listenspeak4 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:14:23 +0000

Watch the video below and practice the English vowel sounds. Be sure to be somewhere quiet where you can hear and practice out loud.

Listening Speaking Log #6

listenspeak4 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:05:24 +0000

Thanksgiving is coming soon. Interview 3 Americans about their Thanksgiving traditions. Ask each person at least 5 questions. There are some sample questions here or you can use your own. Hand in your questions and answers on Monday, November 30th.

1. Where do you usually celebrate Thanksgiving? With whom?

2. What do you usually eat on Thanksgiving? What is your favorite Thanksgiving food?

3. What do you do with the leftover turkey? Do you have any special recipes you make with it?

4. Do you have any traditions that you follow every year at Thanksgiving? Watch the Thanksgiving parade? Football? Black Friday shopping?

5. What is your best Thanksgiving memory?

6. What are you especially thankful for this year?

Note Taking

listenspeak4 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:46:01 +0000

Watch and listen to the following lecture on Business English Vocabulary. Take notes of the lecture. Remember to use outline form. You may watch the video up to three times. Hand your notes in on Dec. 3.

Syllable/Stress Codes

listenspeak4 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:30:34 +0000

Write down the correct syllable/stress code for the following words. Bring your answers to class. You may use a dictionary if you need to.

1. Administration _____–_____ 6. Calories _____–_____

2. Communicate _____–_____ 7. Movement _____–_____

3. California _____–_____ 8. Cancer _____–_____

4. New York _____–_____ 9. Wonderful _____–_____

5. Northwestern _____–_____ 10. Healthy _____–_____

Extra Credit Listening Log

listenspeak4 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:17:07 +0000

This video is from a famous old American TV show called “I Love Lucy.”

Watch the video (you can watch it more than once if you want to).

Answer the following questions:

1. What was the problem in the video?

2. How did they solve the problem?

3. Did you think it was funny? Why/why not?

Speaking Final Exam Rubric

listenspeak4 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:31:23 +0000

This is the grading I will use for the final speaking presentation. The topic is to tell about a comedy movie or TV show you have watched and give your opinion of it. There are 50 points possible.

Content

You followed the assignment

I could understand the narrative

You gave your opinion of the comedy.

You used apppropriate vocabulary from Ch. 5

Delivery

You were prepared, so your speech flowed.

You spoke in complete sentences.

You pronounced end sounds correctly (-s and -ed)

You pronounced syllables and stress correctly.

You spoke for at least two-five minutes.

I could understand you.

Final Exam Study Guide

listenspeak4 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:23:48 +0000

1. Syllable/stress codes. Eight words from Chapters 3-5. (16 pts)

2. Intonation Patterns. (14 pts.)

-Statement (Falling)

-Yes/no question (Rising)

-Choice question (Rising/Falling)

-Wh- question (Falling)–REMEMBER this includes “how” questions

-Tag questions when you agree with the statement (Falling)

3. Word endings. (12 pts.)

-s/-es ending sounds /s/, /z/, /iz/ Pg. 11, 48

-ed ending sounds /t/, /d/, /id/ Pg. 217

4. Lecture Notes. (50 pts.)

-The lecture will follow the five themes of geography. Pg. 93-94

-Review absolute location. This is two numbers and directions. Pg. 109

-Review the directions and how they are spelled. Pg. 98

-Review the western states and how they are spelled. Pg. 102

5. Use your notes to answer questions about the lecture. (20 pts.)

REMEMBER the test is on Thursday, Oct. 15. Good Luck!

Study Guide- Ch. 4 Test

listenspeak4 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:48:25 +0000

1. Syllable Stress Codes- pg. 128, 135-136

2. Phrasal Verbs- pg. 132-134, 163

3. Meaning Questions- 150-153

4. Dictation

The test is on Thursday, October 1

Good Luck!

Listening Log #5

listenspeak4 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:32:02 +0000

Watch this video as many times as you like. Then, leave a comment about what happened in the video. Answer the following questions.

1. What was the advertisement for?

2. Has anything like this ever happened to you?

3. What are some of the accents/problems the caller represented?

4. Why was the apartment available at the end of the video?

5. Any other comment you wish to share with the class.

Be sure to read what your classmates have said about the video.

Listening Midterm Topics

listenspeak4 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:00:24 +0000

Midterm Study guide

Syllable-stress codes. (pg. 4)
Intonation patterns. (pg. 25-26, 101)
s/es endings. (pg. 10-11, 47-48)
Taking notes on a lecture. (pg. 17)
Answer questions about the lecture.
Dictation (pg. 40 bottom)

Study hard and GOOD LUCK!