Tsuda University - Oral English - Elvin

Dear students, Today you will finish 1997 and then hand in your portfolios for grading. After that, you may prepare for your recitaion on the 27th. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will read your 1996 research and write essay in your group. Then you will carry on studying about 1996, and possibly start 1997, so please bring these prints to class. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will carry on learning about 1996. If there is time, you might start 1997 so please download the prints in advance just in case. http://www.eflclub.com/music/1997songs.pdf http://www.eflclub.com/1990s/1997.pdf Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have a student-led activity, as usual, and after that you will start learning about 1996. If you have not already done so, please download the files from the previous post. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have a student-led activity, and after that continue studying about 1995. If there is time, you may start 1996. Please download the prints just in case. http://www.eflclub.com/music/1996songs.pdf http://www.eflclub.com/1990s/1996.pdf Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will carry on studying about 1995. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have your mid-term presentation. Please see the previous post for more information. Kind regarsds, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have a student activity, then read your 1994 read and write homework, and after that check the 1995 vocabulary matching. Once these activities are finished, and if there is time, you may prepare for your presentation mid-term assignment on November 18th. You will be assessed on delivery (how you present, including professionalism, enthusiasm, eye contact, and visual support such as slides), grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. You may read your speeches, but you should also take note that a speech without eye contact can be dull for the audience. The content of your speech is not being assessed, so anything is okay for the topic. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will yave a student-led activity and then you will read your essays about 1994 in the groups of six that you created last week. After that, if there is time, you will finish 1994 and start 1995 (see previous post for downloading). Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will continue learning about 1994. Soon you will start 1995, so please download the prints just in case. http://www.eflclub.com/music/1995songs.pdf http://www.eflclub.com/1990s/1995.pdf Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have a student-led activity followed by group readings of the research and write homework about 1993. After that, you will start 1994. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have a student led activity and possibly finish 1993. If so, you should be ready with prints of 1994 which you can download from a previous post. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have a student-led activity, and after that, if there is time, you will continue studying about the nineties. Please see the previous post for details. Kind regards, Chris Elvn

Dear students, Welcome back to Tsuda. I hope you had a long and restful vacation. Today you will choose the method of assessment for your mid-term and final tests as well as grouping arrangements for student-led activities. You will also continue studying about 1993. When that is finished, please be ready for the next unit by downloading the prints below+ http://www.eflclub.com/music/1994songs.pdf http://www.eflclub.com/1990s/1994.pdf As was the case for the previous semester, your grading will be decided by the following five equally weighted criteria: attendance, mid-term test, final test, portfolio, and student-led activity. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have your two-minute speaking test. Good luck! Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will listen to 1992 cloze lyrics, and have a student-led activity. After that you may practice for the speaking test or complete your portfolio which you should hand in today. Both the portfolio and speaking test are worth twenty points. In September you will start 1993, so please keep your prints until then. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have a student-led activity, listen to the songs of 1992, and possibly complete 1992. Within your group, please choose a topic to write about from the 1992 "research and write", and do it for homework. Soon you will be studying 1993, so you may download the files from the link below. http://www.eflclub.com/music/1993songs.pdf http://www.eflclub.com/1990s/1993.pdf Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have a student led activity, and after that continue with 1992. If there is time, you may want to practice the speaking test. Please read the bandscale criteria to familiarize yourself with the test. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have another student-led activity, which will help to improve your English. After that we will check the answers to the 1992 vocabulary matching, so please complete this for homework. After that, you will choose three more speaking topics for your two-minute challenge on July 22nd. Then you will start 1992. Kind regardss, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have a student led activity. After that you will continue with 1991. Please research and write about one of the 1991 topics and read it to your group. If there is time, we may start 1992, so please download the prints and bring them to class. http://www.eflclub.com/music/1992songs.pdf http://www.eflclub.com/1990s/1992.pdf Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have a student-led activity, and after that you will carry on with 1991. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have a student-led activity, which should be at least 30 minutes. After that, you will start 1991. We will check the matching first, and then do the oral activites. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you have your 20-point mid-term assessment. In your group, you should deliver a presentation which is at least three minutes per person. You should use a software application such as Powerpoint or Keynote, and transfer your file to a USB so that you can plug it into the class computer. You will be assessed on content (new, interesting, researched, critical thinking), delivery (eye contact, at least three minutes), vocabulary, grammatical range and accuracy, and pronunciation. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have a student-led activity and then you will read your essay about 1990 within your group. Please make sure that you don't get into the bad habit of copying and pasting; You should use your own words. After that, you will prepare for your presentations in the following week. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have a student led activity, and then you will finish 1990. Dictation: You should be on a different print to your partner so that you can't read the text as you listen. Pairwork: You should be on different pages so that it becomes a listening activity, rather than just reading. Class survey: Please ask the same original question to everyone in the class based on the topics or words of the unit. You may ask an open ended question, or you may write a list of answer options for the class to choose from. Research and write: Within your group, answer a different question. Research and write your answer, and then read your response next lesson. Please do not copy paste - it won't help you to improve your English. After you have finished 1990, you will start 1991. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have another student-led activity, and after that you will continue working with the 1990 prints. If there is time, we may start 1991, so please download and bring the prints just in case. http://www.eflclub.com/music/1991songs.pdf http://www.eflclub.com/1990s/1991.pdf Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have another student-led activity. After that we will check the answers to the 1990 vocabulary matching, which you did for homework, and then you will study about 1990. Kind regards, Chris  Elvin

Dear students, Today there will be a student directed activity. After that you will start to study about the 90s. Please download the prints below and bring them to class. http://www.eflclub.com/music/1990songs.pdf http://www.eflclub.com/1990s/1990.pdf Kind regards, Chris Elvin

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Oral English I Spring 2016 Instructor: Chris Elvin  chriselvin@gmail.com Course Description The goal of this course is to improve communication ability in English. Class Blog http://elvinor.blogspot.jp You should check the blog before coming to class. There may be prints to download, or last minute notices.   Course Assessment 20% Student directed lesson 20% Class activities portfolio 20% Attendance and participation 20% Mid-term oral presentation 20% Oral speaking final test Student directed lesson - 20 points : Your group should prepare one lesson. Each student in the group will be given the same score. Students who prepare well, provide stimulating teaching materials, communicate their ideas clearly, and who cultivate enjoyable learning are likely to receive high marks. Class activities portfolio - 20 points : Please keep all work that you do in class and for homework in a plastic file (vinyl sheet), and hand this in to your teacher at the

Dear students, Please check this blog every week for notices about class, or for downloading prints. Kind regards, Chris Elvin