Sunday, November 25, 2007

ECW, Week of Nov. 26/27

COHERENT:

1. logically or aesthetically consistent: logically or aesthetically consistent and holding together as a harmonious or credible whole
2. speaking logically: able to speak clearly and logicallyHe was so confused and dazed he was barely coherent.


SUBMIT NEXT WEEK

1st Draft of your Final Assignment: a 2 page essay (introductory paragraph + conclusion paragraph; 1 -3 body paragraph[s]

Choice of Assignment: (free topic)

Compare/Contrast 2 - 2,5 page essay double-spaced.

Topic: free!

To ensure that your essay has all it needs to have for you to get a good grade, follow the rubric, evaluating your work. I will use the same rubric to grade it:


RUBRIC



Introduction / thesis statement.
(Topic introduced clearly. General information about the topic. Clear thesis statement )

Body Paragraphs
(good topic sentencesenough supported with enough relevant details)


Essay unity and coherence
(supporting details logically well-organized; cohesive devices [transition words, pronouns, repetitions of keywords and ideas used)


Conclusion
(main points summarized or thesis restated; final comment made; an action suggested)

Language Accuracy
(Grammar, Punctuation, Capitalization)


Vocabulary
(varied vocabulary)


Syntax (varied sentences; correct word order)


Clear Outline (your essay must follow your outline)








IEC, Week of Nov. 26/27 Exam Prep



Pictures:Nov. 19th. first snow. In front of the TURTLE, IEC Students and a 'guest', a flight attendant for Hong Kong airlines - a former student of mine.
The park next to Hansung Campus. Second snow in Seoul. Nov. 20th.
IEC Final Exam Preparation, December 2007

Prepare all that we have covered in class since the mid-term exam: Lessons 20 (At the movies), Lesson 23A balanced Life, Lesson 25 (Arranged Marriages), Lesson 28 (Celebrate).

The best way to study is to review the grammar and vocabulary covered in class. Do all activities in your textbooks and workbooks.

The final exam will have three parts and will be one hour long.
The parts: 1. grammar, 2. vocabulary, 3. Short answers/writing.

VOCABULARY:

Either fill out the blanks, provide a word based on the given definition, list words

GRAMMAR:

so, too, neither, not either; 2. verbs for likes/dislikes plus gerund or infinitive; 3. it’s + noun/adjective (for) + infinitive; 4. present and past conditional.

WRITING:
Short answers or writing about a favourite movie or party plan



ORAL Exam: Look at the guidelines given to your back in September. You can also check the first blog entry for this semester.



Write 2 page script double-spaced. No longer than 7 minutes.



The written exam will take place:



Day Class: Tues. Dec. 4th 2:00 - 3:00 pm (no class on Monday and no class on Tues. from 1:00 - 2:00)



Night Class: Monday Dec. 3. 8:00 - 9:00 p.m.



Oral Exam (5-7 minute skits).



Day Class: Tuesday Dec. 11th 2:00 - 4:00 (no class on Monday)



Night Class: Monday Dec. 10th. Regular time



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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

PRES. Nov 21

Persuasion speeches

Related links:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KYtm8uEo5vU&feature=related
(PS: How to be a super hero?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4yCDopp86mM&feature=related
(PS: Smoking Kills)
http://www.speech-topics-help.com/
(Thousands of speech topics for those who lack inspiration)

How to be a super hero?

Notice gimmicks he uses? The cape and the shield. (hook)
Gives the structure of the speech, saying (I am going to talk about… )
1st Gives a definition of superhero
Let’s see what a super hero is…
So, who are these superheroes?
2nd Teaches what everyone needs to be a superhero
What does he claim you need to have to be a superhero?
Opportunity, initiative
Why do we need to be heros?
It benefits society and ourselves in the process.

In conclusion: So to sum up
Who is a hero? Someone that touches our lives in a profound way but doesn’t do so for themselves but doesn’t do so for themselves?

Smoking kills

How does the speaker draw attention?
Uses strong words that work on emotions: "smoking kills"
Uses a map of Virginia Beach, pop. 450,000, to show that a whole city gets killed by smoke-related diseases.
Personal anecdote (aunt with lung cancer)
Works on audience’s emotions by using more emotionally charged words like dying, killing

How does he try to persuade that smoking is very harmful?
1. talks about bad effects of smoking, quoting some statistics

-for every 8 smokers 1 non-smoker dies due to second hand smoke
-smoking is a leading cause of cancer in the us (lungs, throat, mouth, larynx, esophagus, bladder, even problems with reproductive organs
-cigarettes kill more Americans than alcohol, car accidents, suicide, homicide, aids, illegal drugs
-In 2000, 8.6 million Americans suffering from one chronic disease due to cigarette smoking (bronchitis, emphysema, strokes, heart attacks)


2. Talks about addictive properties of nicotine

-Nicotine creates physical and psychological dependence
-Difficult to stop. The process of quitting seems more difficult to deal with than the long term bad effects of smoking

3. Talks about second hand smoke

-People exposed to it in social settings but also at home.
-Only 30 minutes of exposure to 2nd hand smoke starts hardening your arteries

4. What can be done about the troublesome situation?

-smokers must be courteous to others
-we must safeguard our homes and keep children away from smoke
-we must demand legislative action (smoke-free air laws, higher taxes, barring the access to tobacco to young people)
-seriously work on find ways to quit if you are a smoker

Summary:

"Again, it is a killer." 41000 children are left fatherless/motherless due to related issues
(works on audience's emotions)

Weaknesses: in the introductions, he doesn’t give the structure of the presentation.
In the body, weakness in organization. He should have talked about the harmful effects of second-hand smoke immediately after talking about harmful effects of 1st hand smoking.
Weak conclusion: no summary of major points.
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SPEAKING TO PERSUADE

We use persuasion in everyday situations: persuading your teacher to delay the due date of your assignment, persuading someone to date you, persuading your parents to increase your pocket money or send you abroad to study, persuading a vendor to give you a discount, an employer to give you a job or a raise, etc. Persuasion is necessary in business, law practice, politics, etc.
The purpose of a persuasive speech is to convince your audience of the validity of your opinion about your topic. In supporting your opinion, you will use opinions of others. Whenever possible, base these opinions on facts. You must recognize the difference between a fact and an opinion. A fact can be verified; opinion is a conclusion you draw based on the information available to you.

Any persuasive speech has one of the four purposes in mind:

to reinforce the belief held by an audience
to establish a belief
to change a belief held by an audience
to move an audience to act

To give a good persuasive speech you need to decide what is your purpose: e.g.
To get the audience to agree that too early English education is useless and potentially harmful to the intellectual development of children. When you decide what your purpose is, you will select appropriate arguments to support your opinion.
You must use logical reasoning when choosing your arguments. Also, you must quote credible sources to increase your own credibility. E.g. , “According to Korea Statistics office, …” Or, “as is stated in the Korea Times in an article of November 19th, …”

How do you appeal to your audience?
Aside from having a great content (well-researched and organized), you must solicit the audience’s support in a variety of ways:
Bring up the things you have in common with your audience (“We all have weaknesses and addictions, don’t we? I can’t live without chocolate…” )
Appeal to shared values (‘we all love our family and want to protect them”
You may mention how disagreeing with you might have dangerous effects (‘smoking will jeopardize your health and your work ability’)
Show how agreeing with you position will be beneficial (“you can save a lot of money if you quit cigarettes and go on a great vacation’)
Appeal to their emotions as well as their intellect (“smoking kills”, “children are orphaned because of smoking”)

YOUR PERSUASIVE SPEECH – Submit:

1. an outline of your speech with all the major points
2. a list of reference you turned to (English-language source!)
TOPIC
Please, choose a topic that is dear to your heart ( you feel strongly about it). The topic has to be important for the society in general. In other words, it has to be a social/political issue, such as gun control, abortion, cloning, entrance exams, nuclear power, reunification of Korea, American troops in Korea, etc. I will not accept any frivolous topics, such as (“You must brush your teeth before going to bed” or “You must have kimchi at every meal.”). If you lack inspiration for the topic, refer to the website
http://www.speech-topics-help.com/

Naturally, the same rules apply to this presentation: you must have a proper greeting, hook, introduction of your topic, clearly stating the structure of your topic; middle part with transitions between your major points; a conclusion in which you will summarize your major points and make a final/additional comment. Make sure that you leave a minute for questioning at the end of your presentation.

Sunday, November 18, 2007

ECW, Week of Nov. 19/20


The purpose of introduction is to make the topic and main ideas of the essay clear to the reader.


How to Reduce Stress - Sample, Student Writing

[intro] Once I quit a job, and my stress was almost gone. This might be the best for reducing stress, but nobody can choose it, unless they can afford to. However, there are some suggestions which can help you reduce your stress. Travelling, gardening, and baking are good ways to reduce stress.


Travelling is an effective way to reduce any kind of stress. Planning the trip gives people an exciting mood that inspires them to be active. By escaping from pressure, their mind will be refreshed and positive. Therefore, by travelling, people will gain great energy to control their stressful lives.
Gardening is another favourable way of treating stress, because it protects people from mental and physical problems. As people know, flowers and their scents have wonderful effects that give people a peaceful and cheerful feeling. Likewise, gardening in the sunshine strengthens their bodies to resist the stresses. For these reasons, gardening is a valuable way to avoid stress.
If people have stress outside, baking at home is a great protection. Kneading bread dough is especially effective in controlling their temper. By touching dough, the smoothness and softness of the dough can heal their depression or stress. Because the baking is homemade, their worries will be reduced and thus is worthwhile for stressed people.

[conclusion] Spending time for holidays, garden work, home baking is a reliable way to help people to value their existence. In this generation, people have excessive information that makes them confused and mislead. For reducing a stressful life, people should with the simple ways that are all around them.

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HOMEWORK
1. Imagine there will be an essay about your or your life. Make an outline that will only have outlines of the body paragraphs II, II, IV but not I and V. For more guidelines, check activity 8, page 70, your textbooks. Your outline should include three main ideas. Each main idea should have three supporting ideas (A, B, C), and each supporting idea should have 1 - 3 supporting points (1,2,3).
2. Write an outline for the essay on page 99/100 in your textbooks.
NO JOURNAL!

IEC, Nov. 19/21 Unit 28. Celebrate


The present unreal conditional is used to express a present (or future) condition. We call it unreal because it tells us what would happen or how things would be if the situation were different:

I don't have a car. I don't visit you often. (real situation)
If I had a car, I would visit you often. (condition)


The present unreal conditional is made up of an if-clause (if I had...) plus a main clause with would (I would visit):

If clause (the past form of the verb, neg. or pos.) + main clause (would/would not + infinitive)

You work so hard. You're tired all the time. (real situation)
(BUT) If you didn't work so hard, you wouldn't be tired all the time. (condition)

Fur coats are so expensive. I don't have one. (real situation)
(BUT) If they weren't so expensive, I would have one. (condition)

The form of the verb in the if-clause is the same as the past tense form of the verb.
NOTE: the verb be takes 'were' for all persons:

I am / if I were
You are / if you were
He is / if he were.
If I were you, I would be more careful.
If you were leaving earlier, I would go with you.

Past Unreal Conditional

The past unreal conditional consists of two clauses, an if clause and a would clause.
The if-clause refers to an unreal past event or condition:

If I had arrived on time... (however, the reality was that I didn't)
If it hadn't rained yesterday... (however, it did)
The would clause describes the consequence:
...I wouldn't have missed the train.
...we would have gone to the beach.

It wasn't warm yesterday. We didn't go to the beach.
If it had been warm yesterday, we would have gone to the beach.

An unreal past condition may have a consequence in either the present or the past.

If you had listened to my advice, you wouldn't be in trouble now. (consequence in the present - now)
If it had rained an hour ago, we would have stayed inside.
If it had rained an hour ago, the streets would be wet. (now)


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Greeting Card Expressions

For your silver wedding anniversary
As you tie the knot
F0r your bridal shower
A bar mitzvah wish for you
With warmest thanks
Happy anniversary to the one I love
For your baby shower
Congratulations
Belated Birthday wish
Bon voyage
For your bridal shower
Happy holidays
With sympathy in your time of sorrow
I am here for you
In appreciation of your thoughtfullness
Keep in touch
Missing you
We can work it out
Welcome back
Wishing you a quick recovery
Thinking of you


HOMEWORK

Write a detailed plan for a perfect party (when, where, for whom, the occasion, music, food, drinks, anything else) . At least 15 sentences.


Sunday, November 11, 2007

IEC. Week of Nove. 12/13 Unit 25







LINKS to "marriage movies"



http://youtube.com/watch?v=eaP-UrmS6Ww (Monsoon Wedding trailer)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=U6O1lgMQXFw (Monsoon Wedding, first meeting)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tnm9KYyc0B8 (My Big Fat Greek Weeding "she don’t want to get married!" )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmPE7KSYw_c&NR=1 (MBFGW: "we are all fruit" )






Tapescript






M= Monica ; C= Carlos






M: Hi, Carlos.



C: Hi, Monica. What's up?



M: I saw a terrific movie last night - Monsoon Wedding. You should see it.



C: Really? Why?



M: It's all about families and marriage, and you're getting married soon, right?



C: Yes, next June.



M: Well, go see it... it's about this young woman, Aditi - oh - it takes place in India. Well, Aditi's parents think it's time for her to get married, and they've found the perfect man for her - an Indian guy who's working in Texas.



C: Her parents are choosing her husband? A guy who lives on the other side of the world?



M: Yes. Arranged marriages are still a tradition in many parts of the world. And, it's important for her to marry someone her parents like.



C: Isn't it more important to love the person you're marrying than to please your family?



M: Well, a lot of people who marry for love get divorced, so maybe it's a good idea to let your parents arrange things.



C: OK, so what happens?



M: Well, her parents find this handsome intelligent man who works in Texas and start to plan their wedding.



C: What? They start to plan the wedding before the couple even meets? It's crazy to get married to someone you don't know.



M: Well, they know his family and they are sure the the two families will get along. In India, it's important for the families to get along, not just the married couple. That way marriages last longer.



C: I still think it's absurd to marry someone you've never even met before.



M: Well, they do meet a few days before the wedding...