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%
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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HOMEWORK 1 is due in class on April 26, 2012.
Unit 5 Video for Homework 1: Money Today
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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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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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April 22, 2012
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
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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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 Test22 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
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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