Tsuda University - Oral English - Elvin

Dear students, Please hand in your portfolios today. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will read the essay that you wrote for homework about 1991. After that, there will be a student-led activity as usual, and if there is time after that you will start 1992. Please download the files 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 finish your end-of-trimester presentations. Then you will have a short student-led activity by group one, and if there is any time left after that, continue studying about the nineties. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today is your end-of-trimester final assignment. Please talk for a minimum of three minutes and a maximum of four minutes. (Ideally, everyone should present today, so this is why there is a rather strict time limit). There will be a computer already set up, so your should bring your presentation slides on a thumbstick for quick and easy access. You will be assessed for fluency (not reading, and speed of delivery), vocabulary (appropriacy and precision), grammar (range and accuracy), and pronunciation (clarity and naturalness). Your scores will be an estimate of your speaking score for an IELTS test. Please download the IELTS bandscale criterion scales for your reference. Good luck! Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will carry on as usual with a student-led activity and if there is time study about the nineties. Everything in class seems to be going reasonably well, I think. How about you? Were your activities useful? Not so useful? Could any of them be done again or improved somehow? Please post your comments below. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have another student-led activity, and continue with the 1991 prints if there is time. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will read your essay about 1990 in the groups that you were in last week. Then you will check the answers to the 1991 matching homework, and after that there will be a student-led activity. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Welcome back to Tsuda College for the second trimester. I hope you had a restful break. Today you will decide what you will do for the next nine weeks, including the nature of your second final assessment. You will also continue to study about the nineties, so please download the prints below and bring them to class. http://www.eflclub.com/music/1991songs.pdf http://www.eflclub.com/1990s/1991.pdf Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Your first trimester is almost over, so how did it go for you? I would like you all to write a few sentences about what went well or not so well regarding your learning of English. Hopefully, your thoughtful comments will enable others to continue to make wise choices and be intelligent and efficient language learners. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you should deliver a presentation lasting at least three minutes about any topic, serious or light. You will be assessed for fluency, grammatical range and accuracy, vocabulary appropriacy and precision, and pronunciation. Good luck! Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have your final student led activity of the trimester. If there is time, you will also continue with the prints about 1990. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have a student-led activity, and after that continue with 1990. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear stdents, Today you will carry on as usual with a student led activity and, if time, 1990. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have another student led activity. After that, you will continue with 1990. Group leaders, please post your reflections to the blog after the class. Others may also comment, too. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have a student led activity. If there is time afterwards, you will carry on with the prints about the year 2000. Group leaders, please post your reflections to the blog (posted originally on April 21st), and others, your comments, too. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will have another student-led activity, and after that (if there is time) we will check the answers to the 1990 matching exercise and start 1990. Kind regards, Chrsi Elvin

Dear group leaders, After you have finished your student led activity, please post a comment to the blog for the date of your lesson. Click on "post a comment", and write a paragraph about what was good or not so good about your acitivity or activities. How effective was it for promoting oral fluency? Start your letter with a greeting, and finish with your names. Please try to post to the blog as soon as possible. After that, other students may post if they wish. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, I am sorry about this but I want to change your groups. 4/21 13-8-11 (Mizuki, Tsukino, Narumi) 4/28 9-18-17 5/12 12-16-4 5/19 15-10-1 5/26 7-6-3 6/2 19-2-21 6/9 20-5-14 6/16 final test (presentation) 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

Dear students, Welcome to Oral English. The syllabus for the course is below: Oral English I Spring 2017 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

Dear students, Today is your final test. Please hand in a piece of paper with your name on it, and indicate whether you wish to take the pronunciation only test or 50-50 with fluency. Fluency means how well you talk at a natural speed without reading. Pronunciation features include chunking, stress, intonation, phoneme accuracy, and overall audibility and clarity. Good luck! Chris Elvin