Video: Samurai Smartphone Parade

We watched this TV commercial by Softbank about walking while texting. What do you think about it?

Lesson 4 — Family Conversation and Discussion Principles

In this lesson, we did some more conversation practice and looked at our first discussion principle.

Conversation
We learned vocabulary for talking about our families and learned 3 family conversation questions:

How many people are (there) in your family?
What's your mother like?
What does your father look like?

We practiced the conversation questions and then had a conversation using those questions.


Discussion: Discussion Principle #1
We learned about Disucssion Principle #1 — Respect Every Voice: Be a good listener.
We looked at some bad attitudes and practices. Next week, we will consider some better attitudes and practices.

Principles are like the foundation of a building.

Building foundation

Feedback Form
I would like to get your feedback about our class. Please fill in the form below:
Feedback form for Lesson 4

Video — Gangnam Style (Jayesslee cover on YouTube)

We watched Jayesslee's (Janice & Sonia Lee) cover of Psy's Gangnam Style. They are a talented pair of Korean-Australian women from Sydney. Enjoy it again below:

Lesson 3 — Conversation / Discussion / Quizlet

We practiced conversation and discussion skills and signed up for vocabulary study.

Conversation Strategies
We learned and practiced these strategies:

Opening a conversation (questions)
How (are) you doing?

How's it going?

Opening a conversation (answers)
Never been better!

Great!

Good!

Pretty good.

Not bad.

Okay.

Not so good.

I’ve been better.

Terrible!

Ending a conversation
Nice talking with you!
You too!



Discussion Dynamics
We experimented to find the best-sized group for discussion. We will continue with this on Saturday.



Quizlet
Quizlet is a flashcard app for iOS and Android as well as Mac and Windows.

Join our group and try out the features on Quizlet for next class.

Lesson 2 — First Discussion & Self-assessment / Vocabulary Check

We took a vocabulary levels check and practiced our first discussions.


First Discussion

We had our first discussion about what items to send into space to share about the diversity of life and culture on earth. After our discussion, we took a self-assessment. Please share your answers with me by filling in the form linked below:

First Discussion Form

Lesson 1 — Introductions

It was nice to meet you in class.

I introduced myself with a short presentation and you introduced yourself with a short speech. Also, you filled in a form for me.

I look forward to our class together this Spring.

In class, I mentioned that we would be using a textbook, Ideas & Issues. However, the book is out of print. Don't worry for now. We will talk about it in class on Saturday.

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