Welcome to EGL108

EGL108 Freshman Conversation 2 Fall 2016

This is the course website for Jeff Lebow's EGL108 Course at Busan University of Foreign Studies. I will use this site to post materials related to our class activities and sometimes ask you to post written opinions about the topics we cover.

Instructor: Jeff Lebow Office: D571  Email: pufslebow@gmail.com 

Office Hours: Tuesdays 5-7pm   Fridays 11am~1pm or by appointment  

Course Website >>>  http://EGL108.blogspot.kr/

EGL108 Quizlet     ENG108 Memrise

Group Notes:   ENG108-05       EGL108-06            EGL108-10

Band Links    EGL108-05      EGL108-06         EGL108-10 

   Google Doc Folder (all materials)

Final Schedule Regular Classes: Now ~ Dec. 2 Optional Class:   Dec. 5 & Dec. 6 No Classes: Dec. 7~ Dec. 9 Final 'Festival':  December 12 (EGL108-05 & EGL108-10)  Dec. 13 (EGL108-06) Written Quiz (Grammar & Vocab) Speakers Corner (with a partner) Table Talk (solo) Final Festival Prep Written Quiz Vocabulary  Quizlet   *   Memrise Words from the second half of the semester will be emphasized, but everything is fair game. Learning Words on Memrise can add up to two points to your score.     Grammar:  Material from the second half of the semester will be emphasized but grammar from the midterm will be included as well.  Page 99 (present perfect continuous)  Page 101 (yet, already)  Page 109 (Modals of speculation) Page 111 (-ed vs -ing adjectives) Pages 119 & 121 (simple past passive) Speaking Tasks Speakers' Corner Topics Table Talk Topics Prepared Speakers Corner and Table Talk With your partner, choose one speakers corner topic. Have someone else record your conversation about that topic (at least 3 minutes) Individually choose a table talk topic. If you’d like to choose a different topic, check with Jeff to see if it’s OK. Have someone else record you speaking about that topic (1-2 minutes). Both videos should be recorded standing up. Upload both videos to the class Band by December 11. Make sure audio is clear. Prepare but DO NOT memorize. I will be glad to help you prepare during the option week#15 class. Impromptu Speakers Corner and Table Talk After the written quiz, you will each be given a table talk topic. You and your partner will have 10 minutes to record each other’s videos and upload them to the Band. You will then return to the classroom. You and your partner will then be given a speaker's corner topic and grouped with another pair of partners. You will have 20 minutes to record and upload your conversations. What I’m looking for.. Natural sounding conversations Improvement Speaking confidence Usage of things we learned in class

Lebow's EGL108 Schedule

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Week#14 - Personality & Final Festival Prep

Personality Tests

Printable Jung Personality Test
Online Personality Tests
Lots of tests at: Similarminds.com


Information about personality types
Personality Types Explained
Jobs for your type
Careers for your personality
Descriptions of MBTI Types
More Descriptions


More Quizzes

• Variety of Mental,Personality and Life Tests at: ARealMe.com   Mental Age, IQ, Career, Meyers-Brigg, Health, English Level, Geography
• Right Brain/Left Brain
• MBTI/ Jung Personality Types
• Statements 
• Word Choice

• Alabe.com Free Astrological Profile
• Western Astrological Compatibility
• Oriental Astrology Reading
• Chinese Zodiac Compatibility
• Tarot Card
• Brainfall.com (Quizzes like - What drink are you? What type of mom are you? Which Star Wars character?)
• Quizony.com (What color are you? What is your brain good at? What season are you?)
• Quizrocket.com

Memrise

Memrise: A useful site and app to learn and review vocabulary

EGL108 Memrise Class Group:
Our Practice Set Here  >>>>> EGL108 Memrise Set
Join this group to edit our set >>>  Memrise BUFS English Group

Memrise.com   Memrise app:  Android    Apple
Guides:

• Course Creation Guide
• Creating Courses with Memrise (video)

Full-featured sets

• 400 Words of TOEFL
• Essential 800 Words of TOEIC
• SAT Comprehensive
• 1500 Advanced English Words

Memrise Class Group:  Join This to edit our set >>>  Memrise BUFS English Group
Our Practice Set Here  >>>>> EGL108 Memrise Set

Week#13 - Speakers Corner Practice

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Speakers' Corner

Speakers' Corner   Hyde Park Video
        You Are Here Cafe

• How has Korea changed (in the last five or ten years)?
• What are the biggest Misconceptions about Korea?
• Who are your heroes?
• What do you think of plastic surgery? Do you think it’s too common?
• What are the benefits and challenges of cross-cultural dating? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQtcgt_uLOQ
• What do you think of Korean Education?
• What’s your dream job?

ASSIGNMENT  (due by the second class of the week)
Watch your speakers' corner video and at least two others from your class. After watching your video, post a short reflection about what you observed of your language usage, speaking style, and non-verbal communication. What specifically might you try to improve? Be NICE to yourself!  Also post at least two comments about the substance of others' videos.

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Table Talk Topics  (google doc) (from Toastmasters Table Talk  Handbook )

1. What is your favorite smell?
2. Do you think crying is a sign of weakness or strength?
3. What makes you smile?
4. What is your favorite place on Earth?
5. Is it more important to love or be loved?
6. What is your most beloved childhood memory?
7. What is the one thing you would most like to change about the world?
8. If a doctor gave you five years to live, what would you try to accomplish?
9. What do you imagine yourself doing ten years from now?
10. What are your top three personal values?
11. How have you changed in the last five years?
12. How do you define success?
13. If you could live one day of your life over again, what day would you choose? Why?
14. What three words would you use to describe the last three months of your life?
15. What makes a person beautiful?
16. What is your most prized possession?
17. What’s your definition of heaven?
18. When have you worked hard and loved every minute of it?
19. What is your greatest skill or ability?
20. What are you most looking forward to?
21. What makes you angry? Why?
22. What is the nicest thing someone has ever done for you?
23. What is the most valuable life lesson you learned from your parents?
24. When was the last time you lied? What did you lie about?
25. What do you think about when you lie awake in bed?
26. What worries you about the future?
27. What’s something most people don’t know about you?
28. What makes you weird?
29. Whom do you secretly envy? Why?
30. What is your favorite or least favorite sound?
31. What is your biggest phobia (deep fear)?
32. Are you more like your mom or your dad? In what way?
33. What is your favorite time of the year? Why?

Week#12 - New Stories & Passive Voice

New Articles & Vocabulary

EGL108 Quizlet    *   ENG108 Memrise

EXAMS & GRADING

Discussion Questions   & Vocabulary




Passive Voice

Information about Passive vs Active Voice at:
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive
More info at: http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/style-and-editing/passive-voice

Exercises on Passive (Active or Passive)

• Exercise on Simple Present 
• Exercise on Simple Past 
• Exercise on Present Perfect 
• Exercise on Future I with will 
• Exercise – The Statue of Liberty 
• Exercise – Portal Dolmen  (neu)
• Summary – The Fellowship of the Ring, part 2, part 3 

More at: https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive

and http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/passiv.htm

Assignment

On the Group Notes for your class, please write three simple past active sentences that contain an object and adverb. Then convert them to passive voice sentences 

Group Notes:   ENG108-05       EGL108-06            EGL108-10

Due Sunday, Nov. 20 (Classes 6 & 10),  Nov. 22 (Class 5)

Week#11 Modal Verbs, Politics, & More

Quizlets - Entire Semester  *  Weeks#9~15


Modal Verbs

Modals of speculation from eoi.soraya

Politics Vocabulary & Discussion Questions

Week#10 - Speech Mimicking

Speech Mimicking  involves using a variety to techniques to copy the speaking patterns of a recorded piece of language with the goal of getting close to native speaker pronunciation and intonation.

The method includes:

• Make notes on the  transcript to indicate pauses, changes in pitch, and other speech patterns
• Listen/Repeat (sentence by sentence)
• Listen/Whisper Adjust playback speed if necessary.
• Record again. Listen. Circle parts that need the most improvement.
  Practice those parts.
• Listen/ Shadow Read (turn the volume down)
• Read lines into Google Translate.
• Try anything else you think will be helpful

 Speech Mimicking Videos

 Speech Mimicking Transcripts

Nutrition Readings & Questions


ASSIGNMENT

Speech Mimicking Practice

Select a scene from our Scene List (or select your own that has at least 60 seconds of a single person monologue).  Check with Jeff to see if it’s OK.
Watch your practice video. Choose at least a one minute portion of the video.   Without practicing, read and record yourself speaking the text. You can record yourself with video or just audio.
Send that recording by Nov. 4.

Use different techniques to practice and improve the way you read that text.

When you’re finished practicing, record an ‘after practice’ recording.  Either post ‘after’ recordings in the class Band or upload them to your Google/Naver Drive or Clyp.it  and share them with Jeff
(pufslebow@gmail.com)
Due. Nov. 13

(remember you don’t have to do the whole scene - just 60+ seconds.  You can choose which 60 seconds to practice)