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Simon’s classes

Class List:

  • Tuesday period 3: “Engineering” Elementary Text: 1-4
  • Friday period 3: “Engineering” Intermediate non-Text

The teacher will demonstrate using InAssistant Course goals and objectives!

Assessment

Tuesday period 3

Friday period 3

Outline – R&W Skills

Objectives: These are our course objectives

  1. A textbook or sufficient materials will be used that encourages discussion: The teacher will provide you with themes (there is no textbook for this class).
  2. The reading materials will be related (linked) to the liberal arts or the students’ major field. For Example: Agriculture, Engineering, and Veterinary science

Presentation and/or writing assignments must be included.

Spring semester: focuses on 4 basic reading skills (1. previewing, 2. predicting, 3. skimming, and 4. scanning), writing skills (paraphrasing and summarizing), and using dictionaries.

Reading skills

  1. previewing
  2. predicting
  3. skimming
  4. scanning

Writing skills

  • paraphrasing
  • summarizing

Fall semester: focuses on a few more academic skills. Spring basic skills + Other Skills: note-taking, citing, making an argument, linking, cohesion and coherence, and writers’ voices and attitudes etc…

Other Skills

  • note-taking
  • citing
  • making an argument
  • linking
  • cohesion and coherence
  • others: writer’s voices; attitudes and so on

Reading Videos: 4 skills

1.Previewing and 2.Predicting

3.Skimming and 4.Scanning

Writing Videos: 2 skills

1.Paraphrasing and 2.Summarizing

Dec 7

Aim: To do a practice ZOOM recording of your 30 second PowerPoint; to continue finishing your PowerPoint and your Poster (winter)

Submit Gandai Upload: Monday 12th 23:59

Dec 7th – Poster Outline

Aim: To make a Poster for your Unit work;

Method: Using word document and Landscape layout

Procedure: follow these steps;

  • Task 3: 5 main points, see template;
  • Poster word count (100-115words)
  • You must include: sentences; bullet points; and pictures

Template:

Health-PosterDownload

Language Objectives: think about the following;

  • The order of your main points; video order is okay OR your own order – what do you think is best?
  • Review the video again: and of check your vocabulary (word list).
  • Use the CEFR discourse analyzer (appli) to check your level of language – improve your words and level
  • Read aloud – check the comprehension – is it easy to understand?
  • Connection between your words to the pictures

Nov 30th Unit 5 Speech

Aim: To write a 30 second speech using 3 slides

Procedure: Use the content from your responses (task 1 to task5) to report on the following statement:

Statement: “The importance of my own well being”

Method: How do you answer the response?

  • Select information from your content – you can not use all the information, because there is a time limit (30 seconds)
  • Content organization: prepare information for each slide carefully – what information are you going to us (or not use), and which slides?
  • Slide format and layout; slide type; titles; text – sentences or bullet points

Homework: follow these instructions;

  • Finish your slides
  • Practice and check the time (30seconds)
  • Use the discourse appli at home – check your vocabulary level (LINE me anytime)

Tips: you can follow these ideas if you want to;

  • start with a slide for text and a slide for pictures (any number of slides)
  • have 2 versions; make a slide 1a version / a slide 1b version – select the best slide
  • read your slide content constantly and record the time (time total) – then decide the time you want for each slide; (slide1 – 10 seconds; slide2 – 10 seconds; slide3 – 10 seconds), OR different times for each slide (8; 10; 12) *Base your time on the content

Health & Well Being

Step 1: Watch the video

Step 2: Skill exercise

  • Write keywords or phrases – also called topic vocabulary or specialised vocabulary
  • Identify the main points – write them
  • Identify the support sentences explaining the main points

Step 3: Answer the questions below. Use a word document. Bring to the next class Nov 30th (November 23 is a holiday)

Question 1: Impression

What is your impression “your opinion” about this video (35words)

Question 2: Meaning

  • Write your own definition of the title Health & Well Being? (10-20words)

Question 3: Identify and Write 5 main points in the video

  • Point 1:
  • Point 2:
  • Point 3:
  • Point 4:
  • Point 5:

Question 4: Explain

How important is it to exercise regularly? Explain your answer. (35words)

Question 5: Japan

On a scale of 1 to 5 ( 1 is the least and 5 is the highest) how healthy are Japanese people? Complete the sentence below. Explain your answer (35words)

  • I rate Japans health as _________________ (1 to 5) because ____________ .

Nov 9

ZOOM Homework: Start a ZOOM Meeting and Record your PowerPoint presentation MP4 / M4A and line me in your groups; follow these steps

  • upload your MP4 / M4A file
  • text me your name in English & student number

*If you did not attend class today? I will give another demonstration in class on November 30th (no class Nov 23)