Oral expression Class Program Jan - Apr 2014

Conversational Class - Oral Expression Progam

By Doris Molero on Sunday, January 19, 2014 at 5:16pm

Welcome to our class, everyone!

In this class will be working towards the goal of helping you improve your speaking skills. Nevertheless, we'll be working all skills in order to provide the scaffolding you need to succeed in this class and get you talking in a fluent and more confident way. These skills are:

1.Vocabulary building
2. Speaking
3. Reading
4. Pronunctiation
5. Listening
6. Working on projects to promote collaboration and social exchanges
7. Digital literacies

Program

First term  - 30%
Date              Lesson     Theme                                                   Assesment
23/01/2014    Unit 1      Describing yourself - Personality traits       Class task    2.5 pts
30/04/2014                   Describing people and places                   Class Task   2.5 pts

06/02/2014    Unit 2      Movies - The Oscars                                Class Task  
13/02/2014                  Movie Presentations and discussion           Team Task   10 pts  - Presentations    7 pts
Individual participation 3 pts
20/02/2014                  Drama - scene from a movie                     Team Task    5 pts

Second term  - 30%
Date              Lesson     Theme                                                   Assesment
27/02/2014   Unit 3      Peace Building  - reading                           Class task     3 pts
06/03/2014                 Discussion - Interview                                Class Task    6 pts

13/03/2014   Unit 4     Social activism - Bottle caps for Kids            Class Task    5 pts
20/03/2014                Green thinking                                           Team work   6 pts

Third term  - 40%
Date              Lesson     Theme                                                   Assesment
27/03/2014   Unit 5    Job interview - Finding a job                        Class task      2.5 pts
03/04/2014               Job interview - writing a resume                   Class task     2.5 pts
10/04/2014               Getting ready for the interview                      Class task     5 pts
24/04/2014               Job interview  - Drama                                 Pair Task      10 pts


This program can be modified. Please, Keep that in mind.

Well, hope you have fun. See you in our audio and text forums. Bring your mic and headphones to class. Don't forgte to check our class blog and follow us on twitter: #doris3meflcenter


Keep on shining love and peace!

Check list of Lab tasks Jan- april 2014

Check list of Lab tasks Jan- april 2014

Check list
Definition of Check List. Comprehensive list of important or relevant actions, or steps to be taken in a specific order.
Read more: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/checklist.html#ixzz2r8Opg3M0

Class Blog: http://www.doris3meflcenter.blogspot.com
1. Find the class blog in google. Search for Doris3meflcenter.
2. Find the facebook group link
3. Find the hashtag #doris3meflcenter
4. Find your level in the worldlink program list. Find lesson 1 or 7. Check the lesson. Download the lesson to your computer.

Facebook
1. Register to the group
2. Take the survey: http://freeonlinesurveys.com/app/showpoll.asp?qid=404262&sid=i5xfh4k32ymewh7404262&new=True#.Ut7dIoS6Q_4.facebook
3. Find the New Members Welcome thread. Introduce yourself
4. Find two new friends, say hello and ask a question. Use @mariagonzalez...
5. Answer your new friends questions, add a video, a photo or a link to further illustrate  your answer.

Twitter
1. Find the hastag #doris3meflcenter
2. Find the new members. Introduce yourself, say hello and ask a question. Use replay...
5. Answer your new friends questions, add a video, a photo or a link to illustrate further your answer.

My face for peace
1. Go to http://www.myfaceforpeace.org
2. Upload your photo and a message for peace.
3. Wait 2 or three days to find your photo in the gallery http://myfaceforpeace.org/Gallery.html
4. Check the facebook group and leave a message. https://www.facebook.com/MyFaceForPeace
5. Go to our facebook page, read the messages and leave comments. https://www.facebook.com/MyFaceForPeaceVenezuela?ref=br_tf.
6. Post your poster to your wall. Share it with your friends and family. Invite them to partcicipate. use the hastags: #doris3meflcenter #urbe #maracaibo #peace

if you have any questions write a private message to your teacher...

Keep shining love and peace!
Dr. Doris Molero

Oral Test: Mindmaps

For the Oral test you will need to:

• Design 3 mindmaps like the ones showed in the pictures bellow. 

• Also, you will need to have a conversation with a partner. Be ready to ask and answer questions in a short conversation about the lessons practiced in class..

Bring something to share with your classmates (a little snack).

• All mindmaps must be on paper.. No digital material.. We'll be placing your posters on the wall for everyone to look at and learn from.

• And the most important.... Have fun!!! Take a lot of photos and post them to our facebook group..

More memories of past exams... here: 

https://www.facebook.com/doris.molero/media_set?set=a.10154585506550368.1073741896.642495367&type=3  

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10151563442494452&type=3
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10151282322599452&type=1
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10151763288389452&type=1

These are the contents of the different units and the different levels.... check your level and your contents:
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Mind Map 1: About me
* this map just shows words but you should use images, too.

Stephanie Zabaleta 

Monica Nuñez

Personal info: Name, last name, age, country, city
School life: University, faculty, trimester, subjects
Likes: Things I love. Why?
Dislikes: Things I don't like. Why?
Dreams: 3 things I dream about
Opinion about English: why I am learning English.

Mind Map 2:

Example level 1 - David Melean

My level 1
Unit 1: Name, last name, email, telephone, favorites
Unit 2: Country, city, nationality, language, Description of a city
Unit 3: Personal items, perfect gift, descriptions of products, what you have in your bag
Unit 4: What are they doing?- School: subjects, trimester, how you are doing in school
Unit 5: Food: breakfast, lunch, dinner, favorite dish, description of the dish
Unit 6: Family tree and relationships

My level 2

Unit 7: Schedule: weekdays and weekend activities, time, morning, afternoon, evening
Unit 8: Celebrations: dates, favorite celebration: when, how, where, what they do to celebrate, Why
Unit 9: Daily schedule: One day in the life: morning, afternoon , evening. Time
Unit 10: Home sweet home: Describe house or apartment, furniture, prepositions (where are the things), favorite room
Unit 11: Clothing: clothes for different events and weather. Shopping, prices, Colors
Unit 12: Jobs. Occupations, where do people work. What they do. Opinion about the job. Description of the personality.

My level 3

Unit 1: New friends- New Faces : my Physical description, my favorite person (personal info)
Unit 2: Express yourself: Feelings and gestures
Unit 3. shopping : Favorite supermarket - My favorite place to shop
Unit 4: Around city. Places in the city, Giving directions.
Unit 5: Going on Vacations: My vacation, place, weather, things to do. what i need. Suggestions... should, shouldn't
Unit 6: some more about me: Hobbies, personality, plans

My level 4

Unit 7: Change, habits, dreams
Unit 8: Heroes. Heroes from the past, present, movie heroes, cartoon, personal heroe
Unit 9: Memory. Childhood memories: toys, food, vacations, family, school
Unit 10: Health problems and stress. causes, consecuences, tips
Unit 11: Talents: What's your talent? talented people: What they do, what they can do
Unit 12: Movies: genre, poster, fast facts, soundtrack, review

My level 5

Unit 1: People in your life. Relationships (friends, colleagues, relatives, classmates. Memories of high school
Unit 2: Food. description of food, description of dishes and restaurants (comparison)
Unit 3: Unsolved mysteries. Crime and amazing stories
Unit 4: Trends in families and in general: fashion, sports, electronics, music, etc
Unit 5: Errands and description of neighborhoods
Unit 6: Student life. Describe your university and your student life. university campus. Plans after graduation

Mind Map 3: Reflections

David Melean- Level 1

Classmates: Opinion about your group
Classes: Opinion about your classes
Lessons: favorite lesson, most difficult lesson, Why?
Material and tools: book, workbook, notebook, facebook group, class blog, you tube videos, wikipedia, google, google translator, powerpoint, word, authorstream, dictionary, tutors... (explain what you did with the tool, show some examples)
What I improved: Listening, writing, speaking, grammar, pronunciation, reading, use of digital tools
What I need to keep on practicing
Suggestions
Acknowledgments: Say thank you. (university, parents, friends, classmate, tutor, teacher)
Peace Project: #myfaceforpeace, #DearVenezuela, #capsforkidsurbe

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Homework Assesment Rubric

Another important rubric.... It'll help you know how you are doing your homework... We want to be the best we can... Check it out and think about the quality of your work. Strive for your best. Shine and smile...

 

Keep shining love and peace! Dr. Doris Molero