Course Orientation English in Daily Life

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Course OrientationEnglish in Daily Life
English at Leisure
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• Program Survey

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Module OneEnglish Language Communication
(skill-oriented)??????????

• Courses on integrated language skills
• A Guide to Success 1 Orientation
• English in Daily Life
• English at Leisure
• English at Work
• English in Current Affairs

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Module TwoLiterature and culture
(skill-oriented)??????????

• Courses on skills(60) content (40)
• A Guide to Success 2 Learning Strategies
• English for Studying
• Cross-cultural Communication
• English in a Changing World
• English Through Literature
• English-speaking Countries Today (1) (2)

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Module Three Professional training
(content-oriented) ????????

• Courses on professional upgrading
• A Guide to Success 3 Professionalism
• Language and Linguistics
• English Teaching Methodology /Translation and
  Interpretation/Business English
• Practical Project Design

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Module Four Common courses????????

• Second foreign language
• Law basics
• Contemporary capitalist economics
• International politics and cultures

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• Course Introduction

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• What do I need to know about a course in order to
  meet its requirement?

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assessment
resources
aim

• What do I need to know about the two courses in
  order to meet their requirement?

content
Study methods
Course design
My responsibilities
time
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assessment
resources
aim

• What do I need to know about the two courses in
  order to meet their requirement?

content
Study methods
Course design
My responsibilities
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Aim What can I do at the completion of the
courses?

• You can
• Listen to, talk/read/write about the general
  issues concerning daily and leisure life
  activities (with a focus on vocabulary, sentence
  structures, topics, etc.)
• Acquire essential listening/speaking/reading/writi
  ng skills
• Obtain cultural information concerning daily and
  leisure life of English-speaking countries.

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assessment
resources
aim

• What do I need to know about the two courses in
  order to meet their requirement?

content
Study methods
Course design
My responsibilities
time
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Content What is the course about?

• It introduces you to the basic language skills
  necessary for daily and leisure life contexts.
  The focus is predominantly on the listening and
  speaking skills required in informal situations,
  like chatting with friends, family members and
  neighbors. There are also reading and writing
  activities. They are designed to reinforce your
  listening and speaking skills.

Locate the key information!
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Content What is the course about?

• It introduces you to the basic language skills
  necessary for daily and leisure life contexts.
  The focus is predominantly on the listening and
  speaking skills required in informal situations,
  like chatting with friends, family members and
  neighbors. There are also reading and writing
  activities. They are designed to reinforce your
  listening and speaking skills.

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Content What is the course about?
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Content What is the course about?
Titles for each unit of ED

• Local community
• Life and relationship
• Health
• People

• The family
• The home
• Daily routines
• Getting around

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Content What is the course about?
Titles for each unit of EL

• Shopping
• Gathering and celebrations
• Eating and drinking
• Home improvement

• Entertainment at home
• Travel
• Sports
• Theater, cinema and concert

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assessment
resources
aim

• What do I need to know about the two courses in
  order to meet their requirement?

content
Study methods
Course design
My responsibilities
time
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Design -- How is the course structured?
Course
Task-based
Unit (8)
Activity(68)
Instruction
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Task (48)
Exercise
Teacher-proof
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Feedback
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Design -- How is the course structured?

• How many tasks are there in each course?

E in Daily Life
278
E at Leisure
295
Why do we count the number of tasks?
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assessment
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• What do I need to know about the two courses in
  order to meet their requirement?

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Time How much time do I need to spend on the
course?

• Number of tasks 278
• Average working time for each task 20 min.
• Total working time 5560 min. (93 hrs)
• Time for the course 56 days (8 weeks)

99 min.
How much time a day?
5 tasks
How many tasks a day?
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Time How much time do I need to spend on the
course?

• Now comes the critical question
• Can you spare 99 minutes a day to complete 5
  tasks?

Yes!!!
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Time Make a weekly plan
Step 1 Count the number of tasks you are
required to do for the week (Unit 1 of ED)
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Time Make a weekly plan
Step 2 Calculate time needed to do all the tasks
(Each task needs an average of 20 minutes). Make
sure that you leave 4 hours for review.
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Time Make a weekly plan
Step 3 Make a weekly plan. Unit 1 of English in
Daily Life
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assessment
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• What do I need to know about the two courses in
  order to meet their requirement?

content
Study methods
Course design
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Assessment How can I pass the course?
Scores of the three assignments

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15
1.

Scores of progress reports 5
2.


Final exam
80
3.

Tutorial attendance bonus 15
4.
Final score (60 or above) 4.5 credits
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Assessment How can I pass the course?

• The final exam
• 1. Written exam
• Skills tested Listening Reading Writing
• Time 120 minutes
• Score 100
• 2. Oral exam
• Skill tested speaking
• Time 10 minutes
• Score 100
• 3. Guidelines and sample paper
• Available at the Announcement Column of the
  e-learning platform

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assessment
resources
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• What do I need to know about the two courses in
  order to meet their requirement?

content
Study methods
Course design
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Resources -- What materials should I have?
Core resources
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1 printed textbook
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2 cassettes (to accompany the book)
A multi-media courseware (to cover ??)
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An online courseware (Duplication of ?)
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Demo tutorials ( 10VCDs4CD-ROMS)
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Suppl. audio materials (4VCDs)
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Resources -- What materials should I have?
Online resources
Tutorial resources
FAQ bank
Reference bank
Assignment resources
Online and offline learner support
Self-assessment bank
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assessment
resources
aim

• What do I need to know about the two courses in
  order to meet their requirement?

content
Study methods
Course design
My responsibilities
time
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Methods Is there a magic pill?

• Symptoms that need treatment
• This text is easy because I find no new words and
  structures in it.
• I complete all the tasks through reading.
• My listening/speaking is poor.
• I can improve my listening/speaking through a lot
  of practice.

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Methods Is there a magic pill?

• Doctors diagnosis
• This text is easy because I find no new words and
  structures in it. -- Can you close the book and
  reproduce the text verbally or in written form?
• I complete all the tasks through reading. --
  Can you listen or speak with
  your eyes?
• My listening/speaking is poor. -- Can the doctor
  do anything if you just tell him/her that I am
  ill without describing the symptoms?
• I can solve my listening/speaking problem by a
  lot of practice. -- Should you try all kinds of
  medicine when you are ill?

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Methods Is there a magic pill?

• Doctors treatment (1)
• This text is easy because I find no new words and
  structures in it. -- Can you close the book and
  reproduce the text verbally or in written form?
• I complete all the tasks through reading. -- Can
  you listen or speak with your eyes?

Learning By Doing
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Learning By Doing
Your approach to the tasks a) doing the tasks
creatively by using strategies. b) going over all
the tasks by reading them up very quickly before
going to tutorials. c) doing the tasks according
to instructions, but jumping to feedback without
making efforts first in looking for solutions. d)
doing the tasks creatively and applying what is
learned to life use. e) going over all the tasks
by reading them up, and look up the unknown
words. f) doing the tasks strenuously according
to instructions. g) leaving the tasks for the
tutorial, expecting the tutor to lead through.
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Learning By Doing
Use your mouth ? To make sure that you have
developed some of the effective listening and
speaking skills, please answer the following
questions ORALLY with Yes or No according to your
situation.
Use your pen/hand ? ? Try to predict how Chris
and Jane conduct their conversation. Can you
decide whether it is Chris or Jane who does the
following thing by writing the names Chris, or
Jane on the given lines?
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Methods Is there a magic pill?

• Doctors treatment (2)
• My listening/speaking is poor. -- Can the doctor
  do anything if you just tell him/her that I am
  ill without describing the symptoms?
• I can solve my listening/speaking problem by a
  lot of practice. -- Should you try all kinds of
  medicine when you are ill?

An action plan
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An Action Plan -- Listening
Step 1 Identify the specific problem
Step 2 Analyze the causes
Step 3 Make an action plan
Step 4 Design practical activities
Step 5 Assess progress
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Step 1 Identify the specific problem
When you fail to understand a sentence through
listening, you might find yourself in the
following situations S1 You can understand
every word and comprehend its meanings through
reading. S2 You have a new word/phrase in the
sentence. (eg. Who is going to peruse this?) S3
You have been mispronouncing a word/words in the
sentence. (eg. The dessert tastes wonderful. --
/de s?t/ /dis ?t/) S4 You take a linkage in
a sentence as one word. (eg. Ill meet you at
lunch hour.) S5 You can understand every word
but can not comprehend the meaning. (eg. I feel
quite under the weather today.) S6 You
understand and comprehend everything but fail to
provide a correct answer in the exercise.
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Step 2 Analyze the causes
S1 You can understand every word and comprehend
its meanings through reading. Cause Need further
analysis S2 You have a new word/phrase in the
sentence.(eg. Who is going to peruse this?)
Cause Vocabulary problem S3 You have been
mispronouncing a word/words in the sentence. (eg.
The dessert tastes wonderful. -- /de s?t/ /dis
?t/) Cause pronunciation problem S4 You take a
linkage in a sentence as one word. (eg. Ill meet
you at lunch hour.) Cause pronunciation
problem S5 You can understand every word but can
not comprehend the meaning. (eg. I feel quite
under the weather today.) Cause Vocabulary
problem S6 You understand and comprehend
everything but fail to provide a correct answer
in the exercise. Cause Reading
comprehension/speed or writing problem
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Step 3 Make an action plan
For this month, I will analyze my performance on
one listening task each day. I will use the
situation analysis sheet below. By the end of the
month, I should be able to tell what my major
problem for listening is.
L1
L3
L4
L5
...
L2
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
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Step 4 Design practical activities

• When you discover what your major problem is, you
  can design practical activities to deal with the
  problem.
• Vocabulary problem (words/phrases)
• Pronunciation problem (individual word
  pronunciation/mispronunciation/linkage)
• Reading comprehension problem (vocabulary/grammar/
  culture)
• Reading speed problem
• Writing problem

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Step 5 Assess progress
At the completion of Step 4, check my progress by
comparing my present performance with my
performance recorded in Step 3. If I made much
progress, I will turn to deal with another major
problem. If not, I should keep to my practical
activities or try some new ones.
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An Action Plan -- Speaking
Step 1 Listen and repeat with the script
Step 2 Listen and repeat without the script
Step 3 Listen, note key words/structures and
speak from the note
Step 4 Listen, make an outline and speak from
the outline
Step 5 Make speeches or conversations on your
familiar topics, based on the organization and
language of the listening input
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Step 1 2 Listen and repeat with/without the
script
English in Daily Life, Unit 1, A5 (A family
photo) I love this photo. Its quite a good one
of everyone. It really captures the moment. Were
all looking so tired at the end of a long day. It
was a good picnic though. Look, Im in the middle
wearing a long sleeved, checked dress. And thats
Richard, behind me -- the tall guy with the
short, dark hair. Hes always elegant even when
hes wearing jeans and a T-shirt as he is here.
The old lady, the plump one there, sitting under
the tree on the left wearing the flowered dress
is my mom. Isnt she great! ...
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Step 3 Listen, note the key words/structures and
speak from the note
Key words ... love ... photo. a good one of
everyone. ... captures ... moment. ... look ...
tired .... ... a good picnic. ... I ... in the
middle ... a long sleeved, checked dress. ...
Richard, behind ... tall ... short, dark hair.
... elegant ... jeans and a T-shirt .... ... old
lady, ... plump ..., ... under the tree on the
left flowered dress mom. ... great! Key
structures I love this photo. Its quite a good
one of everyone. It really captures the moment.
Were all looking ..., Im ... wearing . And
thats ..., me -- the ... with hair. Hes
always even when hes wearing ... as he is
here. The ..., the ... one there, ...ing on the
wearing is ... Isnt she !
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Step 4 Listen, make an outline and speak from
the outline
Outline 1. A general introduction of the photo
(quality, feelings, time, situation) 2. A
description of I (position, clothes) 3. A
description of Richard (position, height, hair,
style, clothes) 4. A description of my mom (age,
weight, position, clothes
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Step 5 Work on your own topic
I love this photo. Its quite a good one of
everyone. It really captures the moment. Were
all looking ..., Im ... wearing . And thats
..., me -- the ... with hair. Hes always
even when hes wearing ... as he is here. The
..., the ... one there, ...ing on the wearing
is ... Isnt she !
Use your own picture here.
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Methods Is there a magic pill?

• Doctors summary
• Practice doesnt always make perfect. What makes
  a difference?

Rapid progress lies in quality practice, active
listening and guided speaking instead of quantity
practice, passive listening and free speaking.
Practice
Quantity Quality
Listening
Passive Active
Speaking
Free Guided
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Methods Is there a magic pill?

• A final remark
• Remember For these two courses, you listen, read
  or write in order to speak!

A reading exercise
A writing exercise
A listening exercise
A vocabulary exercise
U1-A3-T2
U1-A5-T6
U1-A6-T2
U1-A4-T2
Retell the passage
Do it orally first or afterwards
Role play the conversation
Read aloud the words
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assessment
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• What do I need to know about the two courses in
  order to meet their requirement?

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Course design
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My responsibilities
A weekly responsibility checklist Date
Week 1. Make a weekly plan. 2. Keep to the plan.
3. Complete the tasks through learning by
doing (before the tutorial). 4. Complete and
submit progress report/assignment before the due
date. 5. Seek for help when I have problems. 6.
Review the unit (via tutorial, self-tutoring). 7.
Visit the e-learning platform at least once. 8.
Keep a minimum of 3-hour exposure to English each
day.
Score _____
Yes
No
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• What do I need to know about the two courses in
  order to meet their requirement?

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Now can you answer the following questions?
aim
What can I do at the completion of the course?
content
What is the course about?
design
How is the course structured?
time
How much time do I need to spend?
assess
How can I pass the course?
resources
What materials should I have?
methods
Is there a magic pill?
responsibilities
What are my responsibilities?
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Whats next?

• Dive into the courses and enjoy your swim!

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Thank you!

• See you online.