Tsuda University - Oral English - 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