Early Bird, Week of Oct. 1/2

Hello! Welcome to the Early Bird Advanced Conversation Class.
I hope that you will prove yourself to be early birds and actually come to class regularly.

For this class you will need the following textbook:

1. Discussion Strategies, Beyond Everyday Conversations. By David Kehe and Peggy Dusting Kehe.
2. Notebook for taking notes.

GETTING TO KNOW YOU ACTIVITY
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1. Come up and write down three questions for your partner regarding the following areas in their lives:


1. Family
2. High School
3. University Life
4. Sports (to do and to watch)
5. Free time ( hobbies, interests)
6. Travel
7. English Learning
8. Goals for the future

2. Ask your partner questions and write down his/her answer. For each question, have a follow up question.
E.g.

Student A: What is/are your major(s)?
Student B: My major is computer science.
Student A: Do you enjoy studying it?
Student B: Yes, it’s hard, but I like it.

3. Prepare a short introduction of your partner choosing one piece of information about him/her from each of the 8 categories:
E.g.

1. This is Yong-ah. She lives with her parents and younger brother. She didn’t like high school because she had to study a lot. 3. She thinks her major, Fashion Design, is very interesting. 4. She doesn’t like any sports. 5. In her free time she likes to read fashion magazines. 6. She hasn’t traveled a lot outside of Korea, but she visited Geumgangsan in North Korea. 7. She studies English because she would like to continue studying fashion design in London. 8. Her goal for the future is to become a famous fashion designer.