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November
2000
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Monday
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Wednesday
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Friday
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Oct.
30
- Listening practice
- Review Lessons 8
- Begin Lesson 9: Rising Intonation
Homework
- Review
Lessons 7 and 8
- Preview
Lesson 9
- Prepare
for your conversation partner
meeting
- Work on
your article; re-submit Wednesday if I asked you
to
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1
Homework
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3
- Your articles
- Listening practice
- Lesson 9: Rising Intonation in Y/N
questions
Homework
- Prepare
for Conversation
Partner Assignment 3
- Quiz
Monday on Lesson 9
- Complete
the dialogs on page 81
- Preview
Lesson 10
- Study for
a test next Friday on Lessons 7 through 10
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6
Lesson 10: Combination Intonation Patterns
Homework:
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8
Debrief conversation
partner meetings
Lesson 10: Combination Intonation Patterns
Homework:
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10
Test on Lessons 7, 8, 9 and 10
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13
Listening/Useful phrases
Lesson 11
Homework:
- Practice
saying the words on the top of 93 (part
1)
- Have a
conversation with the four phrases we practiced
at the beginning of class
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15
Lesson 11
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17
Lesson 11
Give out conversation
partner assignment 4
Homework:
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20
Lesson 11
Ordinal Numbers
Homework:
- Quiz
Wednesday on Lesson 11: TIU, t, s and assigned
words on the board
- Look up
and practice saying and understanding the
"Thanksgiving" words I put on the
board
- Practice
saying the ordinal numbers
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Quiz
Lesson 11
Homework:
- Conversation
partner assignment
- Review
Lesson 11
- Make a
list of ten Japanese words of English origin,
for example, rippu kurimu.
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24 No
class/Thanksgiving Friday
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27
Lesson 12
Homework:
- Last
conversation partner assignment
due
Wednesday
- Read,
study, practice Lessons 12 and
13
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29
Lessons 12 and 13
Practice for final
Homework:
- Prepare
for the final
- Practice
Lessons 12 and 13
- BY WED.,
send or give me three suggestions for
conversation topics for small groups for the
final: not too general; related to your
experience in the U. S.
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Dec.
1
Japanese
words of English origin: dialog
Final Exam
information
Course evaluations
Homework:
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September
2000
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Monday
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Wednesday
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Friday
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August
28
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August
30
- Most commonly-used
words and phrases
- Course
introduction
- Terms
- /f/
- Conversation partner
information
For
Friday
- Practice
TIU exercises for /f/
- Learn the
terms we covered
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1
Quiz on terms
Word of the day: almost
Review and practice /f/
Review Chapter 2: Word stress
Syllabus
For
Wednesday
- Practice
for quiz on /f/
- Review
chapter 2
- Review or
learn the IPA symbols
- Preview
Chapter 6
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4 No
class/Labor
Day
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6
- Warm-up: "Today I'll ... (first, ...,
finally)
- Daily word: Harvest Festival
- Quiz on /f/
- Return quiz
- Chapter 6: sentence stress
For
Friday
- Do and
practice all exercises on pages 45 and
46
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8
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11
- Daily word: excellent
- Chapter 6: sentence stress
- Reminder: Tapes
For
Wednesday
- Study,
learn and practice everything on pages 45 -
48
- Complete
your three sentences and practice them. Be
prepared to say them in class.
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13
- How to ask for help with pronunciation:
"How do you pronounce this word?"
etc.
- "Three sentences"
- Chapter 6: sentence stress
For
Friday
- Review
and practice Chapter 6
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15
- Phrase of the day
- International Phonetic Alphabet
- Finish Chapter 6: Sentence Stress
For
Monday
- Phonetic
words and phrases exercise
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18
- Phrase of the day
- Chapter 7: Sentence stress, linking, and
blending
- Conversation partners: first
assignment due 9/27
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20
- Test One: on everything we've covered so
far
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22
For
Monday
- Practice
pp. 55, 56 and 57
- Conversation
partner assignment
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25
- Chapter 7: Sentence stress, linking, and
blending
For
Wednesday
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27
- Chapter 7: Sentence stress, linking, and
blending
- IPA and dictionary
use
- Conversation partner assignment
For
Friday
Top
of page 58 (4. Speaking)
- Match
the parts of the proverbs
- Think
about the meaning
- Practice
saying them
- Is
there a Japanese equivalent?
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Proverbs (Chapter 7: Sentence stress, linking,
and blending)
For
Monday
- Memorize
and be able to correctly say the proverbs on
page 58
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October
2000
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Monday
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Wednesday
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Friday
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2
- "Can" and "can't"
- Quiz on proverbs
- Chapter 7: Sentence stress, linking, and
blending
For
Wednesday
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4
- Chapter 7: Sentence stress, linking, and
blending
- Phrasal verbs
For
Friday
- Memorize
the two-word verbs taught in
class
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6
- Quiz on the two-word verbs taught
Wednesday
- Chapter 7: Two-word verbs, sentence stress,
linking, and blending
For Monday OR
Wednesday
- Prepare a
5-minute "story" of an experience in the U. S.
(graded presentation)
- Prepare/practice
page 1. on page 60
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For
Friday
- Pages 55
- 62, Lesson 7: Read the explanations carefully
and practice saying all the exercises! Spend at
least 1 1/2 hours. I will ask you to say some of
the phrases and sentences aloud.
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13
- Lesson 7: Two-word verbs, sentence stress,
linking, and blending
For
Monday
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16
- Review Lesson
7
- Lesson 8:
Rising/Falling Intonation
For
Wednesday
- Second
conversation partner
assignment
due Wednesday
- Photocopy
a paragraph from a newspaper, text, story,
novel, CD cover, or such AND mark ALL the
pronunciation we have learned. Practice reading.
Bring the marked-up copy to class with your name
on the top.
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- Conversation partner
de-brief
- Review of
"can"
- Lesson 8:
Rising/Falling Intonation
For
Monday
- Study for
a quiz on all of Lesson 7 and on "can" and
"can't" (review your notes from a few weeks
ago)
- Begin to
study Lesson 8
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20 No
class/Mid-semester Day
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Lesson 8: Rising/Falling
Intonation
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25
Lesson 8: Rising/Falling
Intonation
For
Friday
- Study and
practice all of Lesson 8: Rising/Falling
Intonation
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Lesson 8: Rising/Falling
Intonation
Class
instructions for today
For
Monday
- Study and
practice all of Lesson 8: Rising/Falling
Intonation. Review Lesson 7
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