EF6 7 10 Class 2

 

Good afternoon, everyone.

We will get started at 12:00

 

Today’s agenda

·      Distribute course outlines

·      Course overview

·      Small group chatting- icebreaker

Introductions

·      Student Questionaire

·      Daily pronunciation work- minimal Pair of the Day

·      HW   Read “What Happened During the Ice Storm” for Thursday

Make notes on the back for the Thought Questions. This will ensure you are prepared for group discussion.

Return “Questionaire” for Thursday

 

 

 

Assessment (Evaluation/Marking):

ASSIGNMENTS	Points
Approx 6 sentence quizzes- sentence combining	6pts each
Approx 5 paragraph tests	12pts each
Multi-paragraph writing (essays)	20pts each
Presentations	10pts each
Spoken work in-class (marks at midterm and final)	10pts and 15pts
Rewrites (2nd draft corrections)	1pt each
Bonus pts	1pt each
Total	Average of all

Final percentages will be based on total number of points. Keep your quizzes and tests in your binder so you can refer to them. You can keep track of your marks be adding up the marks as we do quizzes and tests. The instructor may adjust the number and value of assessments according to the needs of the class.

50% is the passmark in BC.

 

4-point proficiency scale

new thing from Ministry of Education

-all schools in BC

EXTENDING

PROFICIENT

DEVELOPING

EMERGING

 

 

 

Group talking-

 

challenges- difficult(adjective), difficulties(noun), hard to do

 

Language and social challenges for newcomers to a new country

-immigrate on their own, small family

-friends, extended family back home

-many people are without a network

-hard to have a good happy life if you don’t have a network

-feel isolated, no friends, no family, lonely, depressed, sad

-feel isolated, lonely, depressed

-miss your home country, homesick

-need social support

 

I hope that you can build a network of people in Vancouver.

-network- friends, coworkers, colleagues

 

Learn more English!

-feel part of the community

-meet new people –

-talk with new people

-networking(verb)- loose connections between people

-social network-

 

-getting comfortable talking with new people

-overcoming, dealing with shyness

-language challenges

-listening to new accents

 

 

 

 

 

FIRST DAY ICEBREAKER:

Get into groups of 4-5 people. Choose some people who you don’t know yet. Ideally choose people who do not speak your mother language.

A.       Chat with your partners.

1.       Name

2.       Home

3.       Family

4.       Job

5.       Travel

6.       Hobbies

7.       Future plans

B.       Make notes about one of your partners from yesterday.

C.       You will introduce one of your partners to the class. Choose one person. Make sure that you have information about them.

 

 

 

 

·      NEW THING

Pronunciation of the Day

/F/ vs /V/ Minimal Pairs List

1.    Fast / Vast

We drove fast through the vast desert.