Review Assignment - By Nov. 25

Today, we are almost halfway finished with the semester. Now you need to think about your goals once again and think if you had made progress.

1. Take a look at the goals you wrote at the beginning of the summer. Have they changed? If so, how? Why?

2. Do you think you are making progress this semester? How? If not, why?

3. Overall, what grade would you give yourself so far? (Are you studying enough? Are you studying smartly?)

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I will comment on your blog, with your participation grade so far. This how I will grade.
(I will check your blog, NetAcademy2 data, and Blackboard data.)

-Are you studying at least one hour a week?
-Are you studying to meet your goals (skills, topics, focus)?
-Are you studying hard? (staying awake, try to choose fun activities)
-Are you studying smartly? (choosing a good level, listening/reading intensively, reviewing)
-Vocab: at least five words a week and good, useful words (not too technical or easy)

Adding your vocab list

It is very important you focus on new words and review them. In this class you need to focus on at least 5 words a week.

You need to make a vocab list on your blog so you can review, and I can see the words you are learning. I will make a personlized vocab test on 11-26. You will also get a participation score based on the number of words and difficulty of them -not too easy, not too technical (SVL 2-8).

1. Press the Customize button on the top-right of the screen (カスタマイズ)
2. Click "Add a Gadget" (ガジェットを追加)
3. Click "Text " (テキスト)
4. Add words from your blog and/or Tango Cho

Language learning review

If you want to improve your vocabulary and listening ability, you need to listen to the same clip many times and also focus on difficult parts. and words

Therefore, it is best to watch a short clip (2-5 minutes) and watch it many times and check the script, rather than watch the whole episode or movie once without reviewing.

Post-Election South Park Episode

Video

Script

Language learning tip 4: Building fluency

Most students know lots of vocabulary and grammar rules but have trouble reading quickly and listening to English spoken at a natural speed. This class can help you read more quickly and listen to faster spoken English if you use the following methods:

1st. After previewing, read quickly first (or listen once) to try to get the main points. Don't worry if you can't understand everything. Take a quiz if available (If doing Netacademy2, do step 3 BEFORE you do steps 1 and 2), or think about the main points.

2nd. Read slowly (or listen to key parts repeatedley) to try to understand difficult parts and vocabulary. Check word definitions if needed.

3rd. Read quickly (or listen to the whole thing) again and again.
(If you are doing NetAcademy2, use STEP 4 and do ADVANCED MODES).

4th. Review next week!