English III intermediate 19
Helping people
2010-12-03 Giving answers
2010 fall semester, fri2
elective course for freshmen in
science
E309
greenhouse
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opening tasks
one pair of handouts
later -- the other pair
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team sirokuro
goh kawai
noriko kawai
(nobuyasu obata)
xin li
chifumi goto
(yuka wakatsuki)
call everybody by
their first name
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語
道
剛師
道範
場
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today's menu
warm-up conversations
meeting with a friend
conversations
asking and giving information
assignments
create questions
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meeting with a friend
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Mark (SMILES AND WAVES AT JUNE)
Hi June!
June (SMILES AND WAVES AT MARK)
Hi Mark!
Mark Did I make you wait long, June?
June Nope, I just got here.
Did you have trouble finding your way?
Mark No, your directions were perfect.
So, what are we doing tonight?
June I got us reservations at a live bar.
Mark Fantastic!
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say your and your partner's name
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conversation instructions
 Instructions
 You are visiting Sapporo for the first time.
 You are talking with a friend who is a Hokudai student.
 Rephrase each sentence into a question.
 Ask each question to a different partner.
 Write their answer.
 Example
 You want to eat.
 You rephrase the above sentence, and ask your partner:
Could you suggest a place to eat?
 You write your partner's answer:
I recommend the Kyaratei restaurant in the
Centennial Hall.
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conversations
rephrase your question
ask 1 question per partner
write your partner's answer
later, you will
do the other half of the
conversation
check the answers you got
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how do we ask questions?
list your interests
as they come to mind
5W1H are useful
be brief, clear, neutral
say what you want to know
don't say your opinion
writing improves asking
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assignment
on glexa, type
(no need to
say) at least
three
questions
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assignment
each glexaBoard posting must
contain 2 pieces of information
Regarding: 牧牛舎は当時の最新技術を使って
新築された。建物外観は多くの人に好まれ、写真・スケッチの
題材として多く使われている。
summary or copy of what you are asking about
Question: What value is added by spending
more money to build the barn attractively and to use
innovative techniques?
your question
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assignment
you may ask easier questions
including
what does _____ mean?
who was _____ ?
include at least one of the
following question types
why ...
how ...
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assignment
better questions earn more
points
good questions
show you are intelligent
make your friend want to
answer it (because he wants to
look intelligent, too)
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assignment
when you don't know the technical
terms in english, you may use the
japanese terms
what does 麦桿 mean? easy
what equipment was used in the 脱ぷ
室 ? what is used nowadays? better
did students work in the 圃場 every
day? do they still do so? why? nice
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assignment
read the wikipedia article on
Professor Clark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Clark
answer questions on glexa
this glexa assignment is
broken (due to a network
malfunction) -- should be fixed
later today
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slideshow
if there's time
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see you next week!
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mailto:fri2@kawai.com
http://goh.kawai.com/
http://goh.cll.hokudai.ac.jp/
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