TBA
Under Construction
This class will attempt to develop your academic reading skills. We will especially work on improving your vocabulary knowledge and your ability to guess the meaning of words from the context.
The general purpose of this course...
Class notes will be added on a weekly basis for review.
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30% attendance and participation
10% Life Map Presentation
30% Mid-term performance evaluation
30% Final performance evaluation
Attendance/Participation
Attendance is mandatory: Participants who arrive to class 10 minutes or
more after class begins will be considered late. Participants who are late
3 times will receive 1 absence. Any participant who misses 1/4 of all
class meetings will receive an F. Mastery of the ideas and concepts of
this course requires engagement and discussion. If you are not in class,
you miss that opportunity to exchange ideas. Moreover, participation is
also essential. Just coming to class is not enough. I expect all
participants to be active in class discussion and lectures as well as to
complete all oral and written assignments.
Life Map Presentation
This presentation will be something you develop out of the Life Map Icebreaking activity that we will do on the first day of class.
Mid-term Performance Evaluation
This performance evaluation will assess the language and situations that we have covered in the first half of class
Final Performance Evaluation
This performance evaluation will assess the language and situations that we have covered in the whole class.
To be added later.
Week/Date |
Homework/Preparation |
In class activities/Assignments |
Week 1 |
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Introduction of students, lecturer and course |
Week 2 |
Life Map Presentations |
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Week 3 |
Do We Understand Each Other? |
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Week 4 |
Love at First Sight |
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Week 5 |
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Biology of Love |
Week 6 |
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Beauty: Looks Don't Matter? |
Week 7 |
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Strictest Parents |
Week 8 |
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Review for Mid-term |
Week 9 |
Mid-term Performance Assessment |
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Week 10 |
Popular Cultural: Pop Song "Torn" |
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Week 11 |
Issues in Popular Cultural: Suicide |
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Week 12 |
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Issues in Popular Cultural: Happiness |
Week 13 |
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Issues in Popular Cultural: Adolescents and Responsibility |
Week 14 |
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Holiday |
Week 15 |
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Final Performance Assessment: Interviews Day 1 |
Week 16 |
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Final Performance Assessment: Interviews Day 2 |
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