Presentation and Teaching Schedule

Sampling Code

07/28/2006

1. Peggy is a session leader. She has gave a talk about use of HOWEVER.

07/21/2006

1. Aixiang is our next session leader.

07/14/2006

1. Peggy will cover restictive and non-restrictive clauses.

07/07/2006

1. We practiced reading out loud.

06/30/2006

1. It is a free formed session.

06/23/2006

1. Angel An led us to explore the mysterious rainforest "Amazon Forest" via an interactive website: http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html. We all learned many new words, as well as much interesting knowledge about Amazon.

06/16/2006

1. Tatsuki is our next session leader. He covered some useful expressions.
2. We will continue our short presentations.

06/09/2006

1. Rebeca was our next session leader. She introduced a game "Guess a word". It was fun. We learned some new words.

06/06/2006

1. Cindy was our next session leader.
2. We covered use of A, An, The .

05/26/2006

1. Leena was our session leader. We talked about using propositions at/on/on(time) and on time /in time/at the end/in the end
2. Short presentations.

05/19/2006

1. We'll continue spontaneous presentations: thanks to Heidi, Zhouwen, Tatsuki, Cindy for their presentations.
2. We'll cover the difference between As soon as and As long as and SO
3. Think of an easy goal (improving something in communication skills), and try to achive the goal during the week.

05/12/2006

1. Terri give a talk about public speaking course:
2. Terri's suggestions:talk for three minutes; act as investigator and biostatistician (role playing); explaining results of biostatistical analysis to investigator (role playing);
3. We tried the first one. Several people gave very interesting presentations: Leena, Aixiang, Rebeka, William, Evelyn. Thank you very much, guys !

05/12/2006

• Discussion

05/05/2006

• Canceled

04/28/2006

• Canceled

04/21/2006

1. We'll practice our intonation by doing Exercises 1-38 through 1-41.
2. Cindy is our next presenter.

04/14/2006

1. We'll cover some more grammar this time FOR SURE: The use of "In Case".
2. Then we'll practice our intonation by doing Exercises 1-38 through 1-41 and reviewing most frequently used (at work) phrases.

04/07/2006

1. Special thank you to Evelyn for her presentation !!! Learning more about each other brings people together.
2. We had a discussion about ways of improving communication skills... Thank you all for your contribution.

03/31/2006

1. Special thank you to Claudia for leading the session and the presentation !!! Thanks to her efficient lesson organization we got to learn a lot of useful things.
2. Svetlana is leading the next session. We are going to cover Exercises 1-37; check how much we learned by reading and marking the intonation in unfamiliar text.
3. Evelyn is our next presenter ! (Good luck Evelyn)

03/24/2006

1. Special thank you to Deming for his presentation !!! He showed us another way to work on our skills and reach our potential.
2. Claudia is leading the next session. She is going to cover Exercises 1-33 through 1-37.
3. NEW !!! . We'll review the use of 'A' and 'An'.
4. E-mail etiquette presentation by Claudia.

03/17/2006

1. Special thank you to Angel for leading the session !!! She graciously managed our fast growing group.
2. Svetlana is leading the next session. Tracks 1,2 will be covered ( We are on CD 2 already !!! ). We'll also practice our intonation with some real life (biostatistical life) word combinations.
3. Deming is our next presenter (victim ).

03/10/2006

1. Special thank you to Susan for leading the session !!! Her teaching skills are very impressive.
2. Angel is our next session leader !!! She will take us to the end of the disc 1 (tracks 41-45) !!!
3. Svetlana is the next presenter. A new assessment sheet will be used to evaluate her presentation skills.

03/03/2006

1. Special thank you to Hema for a very interesting presentation !!! I learned something new and what's more important - I remember it!
2. Susan is our next session leader !!! We'll focus on tracks 38-40 under her supervision.
3. If there is time we'll discuss one of the "small talk" topics (which will be provided as a handout).

02/24/2006

1. Special thank you to Heidi for leading the session (for making people learn things, preparing such an efficient tool for doing the exercises, welcoming Leena) and to Susan for her very interesting presentation !!!
2. The presenter of the week is Hema !
3. First we'll check exercise 1-23 on page 22. Then we'll focus on tracks 34-37.

02/17/2006

1. Special thank you to all the brave people: Sheril, Heidi, Claudia for their interesting presentations at the previous meetings. Special thank you to Yi for leading the session. I think everyone will agree with me - we had a feeling of accomplishment after the lesson.
2. Our next leader will be Heidi - thanks for doing it, Heidi !
3. The presenter of the week is Susan. Our task is to listen well and prepare feedback about her presentation.

02/10/2006

1. Special thank you to Angel for the Small Talk presentation at the previous meeting. She covered the most important parts of convesation: the introduction and the exit. She was able to summarize her talk in a way that is easy to remember and use.
2. The presenter of the week is Sheril. We discussed her presentation.
3. Yi lead this session - very brave of him to take this responsibility. We covered CD 1, tracks 27-28.

02/03/2006

1. The first part of the meeting Angel is going to talk about "Small Talk" - tips for making conversation in a semi-casual situation (Angel, please correct me, if I'm wrong). This very important skill helps you feel more confident when you meet new people or when you communicate with people that you already know (neighbours, colleagues, ...).
2. Listen to Heidi's presentation. Prepare any feedback about her presentation, keeping in mind the material we know.

01/27/2006

1. Discuss tracks 11-16 (practice in pairs).
2. Listen to Angel's presentation. Prepare any feedback about her presentation, keeping in mind the tracks we listened to.

01/13/2006

1. Discuss tracks 6-11 (practice in pairs).
2. Listen to Claudia's presentation. Prepare feedback about intonation in her presentation, keeping in mind the tracks we listened to at home.
3. Discuss related issues if we have time.

01/06/2006

1. Tracks 2, 4, 5 (make turns, use rubber bend)
2. Listen to the song "Alfonsina" - point out three ways to make intonation
3. Repeat "They EAT them" applying three different ways to make intonations (when applying "pitch" or "stetch" speak quietly)
4. Tracks 6,7,8,9 (make turns).
5. Everybody writes down the story, marks the words that are supposed to be stressed (pitched), tells a story again making the right intonation.

12/16/2005

1. Everybody tells a story of 7 sentences. The most popular story was "My name".