Announcements
- Movie Night: tonight, 6:00, ELC gym. This should be excellent listening and speaking practice so I will give 15 extra points to any students who attend.
Classwork
- Practiced English stressed-time rhythm.
- Practiced writing sentences for flourish and diversify. Both words are verbs.
- Diversify usually takes an object (e.g., economy, investments, products), as in The Haitian government is trying to diversify its economy. Diversify is often used with verbs like is trying to or needs to, as in The company is trying to diversify its product line.
- Flourish does not usually take an object, as in Businesses flourish with less government regulation.
- Completed a TOEFL listening exercise on advertising. If you would like to listen again, you can find the recordings in this chapter's listening folder (Classes/Gigger, Emily/A. Prep (L/S)/Chapter_2/Listening/TOEFL Listening Tracks 5, 6, and 7.) You can also find the recording If you were absent, you can find the handout in my box in 103.
Homework
- Finish your SMILES Logs. They are due at the beginning of class on Monday.
Classwork
- Reviewed Ex. B, Vocabulary Preparation, p. 66-67.
- Listened to a radio program about the travels of a t-shirt. (Find all of the recordings in Classes/Gigger, Emily/A. Prep (L/S)/Chapter_2/Listening.)
- Completed Ex. A, Listening for the Main Idea, p. 68. (File name is Pg. 68 A.)
- Completed Ex. B, Listening for Details, p. 68. (File name is Pg. 68 B.)
- Read the box titled "Identifying a Causal Chain," p. 68. Completed Ex. C, Identifying a Causal Chain, p. 69. (File name is Pg. 69 C.)
- Read the box titled "Listening for an Anecdote," p. 69. Completed Ex. D, Listening for an Anecdote, p. 69. (File name is Pg. 69 D or T-Shirt Travels.)
Homework
- Continue to work on your SMILES Logs.
Classwork
- Discussed new features on the class blog
- Interview Schedule
- Links for Academic Listening
- Links for Chapter 2 (including the McDonald's video from yesterday)
- Discussed changes to the SMILES log
- Our class folder has a new folder for Chapter 2, where you should save all of your recordings.
- The motivation survey is now delivered by email.
- For extensive listening, you can listen to other academic recordings beside news. (See the links on the blog.) You will summarize one of these recordings in Part A of extensive listening.
- For intensive speaking, you will transcribe one of your recordings from Part B of extensive speaking.
- Recorded one prompt from Part B of extensive speaking. Saved the recording according to the directions. Transcribed it by listening to the recording and in a Word document typing the exact words and using ... for pauses. Double-spaced the document.
Homework
- Complete your transcription from class today. Print it, and put it in my box before 5:00.
- Start your new SMILES log.
Classwork
- Introduce the topic of globalization and international marketing with these questions:
- Which international companies sell products in your country?
- Which of these products do you buy? Why?
- Which companies from your country sell their products
abroad?
- Which of these products can you buy here in Utah?
- How different is that same product when it is sold here in
the U.S.?
Homework
- Vocabulary Preparation, Ex. B, p. 66-67
Announcements
- Be sure that you've signed up for an interview. I've posted the schedule in the right column of this website. (The list is also posted on my office door if you need to make changes.) Remember, the purpose is to get to know you and discuss your diagnostic scores. In addition, you can ask any questions that you have. You should come to my office, room 254.
Classwork
- Presented resource speeches to classmates. Received feedback.
- Listened to the song, "Wonderful World."
Homework
- Finish your SMILES logs and put them in my box in 103 before 2 p.m. on Friday.
Announcements
- Interviews will begin Monday, September 26 and end Tuesday, October 4. We will discuss your individual strengths and weaknesses and any other concerns you or I might have. If you were absent, please be sure to sign up for a time.
Classwork
- Completed a push-up drill to improve speaking fluency. Students gave their resource presentations first for 2 min, then 1 min 30 sec, then 1 min, and finally for 30 sec. in order to improve their speed.
- Completed two listening exercises: Ex. A and Ex. B on p. 26. You can find the recording at Classes/Gigger/A. Prep L/S/Chapter_1/Listening/Advice_for_Freshmen_Interviews.
- Created the posters for tomorrow's presentations. The posters must include the name of the resource, a campus map showing its location, and its office hours. Extra paper and maps are available on the cart in Room 275.
Homework
- Practice your speech for tomorrow. It should be 2 minutes long.
- Finish your poster if you haven't.
- Continue to work on your SMILES Logs. They're due Friday at 2:00 in my box in 103.
Announcements
- We will make your posters in class tomorrow.
Classwork
- Practiced speeches in the lab by monitoring. See yellow handout.
Homework
- Work on your SMILES log.
- Continue to practice your speech.
Announcements
- Go to the lab for class tomorrow.
- REMINDER: If you are absent, you can get any handouts that you missed by going to my box in 103 and finding the papers with your name.
Classwork
- Explained SMILES logs. See orange handout.
- Discussed outlines and language for your Thursday presentations. See the white handout.
Homework
- Begin your SMILES log. They are due Friday at 2:00 in my box in 103.
- Complete the outline and practice sentences in the white handout. It's important that you have them for tomorrow's activity in the lab.
Classwork- Explained each of the categories on the speaking diagnoses.
- Explained the speech assignment for next Thursday.
- 8:15: Briefly discussed listening strategies and why it is important to listen for the main idea. Listened to the interviews on p. 26 and completed Ex. A, Listening for the Main Idea.
Homework- Go to Ms. Gigger's office (254) and sign up for the resource that you want to research for your speech.
- Research your resource online and write answers for the questions on p. 2 of the handout.
- If possible, visit the office for your resource. Introduce yourself and your purpose. Then ask the secretary or other employees a few questions. Be sure to pick up a few handouts, fliers, or brochures.
Classwork- Defined the vocabulary words to classmates.
- Organized vocabulary words by part of speech.
- Organized vocabulary words by stress pattern. Practiced the rhythm of English.
- Discussed grammatically correct ways to give advice. Read the box on Giving Advice on p. 24. Completed Ex. A on p. 25. Used as many different grammatical structures as possible.
Homework
- For the 9:30 class, finish Ex. A, p. 25.
- For both classes, complete Ex. C, p. 25 as preparation for tomorrow's listening on advice for college freshman. What kind of advice do you think you will hear? Write six predictions.
Announcements
- If you like, you can find a BYU student to practice English with at the Study Buddy meeting Thursday at 7:00 in the ELC gym. Sign up online here: http://elc.byu.edu/study_buddy/
- Why is it helpful to take notes in the form of an outline?
- What are two undergraduate degrees?
- What are two graduate degrees?
- Give an example of one resource at the university.
- Practiced finding definitions of words. (See yellow handout.)
- Practiced finding the stress of words. All words in English are divided into syllables. Each syllable has one vowel sound. In each word, one syllable receives more stress than the others. If a syllable is stressed, it is pronounced longer, louder, and higher than the others.
- Practiced brainstorming and outlining for this question: What does success mean to me? Listed several aspects or areas of our lives: career, family, education, hobbies, and friends. Chose three of these aspects and described success for each one.
- Completed a push-up drill. Recorded in QuickTime. Responded to the prompt for one minute. Listened to the recording and thought of new ideas to add. Recorded again for 1 minute 30 seconds. Listened again and thought of new ideas to add.
Homework
- Complete yellow vocabulary sheet. Find the definition for each word. Underline the stressed syllable of each word. Study the definitions, stressed syllables, and parts of speech. We will review them tomorrow in class.
Classwork- Introduced the topic of Chapter 1: How to be successful in college.
- In small groups, students described the system of higher education in their countries. They described the different degrees offered and how many years are required for each.
- Read about outlines on p. 43.
- Listened to the lecture on p. 2 and wrote down the three main ideas.
- Compared those 3 main ideas to the main ideas in the outline on p. 4. Listened to the lecture again while reading the outline.
- Completed the outline of university resources on pp. 44-45.
Homework
Classwork- Presented speeches.
- Took a short listening diagnostic test.
Homework
- Buy the textbook, Quest 1: Listening and Speaking, 2nd edition, by Monday.
Classwork- Syllabus Review
- Speaking Diagnostic
Homework
- Prepare for tomorrow's speech. Use the feedback I gave you. Practice presenting in front of the mirror and for your roommates and friends.
- Buy your book. You will need it on Monday.
Classwork- Read the syllabus.
- Buy the book. You will need it by Monday. If you get a used copy, erase any writing by Monday as well.
- (8:15: Complete Speech Preparation: Day 1 for homework.)
