HCW 325


HCW 325 Inglés Conversación I (Paralelo 4) | English Conversation I
1st Semester 2012 | Thursday, 8-9:30 a.m., Room E 500 | Thursday, 2-3:30 p.m., Room C 232 
Instructor: Sarah Purdy   |  email: sarahjpurdy@gmail.com

Requirements:          
• Homework, Quizzes, Presentation, Attendance/Participation, Lab, Progress Tests: 20% 
• Final Written Exam: 20%  
• Final Oral Exam: 60%

Book: English Unlimited B1 Pre-intermediate Coursebook (available in the library)
Language Lab: DCSC, subterráneo, building P, rooms 6 and 7, Monday-Friday, 3:40-8:30 p.m.
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LANGUAGE LAB – TED Talks: http://www.ted.com/talks

To fulfill the language lab requirement, you must watch and complete a summary and analysis of 10 TED Talks of at least 6 minutes each. The talks can be on any topic. Submit your completed worksheets electronically as an attachment to sarahjpurdy@gmail.com. Five responses (in one document) are due by June 29 and the remaining five by July 25. Please combine all your worksheets into a single document to send with one summary and analysis per page.
  • Go to http://www.ted.com/talks
  • Select subtitles, length (6 minutes or more), order, and topics on the left side of the page.
  • Choose and watch a TED Talk.
  • Complete a response worksheet for that talk.
  • Repeat the watch/response process for a total of 10 TED talks.
  • Combine five response worksheets into a single document and send as an attachment to sarahjpurdy@gmail.com by June 29.
  • Repeat the entire process with five more TED talks and email by July 25.
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June 22, 2012
HOMEWORK 3 is due in class at the beginning of class July 5.

 Unit 8 Video for Homework 3: Favorite Things


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May 27, 2012
HOMEWORK 2 is due in class at the beginning of class May 31 or June 5.
  
 Unit 6 Video for Homework 2: Hot and Cold
 

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 Unit 7 Video for Homework 2: Changing Environment


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April 22, 2012
HOMEWORK 1 is due in class on April 26, 2012.

Unit 5 Video for Homework 1: Money Today
 

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PRELIMINARY CLASS SCHEDULE (subject to change)

10 April                   Introductions, speaking practice
12 April                   English Unlimited (EU) 5.1

17 April                   EU 5.1-5.2
19 April                  NO CLASS                               

24 April                  EU 5.2-5.3
26 April                  EU 5.3-5.4                                Homework due

1 May                       NO CLASS
3 May                       EU 5.4                                       Quiz                   

8 May                       EU 5.1-5.4 review               
10 May                    EU 6.1                                       

15 May                    EU 6.1-6.2 
17 May                    EU 6.2-6.3                                Progress Test


22 May                   EU 6.3-6.4
24 May                    EU 6.1-6.4 review, 7.1

29 May                    EU 7.1-7.2                               
31 May                    EU 7.2-7.3                               Homework due

5 June                     EU 7.3-7.4       
7 June                     EU 7.1-7.4 review, 8.1              Progress Test                                       

12 June                   EU 8.1                                        Presentation Outlines due
14 June                   EU 8.2                                        Presentation Outlines due                           

19 June                                                                       Oral Presentations
21 June                                                                       Oral Presentations

26 June                  NO CLASS
28 June                  NO CLASS                   

3 July                       EU 8.3          ****CAMBIO DE HORA: bloque 11-12 en SALA B-112*****
5 July                       EU 8.3-8.4                              Homework due


6 July                     MAKE-UP SESSIONS: 9-10 AND 11-12, SALA C-207

10 July                     EU  8.4 
12 July                     EU 8.1-8.4 review

17 July                    EU 5-8 Final Exam Review
19 July                    FINAL WRITTEN EXAM 

24 July                    FINAL ORAL EXAM 
26 July                    FINAL ORAL EXAM

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COURSE CONTENT AND GOALS
 
Cambridge English Unlimited B1 Pre-Intermediate Coursebook (Units 5-8)

Unit 5: Money
§  Goals: Change money, understand instructions on a cash machine, pay for things in different places, talk about rules and obligations, give advice
§  Target activity: Give advice to a visitor
§  Grammar: Have to, can
§  Vocabulary: Money, paying for things, giving advice
§  Keyword: It
§  Pronunciation and spelling: Linking consonants and vowels; -tion, ssion, cian
§  Explore Writing: Write an email or letter giving advice to a visitor

Unit 6: Energy
§  Goals: Talk about present habits, talk about weather, make comparisons, express preferences
§  Target Activity: Do a survey
§  Grammar: Comparing things
§  Vocabulary: Household chores, talking about habits, weather, expressing preferences
§  Keyword: Do
§  Pronunciation and spelling: words with -er and -est; -able, -ible
§  Explore Speaking: Speak more politely by being less direct

Unit 7: City life 
§  Goals: Make guesses and predictions, make recommendations, give directions, get information in a tourist office
§  Target Activity: Get tourist information
§  Grammar: Will, might, may; real conditionals
§  Vocabulary: The environment, giving directions, getting tourist information
§  Keyword: Will
§  Pronunciation and spelling: Linking consonants and vowels; ui, uy
§  Explore Writing: Write a description of a place

Unit 8: Things
§  Goals: Ask about and buy things, describe objects, talk about possessions
§  Target Activity: Talk about a favorite possession
§  Grammar: some, any; passives
§  Vocabulary: Buying things, describing objects, talking about a possession
§  Keyword: By
§  Pronunciation and spelling: contrastive stress; ow
§  Explore Speaking: Explain words you don’t know

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