Listing Comprehension and speaking

TIUA Spring 2002 J. E. Seibert

What to Study and Practice for the Mid-term Exam on Friday, March 15

Procedure

• The first 50 minutes of class you will have a written and listening exam.
• The morning speaking exam will be done in small groups as assigned below.
  • 10:10 Naoki, Shoko, Mari
  • 10:40 Yoko, Daichi, Satomi
  • 11:15 Chika, Masaki, Janeth, Naoko
• The afternoon speaking exam will be done in small groups as assigned below.
  • 2:00 Hiroki, Shintaro, Keiji
  • 2:30 Nami, Hirotake, Hiroyuki, Norikazu
  • 3:00 Saki, Mayumi, Yoko
  • 3:30 Daniela, Miki, Atsuro, Sawako

The speaking exam will be in my office, 209. There will be three parts.

• Read from House on Mango Street, pages 14 - 16 ("Our Good Day")
• Tell me about one experience you've had since arriving in Salem (two minute time limit)
• Choose one of these topics to discuss as a group:
  • What characteristics do successful TIUA students or successful language learners have?
  • What should the United States and the world do to prevent future terrorist attacks?
  • House on Mango Street

Review these things!

Quest

• Pages 1 - 15: Introduction/Getting Started
• Pages 19 - 40: Chapter One/Career Planning

Grammar Chart Book

• Pages 7 through 17

Dictionary skills

• All of the skills you have practiced on the worksheets assigned as homework

Pronunciation

• Be able to understand and say these sounds and words with them:

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• Be able to name and correctly stress the parts of speech that are stressed in spoken English.

The "yellow sheet" of phrases

• Section 1 (page 1)
• Section 4
• Section 5
• Section 8, the first 6 sentences
• Section 9