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Oral PracticeOral PracticeSpring Semester, 2012
Sophomore Students
ProfessorLudmilla Cawdrey
The Textbook We Use:
David Paul
Communication StrategiesCommunication Strategies Book 2
Units 8 – 15
CENGAGE LearningISBN 978-981-4232-62-83
Audio practice Partner and small group speaking practice Free communication
Course Methods
Spring Semester:Lesson plan (in weeks)
1. Unit 8: History2. Unit 8 (cont): Wars3. Unit 9: Women in Society4. Unit 9 (cont): The Roles of Men and Women5. Unit 10: The Developing World6. Unit 10 (cont): Poverty and Charity7. Unit 11: Violence8. Unit 11 (cont): Fighting9. Midterm Oral Test
(subject to adjustment):
Spring Semester:Lesson plan (in weeks)
10. Unit 12: Politics11. Unit 12 (cont): Extremism 12. Unit 13: Economics13. Unit 13 (cont): Starting Business14. Unit 14: Happiness15. Unit 14 (cont): Mood16. Unit 15: Globalization17. Unit 15 (cont): International World 18. Final Oral Test
(subject to adjustment)
Requirements and Grading
For MidtermMidterm and FinalFinal Tests the following is adjusted:
Attendance (presence in class) – 25%Participation (classroom activity, homework) – 25%Midterm test – 20%Final test – 30%
WarningMerely memorizing the words in a word list cannot
help you make a great progress in English.
Knowing more words is only a necessary but not a sufficient condition for better English.
Your proficiency level is not determined by how many words you know but by how accurately and fluently you use them.
There is no replacement for the actual application of the language, i.e. reading, writing, listening and speaking.
Unit 8: History
Discussion Practice
Which historical figure do you admire most? Why?
What lessons can we learn from history?How can we create a more humane and peaceful
world?
History Quotations
We are not makers of history. We are made by history. (M. L. King, Jn)
A country without a memory is a country of madmen. (G. Santayana)
History teaches everything including the future. (Lamartine)
If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development. (Aristotle)
History is a myth that men agree to believe. (Napoleon)
Unit 9: Women in Society
Discussion Section
1.Do women have to do most of the housework?2.How to create more opportunities to women who
want to have a career?3.Are the roles of men and women conditioned by
society?4.What do you know about feminists?
Quotes on Women
A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up. (S.G. Colette)
Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior.
Women always worry about the things that men forget; men always worry about the things women remember.
Unit 10: The Developing World
Discussion Section
1.What is meant by the developing world?2.How can aid to developing countries be made more
effective?3.What is your attitude to people from developing
countries?
Unit 11: Violence
Discussion Section
1.Do you think violent sports should be banned?2.Do you think that modern world is violent?3.Is the media responsible for the increase of violence
in society?4.How to prevent children from regarding violence as
normal?5.How to reduce violence in society?6.How to reduce war and terrorism?
Quotes on ViolencePeace cannot be achieved through violence; it can only be
attained through understanding. (Ralph Waldo Emerson )
War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will. (George Washington )
Nothing good ever comes of violence. (Martin Luther )
The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it. (Bill Cosby )
Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create. (Pope John Paul II)
Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men. (Pope John Paul II )
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. (Isaac Asimov )
April 11 and 18- Midterm daysApril 11 and 18- Midterm days
Review the topics and the vocabulary from Units 8 - 11.
1. Speak with the teachers answering the main questions form the Discussion Practice sections
Consider the following:a) Use the extensive vocabularyb) Clearly explain your position = give extended answers= use 5 to 6 sentences to answer the teacher’s questions
2. Comment on the Quotes (handouts)
3. Describe a picture (weather conditions + settings)
Unit 12: Politics
Discussion Section
1.Describe your ideal political system2.What is meant by democratic society?3.Is your country free and democratic?4.Is it easy for minorities to become political leaders
in your country?5.What aspects of your country need radical change?
Quotes on Politics
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. (Albert Einstein )
In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times. (Winston Churchill )
Politics have no relation to morals. (Niccolo Machiavelli )
Unit 13: Economics
Discussion Section
1.Do you think that income tax is fair in your country?2.Should consumption tax be reduced or increased?3.How should the government encourage consumption
to increase?4.Is an unemployment rate high or low in your
country?5.How does an inflation rate influence society?
Unit 14: Happiness
Discussion Section
1.What is the difference between happiness and having a good time?
2.Is happiness a social phenomenon?3.What makes people to feel happy?4.Do you have a purpose in life?5.Do all people have to be creative?
Quotes on Happiness
"There is only one success - to spend your life in your own way." (Christopher Morley)
"In seeking happiness for others, you find it for yourself." (Anonymous)
"The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does." (James M. Barrie)
Motivation
If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap.If you want happiness for a day, go fishing.If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune.If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.
Chinese Proverb"Happiness is not pleasure, it's victory.“
Ten Spiritual Tonics
1. Stop worrying. Worry kills life.2. Begin each day with a prayer. It will arm your soul.3. Control appetite. Over-indulgence clogs body and mind.4. Accept your limitations . . .5. Don’t envy. It wastes time and energy.6. Have faith in people. Cynicism sours the disposition.7. Find a hobby. It will relax your nerves.8. Read a book a week to stimulate imagination and broaden your views.9. Spend some time alone for the peace of solitude and silence.10. Try to want what you have, instead of spending your strength trying to get what you want.
Abraham L. Feinberg
Unit 15: Globalization
Discussion Section
1.What do you mean by open-mindedness?2.What is an international person?3.Do we have to preserve national identity? (cultures)4.Would you prefer to get education in your country or
go abroad, study and work there?
June 13 and 20- FinalsJune 13 and 20- Finals
Review the topics and the vocabulary from Units 11 - 15.
1. Speak with the teachers answering the main questions form the Discussion Practice sections
Consider the following:a) Use the extensive vocabularyb) Clearly explain your position = give extended answers= use 5 to 6 sentences to answer the teacher’s questions
2. Comment on the Quotes (handouts)
3. Describe a picture (weather conditions + settings + people discriptions)
Tongue twisters
Penny's pretty pink piggy bankFreshly-fried fat flying fish Any noise annoys an oyster but a noisy noise annoys an
oyster more. The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the
throne throughout Thursday.Rubber baby-buggy bumpers. The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.
Weather vs whether
Whether the weather be fine orWhether the weather be notWhether the weather be cold orWhether the weather be hot
We’ll weather the weather Whatever the weatherWhether we like it or not
Tongue Twisters 2
Singing SealsSinging SealsSeven seals Sit by the seaSinging silly Songs to me
Wes waded in the water, Wendy waded, tooThey walked in the wet sand, And Waved to Mom and Sue
What Is Pink? by Christina Rossetti
What is pink? a rose is pink What is yellow? pears are yellow,By the fountain’s brink. Rich and ripe and mellow.What is red? a poppy’s red What is green? the grass is green,In its barley bed. With small flowers between.What is blue? the sky is blue What is violet? clouds are violetWhere the clouds float thro’. In the summer twilight.What is white? a swan is white What is orange? why, an orange,Sailing in the light. Just an orange!
Which of the following spelling is correct?
1. a) dilemma b) dillemma c) dillema d) dilema2. a) excersize b) exercise c) excercize d) exersize3. a) consensus b) concensus c) consencus d) consenssus4. a) inadvertant b) inadvartant c) inadvartent d) inadvertent5. a) prerogative b) perogative c) perogitive d) preragitive6. a) rime b) ryme c) rhime d) rhyme7. a) envirement b) enviornment c) environment d) enviarmint8. a) facinating b) fascinating c) fasenating d) fassinating9. a) beelieve b) bilieve c) bileive d) believe10. a) perserverance b) persaverence c) perserverence d)
perseverance
Mistakes correction
1a) dilemma2b) exercise3a) consensus4d) inadvertent5a) prerogative6d) rhyme7c) environment8b) fascinating9d) believe10d) perseverance
Which is the correct spelling?
1. Innossent – innocent – inoccent2. Suspicion – suspicioun – suspectious3. Trail – triel – trial4. Arressted – aressted – arrested5. Dout – daubt – doubt6. Colleagues – colleaques – collegues7. Conseguence – consequences – consiquences8. Allibi – alibi – alliby9. Quilty – guilty – guillty10.Concideration –consideracion - consideration
Correct spelling
1. Innocent2. Suspicion3. Trial4. Arrested5. Doubt6. Colleagues7. Consequences8. Alibi9. Guilty10.Consideration
Jumbled Word
GRASSHOPPERGRASSHOPPER
Jumbled Word: Jumbled Word: GRASSHOPPER GRASSHOPPER (50)(50)
AGE, AGO, ASH, APPOSE, ARGO, EAR, ERASE, ERASER, EGO, ERGO,
GAS, GRASS, GO, GOSH, GOP, GRAPE, GORE, GOA, GOAS, GASH, GROS, GOPHER, GAP, GRAP, GREASE,
HE, HARSH, HORSE, HOP, HOPPER, HERO, HOG, HOPE,
PORSH, PREP, PREPARE, PERHAPS,
RAP, RASH, REP, RAPPER, RAPE, ROPE, ROSH,
SHE, SEA, SHOP, SHOPPER, SASH, SHORE, SORE, PROPER, SAP, SOAP, SHARE, SHEA,
Puzzles
Puzzles
Quite righttoo little, too late
See for yourself Deep in thought Shop till you drop
Once in my life Broken promise
Puzzles
Puzzles
Once in my life
Heart to heart
Forgive and forget
Your time is up
Middle aged See eye to eye Green
envy
Roads we choose
The longest journey is the journey inward.(Dag Hammarskjold)
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. (J. D. Rockefeller)
I have wandered all my life, and I have traveled; the difference between the two is this - we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. (H. Belloc)
Who would venture upon the journey of life, if compelled to begin it at the end? (F. de Maintenon)