Students will be expected to attend class
regularly and arrive on time, participate in class, respect others in the classroom,
and in other ways respect established norms of classroom behavior. Students will be expected to develop skills
in problem-solving and rational thought.
Conversation Mid-term Exam Projects:
Conversation Mid-term Exam Projects:
For Wednesday and Thursday Composition midterm exam for November 2014, students are required to do three things:
1. Name one item that they (or someone they know) buy. (Let's call it the "default" product.) Tell what benefit that person wants from buying the product or service. Name another way that you can get that same benefit. (Let's call it the "alternative" product.) Compare the default and alternative product in four ways: benefit, cost, health impacts, and environmental impacts.
2. List the three things you previously said you've wanted to do. Tell what one place you can go to do all three things. Tell how it is possible.
3. Watch the video below. People you see in the video are looking at something. Tell what they see. Describe it in detail.
1. Name one item that they (or someone they know) buy. (Let's call it the "default" product.) Tell what benefit that person wants from buying the product or service. Name another way that you can get that same benefit. (Let's call it the "alternative" product.) Compare the default and alternative product in four ways: benefit, cost, health impacts, and environmental impacts.
2. List the three things you previously said you've wanted to do. Tell what one place you can go to do all three things. Tell how it is possible.
3. Watch the video below. People you see in the video are looking at something. Tell what they see. Describe it in detail.
Monday Conversation Midterm Exam November 10, 2014:
Write a report comparing something about two or more movies or novels, using lessons from my class.
By popular demand, your final exam will have to be your video-recorded dialog of this type of comparison.
Mid-term Exam, First Semester 2013:
Write a report comparing something about two or more movies or novels, using lessons from my class.
By popular demand, your final exam will have to be your video-recorded dialog of this type of comparison.
Mid-term Exam, First Semester 2013:
Teams of two to four students will generate an original audio conversation, record it in a Microsoft-compatible format, and present it to the instructor by the day of the mid-term exam. The conversation must be the kind of conversation a person would have in an authentic situation—no conversation about a past event, a planned future event, or an event taking place elsewhere. The instructor may ask for changes in the dialogue to make sure that it isn't the kind of conversation commonly found in English conversation textbooks or magazines.
Final Exam, First Semester 2013:
Teams of students will make a movie using original material. No reading will be allowed. Realistic dialogue is a must. The instructor may ask for changes to ensure that the material is original enough not to have been copied from other sources.
Mid-term Exam, Second Semester 2014:
Individual students will teach the class for at least ten minutes. The material can be an informational or a how-to lesson that other members of the class don't already know. Students will be graded on pronunciation, vocabulary, the interest of other students, and demonstration that the class has actually learned from the lesson.
Other students in the class will be graded on attentiveness and their encouragement of the student who is giving the lesson. Encourage one another by asking questions and otherwise participating in the class.
Final Exam, Second Semester 2014:
Individual students will give persuasive talks to the class. The talks must pertain to something of which the class is not already convinced, and they must be supported by facts from reliable sources and by reason.
Other students in the class will be graded on attentiveness and their encouragement of the student who is giving the lesson. Encourage one another by asking questions and otherwise participating in the class.
Conversation English Syllabus, Autumn 2012
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