17

• Warm-up
• Syllabus and texts
• Useful phrases: asking a speaker to repeat something and to slow down
• Review of present simple and present progressive verb forms
• Pronunciation: introduction to stress and the International Phonetic Alphabet

Homework:

• Read the syllabus and bring questions to class on Wednesday
• Complete the student information form (due Tuesday by 3 p.m. under my office door, 209)
• Blue grammar book: study pp. 12-15 and, on your own paper, do exercise 4 on page 14 (due Tuesday by 3 p.m. under my office door, 209)
• Handout "Pronouncing Words": study page 1 and do page 2

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• Warm-up: "Communicating on Campus", bottom of p. 3 and p. 10
• Quiz on what was covered yesterday in class
• Grammar book: return homework and have students come up the correct answers in groups (p. 14, ex. 4)
• Activity practicing present progressive
• 11:30 and 1:00: Stephanie will come

Homework:

• "Communicating on Campus"
  • Ask an American the last three questions on p. 3
  • Practice the phrases on p. 10
• Blue Azar Grammar book: study pages 13-17 and do exercises 7 and 8 on pp. 17 and 18
• Handout "Pronouncing Words": do pages 3 and 4 (18-20)

21

• Warm-up: paired conversation
• Return quizzes
• Correct the homework: "Pronouncing Words"
• Return and go over Quiz 1
• Fluency: cultural topics

Homework:

• Handout: "Pronouncing Words": finish all the exercises (read the directions; use you Longman Dictionary or another English dictionary that uses the International Phonetic Alphabet)
• Blue Grammar Book: memorize pages 22 and 23

24

• Warm-up: paired conversation
• Stative verbs
• Discussion practice: culture and human rights

Homework:

• Azar (blue grammar book):
  • Review pages 12-23
  • Do exercises 10 and 11 on pp. 20 and 21
• Do the stative verb handout/exercise
• In Communicating on Campus, study the dialog on page 18 and do Activity 2 on page 19

26

• Warm-up: paired conversation
• Pronouncing -ed endings
• Transitive/intransitive verbs and simple past and past perfect
• Correct the exercises/handout on stative verbs
• More IPA

Homework:

• Began to study for the small test on Monday:
  • Communicating on Campus, Chapter 1
  • Azar blue grammar, Chapter 2
  • Using the Longman dictionary
  • Everything else we've done this semester
• Azar blue grammar:
  • Study and understand pages 12-28
  • Do p. 26, ex. 17
  • Do pp. 38-30, ex. 19

28

• Warm-up
• Tutor Sign-up
• Go over the dictionary/pronunciation worksheet
• Review Chapter 1 in Communicating on Campus

Homework:

Study for the quiz Monday on everything we have covered since Feb. 17 including:

• Azar/Grammar Ch. 2
• Communicating on Campus Ch. 2
• The dictionary/"Pronouncing Words" worksheet
• The IPA (dictionary page 1703)

3

• Quiz on everything we've covered so far
• Present perfect
• Communicating on Campus; begin Ch. 2

Homework:

• Azar = blue grammar book (you can write your answers in the book)
  • Study the chart 3-1 on p. 36
  • Do ex. 3 on pp. 36-37
  • Do ex. 5 on p. 38
• Communicating on Campus: Memorize the phrases in the box on the very bottom of page 21

5

• Warm-up
• Computer lab: course website
• Return and go over Monday's quiz
• More present perfect
• Communicating on Campus, Ch. 2

Homework:

• Communicating on Campus: Memorize the phrases in the box on the very bottom of page 21 (review)
• Azar/blue grammar
  • p. 40, ex. 8 (in the book is ok)
  • p. 41, ex. 9 (on paper to turn in)
  • Review A8-16
• Memorize the rules for using articles (the, an, a) with geographic names

7

• Warm-up: listening dictation (articles and contractions)
• Azar: Chapter 3
• Communicating on Campus, Ch. 2
• Understanding and saying contractions

Homework:

• Do the worksheet I gave you: chapter 3
• Azar/blue grammar
  • Practice saying and understanding Page A17
  • Study chart 3-2, page 42
• Review the rules for using articles (the, an, a) with geographic names

10

• Warm-up
• Finish Azar Chapter 3
• Communicating on Campus, Ch. 3

Homework:

• Memorize and practice the "Key Language" on the bottom of page 40 in Communicating on Campus
• Azar grammar: On your own paper, write the answers only to exercises 10, 11 and 12 on pages 42 through 44

12

• Warm-up
• Prepare for meeting with Professor Fujiwara's class on Friday
• Communicating on Campus, Ch. 3
• Finish Azar Chapter 3

Homework:

• Prepare and practice for the meeting with your conversation partner on Friday; use the worksheet
• Complete the exercises in Azar Chapter 3 and check your own answers (I gave you the answer sheet today in class)
• Quiz on page 54 in Communicating on Campus

14

• Azar Ch. 3: go over page 41, ex. 11
• Communicating on Campus, Ch. 12
• Choosing an activity to teach next Thursday

  Homework:

  • Do the worksheet for Choosing an activity to teach next Thursday
  • Read and summarize a newspaper article. Prepare to teach the vocabulary and write a discussion question
  • Review and study Azar Ch. 3
  • In Communicating on Campus, review the dialogue on pages 174-175 and memorize the phrases on page 185

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• Small group discussion: newspaper articles
• Return and go over quizzes, C. on C., p. 54
• Communicating on Campus, Ch. 12
• Prepare for meeting with ICL participants on Thursday

Homework:

• Prepare your presentation for the ICL participants on Thursday
  • About 10 min: cultural background and teaching your topic
  • About 20 min: participants actively do what you taught
  • Use the English in Communicating on Campus, Ch. 12!

19

• WU Class Observation Sign-up
• Azar Chapter 3
• Prepare for meeting with ICL participants tomorrow
• Midterm course evaluation

Homework:

• Practice your presentation for the ICL participants on Thursday

21

• Conversation partner assignment due in my box by 3:30
• No regular Friday classes for Professor Seibert's students
• Advising appointments
• Test Monday on Azar, Ch. 3

Homework:

• Study for the test on Azar Chapter 3
• Enjoy your break!

March 31

• Warm-up
• Review Chapter 3 in Azar
• Prepare for observations of Willamette classes
• Review Communicating on Campus, Ch. 12
• Begin Chapter 7 in Communicating on Campus

Homework:

• Do the observation worksheet after you visit the Willamette class on Friday
• Study for the test on Friday: Ch. 3 of Azar and Ch. 12 of Communicating on Campus
• Prepare for the discussion on the newspaper article you read
• Attend the Iraq "teach-in" and do the report

2

•  No regular classes with Profs Seibert and Tabet
• Observations of Willamette classes
• Individual appointments
• Attend the war "teach-in"

Homework:

• Do the observation worksheet after you visit the Willamette class on Friday
• Study for the test on Friday: Ch. 3 of Azar and Ch. 12 of Communicating on Campus
• Prepare for the discussion on the newspaper article you read
• Attend the Iraq "teach-in" and do the report

4

• Debrief class observations (review of past tenses)
• Test on Ch. 3 of Azar and Ch. 12 of Communicating on Campus Ch. 12
• Chapter 7 in Communicating on Campus
• Iraq war discussion

Homework:

• Look up (meaning and pronunciation) the checked words on the "war" vocabulary sheet so that you can discuss the war on Iraq and understand what you read
• Study the grammar and then do the exercises in the Azar grammar, pages 99 - 106. You can write in the book.
• Memorize and practice the phrases on page 107 in Communicating on Campus
• Ask others and listen to try to understand what all the reasons are people around the world support or oppose the war on Iraq

7

• Chapter 7 in Communicating on Campus
• Azar Chapter 7

Homework:

• Study the grammar and then do the exercises in the Azar grammar, pages 107-111. You can write in the book

9

• Newspaper article discussions
• Prepare to meet Professor Fujiwara's class from 11:30 to 12:20
• Chapter 7 in Communicating on Campus: listening practice
• Azar Chapter 7

Homework:

• Azar grammar: Pages 113-118, study and do exercises 12, 13, 15, 16 and 17
• Prepare for Friday's meeting with the WU Japanese class:
  • Memorize and practice the phrases on page 107 in Communicating on Campus
  • Have a good discussion topic and questions ready (not too broad and not too narrow

11

• Meet Professor Fujiwara's class from 11:30 to 12:20
• Azar Chapter 7
• Iraq (review of Chapter 7 in Communicating on Campus)

Homework:

• Azar grammar: Pages 118 through 125, Exercises 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 2

14

• Communicating on Campus Chapter 8
• The Beatles
• Finish Azar Chapter 7
• Discuss conversation partner topic

Homework:

• Quiz on Communicating on Campus Chapter 8: page 117 (dictation, fill in the blank)
• Meet with your conversation partner before April 24
• Azar Chapter 7
  • Check the answers to pages 118-124 and bring questions to the next class
  • Do pages 125-130, Exercises 25 through 29
• Ask some native speakers the meaning of these three idioms:
  • "drop me a line"
  • ''wasting away"
  • "scrimp and save"

   

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• Finish Azar Chapter 7
• Quiz on Chapter 8: page 117 (dictation, fill in the blank, situations)
• Communicating on Campus Chapter 8

Homework:

• Meet with your language partner before April 24
• Listening practice: Using the software Focus on Grammar, do all of the intermediate listening exercises in Units 37 and 38 (Nouns and Quantifiers and Articles: Definite and Indefinite)
• Answer the questions about the Beatles song When I'm 64
• Do the articles worksheet on When I'm 64
• Begin to study for Monday's test on Azar Chapter 7 and Communicating on Campus Chapters 7 and 8

18

• Warm-up
• Practice test
• Return quizzes
• Practice the language in Communicating on Campus Chapters 7 and 8 using the "When I'm Sixty-Four" discussion questions

Homework:

• Test on Azar Chapter 7 and Communicating on Campus Chapters 7 and 8
• Meet with your language partner before April 24

21

• Warm-up
• Test Azar Ch. 7 and Communicating on Campus Chapters 7 and 8
• Communicating on Campus Chapter 8 Activity 5

Homework:

• Think of at least five possible topics you can give a presentation on (something you know a lot about or something you would like to learn about)
• Azar
  • P. A14, exercise 14
  • P. 412, exercise 1
• Meet with your language partner by Thursday; Friday: Language partner assignment due

23

• Warm-up: review of articles and plurals
• Responding to questions: Azar Appendix Unit B, pages A8-A17
• Azar Chapter 20 Conditionals
• Communicating on Campus Chapter 11

Homework:

• Language partner assignment due
• Revise your 5 possible presentation topics; use Communicating on Campus Chapter 11, page 155 as a guide (interesting? specific enough for 10 minutes? appropriate for a university class? understandable?)
• Communicating on Campus Chapter 11
  • Review pages 150-154
  • Revise your notes on the scuba lecture
  • Do activity 3 on p. 154 (mark in the book)
  • Read and study page 157
  • Come check-out a tape from me if you want listening practice
• Azar grammar
  • Study pp. 412-415
  • Do exercises 2, 3, and 4 on your own paper
  • Be prepared to do ex. 5 orally in class

25

• Communicating on Campus Chapter 11
• Responding to questions: Azar Appendix Unit B, pages A8-A17
• Azar Chapter 20 Conditionals

Homework:

• Communicating on Campus Chapter 11, Activity 8 on pages 160-161
• Prepare a typed outline of your presentation

April 28

• Warm-up: Communicating on Campus Chapter 8, Activity 6, Pages 114-116
• Communicating on Campus Chapter 11, correct homework, page 161
• Presentation checklist (go over)
• Discussion: "The Media", Iraq

Homework:

• Be ready to give your practice presentation on Wednesday. Have your visual aids ready.
• Attend a Japanese studies senior thesis presentation Tuesday or Thursday. The report is due Friday.

30 Special Speaking/Listening Class Schedule

• 9:10 - 11:00 AM Class
• 12:15 - 1:00 All students (both groups in 121)
• 1:40 - 3:30 PM Class

• Guest speaker
• Practice presentation
• Discussion

Homework:

• Be ready to give your presentation on Friday or Monday.
• Attend a Japanese studies senior thesis presentation Tuesday or Thursday. The report is due Friday.

May 2 (Japanese teachers visiting?)

• Student presentations

Homework:

• Be ready to give your presentation on Monday if you haven't done it..
• Study for the finals.