English Listening and Composition

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English Listening and Composition

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Text-book

• Alice Savage, Patricia Mayer, Masoud Shafiei,
  Rhonda Liss, and Jason Davis. Effective Academic
  Writing 1 the Paragraph. Oxford University
  Press, 2007.
• ISBN 978-0-19-430922-6
• Binding Paperback

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Text-book

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Class outline

• Listening
• 1 credit hour per week
• Mon. 3?? (1130-1220)
• Dictation dictogloss, etc.
• Listening to well-selected short essays which are
  models for writing compositions
• Try to recite the essay after we finish listening
  in class serving as a model for your writing

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Class outline

• Listening
• http//www.listen-and-write.com
• Improve your listening skills and hear about the
  news. Listen-and-write.com is free listening
  practice.
• level test ?select your level ?select the topic
  ?listen and write ?see your score after you
  finish
• Practice at home/at least once a week

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Class outline

• Listening
• http//www.listen-and-write.com

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Class outline

• Writing
• 2 credit hours per week
• Fri. 5-6?? (1330-1520)
• Text-book Effective Academic Writing 1 the
  paragraphs
• Descriptive paragraphs
• Example paragraphs
• Process paragraphs
• Opinion paragraphs
• Narrative paragraphs

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Class outline

• Descriptive paragraphs
• Example paragraphs
• Process paragraphs
• Opinion paragraphs
• Narrative paragraphs

• Part 1 Stimulating ideas
• Part 2 Brainstorming and outlining
• Part 3 Developing your ideas
• Part 4 Editing your writing

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Class outline

• Part 1 Stimulating ideas
• Topic-setting
• Part 2 Brainstorming and outlining
• Descriptive organization
• Part 3 Developing your ideas
• Using specific language
• Part 4 Editing your writing
• Using adjectives in DW
• Using Be to describe and define

• Descriptive paragraphs

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Class outline

• Homework
• Listening http//www.listen-and-write.com at
  least once a week (recommended need not hand in
  anything no grading)
• Writing drafting an outline developing your
  outline into a paragraph (descriptive example
  process opinion narrative)-need to hand in your
  writing grading
• Hand-in homework printed in A4

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Class outline

• Testing
• Mid-term and Final
• Listening (30)
• Editing a piece of composition (20)
• Writing outline composition (50)

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Class outline

• Grading
• Mid-term 30
• Final 40
• Homework 10
• Attendance and Participation 20

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Class outline

• Grading curve
• A0A (90-100) 40
• B0B (80-89) 40
• C below (79- ) 20

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THANK YOU
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One good turn deserves another

• I was having dinner at a restaurant when Tony
  Steele came in.
• Tony worked in a lawyers office years ago, but
  he is now working at a bank.
• He gets a good salary, but he always borrows
  money from his friends and never pays it back.
• Tony saw me and came and sat at the same table.

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One good turn deserves another

• He has never borrowed money from me.
• While he was eating, I asked him to lend me
  twenty pounds.
• To my surprise, he gave me the money immediately.
  
• I have never borrowed any money from you, Tony
  said, so now you can pay for my dinner!