocabulary cards;  numbers - I will review this on Wed.
• Speaking-Listening -- we will do Unit 3 in the textbook
• Writing -- you will write another summary for me

Audio recording of Wednesday's debate

Students can listen to themselves via Soundcloud by clicking on the links below


The Pro argument for a smoking ban  (Shirley, Hussain,  Zach)


The Con argument for a smoking ban     (Mayam,  Rocky,  Alisa, Ikuya)

Essay models

Speaking Assignment 2

Speaking Assignment 2

           Introduce a famous or important person

Due Tuesday, Feb.2

• For this individual speaking assignment you will provide a 1-2 minute introduction of a famous or important person (alive or dead).   It is like a summary about someone.
• Use your analysis and video of your first introduction to make this better.
• You may have notes on a car Les will give you,   but you cannot write sentences,  and you must not read from your notes.    Think of your introduction as telling a story.
• Use the sample introductions posted on the blog below as models.

            This assignment is worth 10 marks.   Les will videotape your talk.  

           You will be evaluated on:

•          Content    /5  -- the details,  logic,  organization,  and interest of the talk

•          Pronunciation    /5  --  word clarity,  word stress,  stress in sentences,  flow,  speed,  key words 
•                            Body language  /5   -- hands,  eyes,  feet, body

•             Vocabulary      /5     --  word choice,  word form,   academic vocabulary,  formality

•           Grammar        /5      -- noun clauses,  passive tense,  gerunds,   verb tense,  count 

Look at some of the following introductions to speakers at Google Talks