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Phone: 561-5884 (leave message)
Email: liza@lizamlee.com
Time: 910-1200
Location: Room # 102
Date: November 15, 2006
Time: 4:00 ~ 6:00 pm
Location: Room 102
NOTE: Please bring your ID and make sure to be there early. The tape will
be played at 4:20 pm sharp.
| DATE | ACTIVITY & PROGRESS | LISTENING | ASSIGNMENT |
| 9/22 | Orientation: Introduction | None | Visit Website: The Curse of the Mummy
Egyptian Mummies |
| 9/29 | Unit 1: The Curse of the Mummy | Chapter 7 | Read: Introduction to Quantum Computers
Quantum Computing |
| 10/6 | HOLIDAY (No Class) | None | None |
| 10/13 | Unit 2: The Future of Computers | Chapter 7 | Read: Gene Therapy
Fundamentals of Gene Therapy |
| 10/20 | Unit 3: Gene Therapy | Chapter 8 | None |
| 10/27 | Unit 4: Tough on Drugs
Quiz #1 (Units 1 ~ 3) 6% |
Chapter 8 | Self Study: The Death Penalty in Singapore |
| 11/3 | Unit 5: El Nino/La Nina | Chapter 9 | None |
| 11/10 | Unit 6: Lie Detectors
Quiz #2 (Units 4 ~ 6) 6% Reading Journals due today! |
Chapter 9 | 1. Self Study: The Polygraph Test
2. Telling the truth about Lie Detectors 3. Polygraph Instrument - How it works |
| 11/15 | MIDTERM EXAM | None | Midterm Exam Study Guide |
| 11/24 | Supplementary Materials | None | Read: Hamlet, Act V, Scence 1 |
| 12/1 | Unit 7: Hamlet | Chapter 10 | Read: International Space Station
Explore the Space Station Online |
| 12/8 | Unit 8: The International Space Station | Chapter 10 | 1. Self-Study: Drug Testing
2. Creatine Supplementation in Athletes 3.Creatine Boosts Brain Power |
| 12/15 | Unit 9: Athletes Into Creatine
Quiz #3 (Units 7 ~ 9) 6% |
Chapter 11 | None |
| 12/22 | Unit 10: Toni Morrison, Her Life and Works
Quiz #5 (Units 9 & 10) 5% |
Chapter 11 | Listen: Interview with Toni Morrison |
| 12/29 | Unit 11: Repatriation of Remains Reading Journals Due Today |
Chapter 12 | Self-Study: The Kennewick Man |
| 1/5 | Unit 12: Opening A Small Business | Chapter 12 | Reading Journals Due! |
| 1/12 | Supplementary Materials
Quiz #4 (Units 10 ~ 12) 5% |
None | Final Exam Study Guide |
| 1/17 | FINAL EXAM | None | None |
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1. Being aware of various rhetorical patterns.
2. Building vocabulary.
2. Identifying main and implied ideas.
3. Separating fact from opinion.
4. Developing an awareness of reading skills.
LISTENING:
1. Listening to lecture.
2. Note-taking.
3. Listening for main ideas and specific information.
4. Getting meaning from context.
5. Identifying stressed words and reductions.
6. Identifying word families.
Midterm - 30%
Final - 30%
Journal - 10%
Self-Study English Lab - 10%
1. Listening Comprehension - 20%
2. Grammar & Vocabulary - 30%
3. Cloze Test - 20%
4. Reading Comprehension - 20%
5. Short Questions - 10% (usually 2 questions)
Midterm and Final Exam is usually held on Wednesdays
Practice Reading Skimming & Scanning Skills
Types of Reading Questions
Questioning Strategies
Strategies for Taking Cloze Tests