Monday, July 27, 2009

2009/07/25 Saturday—8:00~10:00 GEPT Intermediate 全民英檢中級入門班

1. View Family Album Episode 1—46 Linden Street:

i) For Act I, please click on the link below:

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ii) For Act II, please click on the link below:

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iii) For Act III, please click on the link below:

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Watch this episode enough times so that you become familiar enough with the story such that you would be able to discuss the story. Below are twelve questions to help you view the episode for a purpose:

01. What did Richard forget on the ferry?

02. What is Alexandra’s citizenship?

03. What is Robby’s occupation?

04. What kind of medicine does Philip practice?

05. What information do you know about Alexandra’s homestay family?

06. What is the name of Philip’s wife?

07. In which city is this story is taking place?

08. Who rang the doorbell at the Stewart residence?

09. What country does Alexandra come from?

10. Who answered the door when the doorbell rang?

11. What kind of sweater did the customer buy from Marilyn?

12. Why did Marilyn call the Staten Island Ferry?

2. Complete Lesson #1 in 504 Absolutely Essential Words. Bring your completed exercise to the next class on 2009/08/01.

3. Examine the hidden picture puzzle, Carousel. Identify and color the 27 objects embedded in the image. Bring your hidden picture puzzle to the class on 2009/08/01 to discuss your findings. Be prepared to describe the location of the objects using appropriate prepositional phrases.

4. Review the four-page conversation handout about Sleep. Please bring it back to class on 2009/08/01.

5. Complete Unit #1 Pingtung’s Natural Power (pages 1~5).

i) Listen to the MP3 file for this unit.

ii) Word-process each of “listening” vocabulary on your electronic template as spelled out by Daisy, the Chinese translator.

iii) In your own words, word-process one sentence using any eight of the “listening” vocabulary contextually. As always, do not use a dictionary.

iv) E-mail ii) + iii) to winstontaiwan@gmail.com no later than 11:59 p.m. on 2009/07/30.

v) While listening to the MP3 file, pay attention to Sean and Dana’s conversation and keep in mind the following questions:

01 What did the teacher say will produce a lot of power?

02 What is France known for?

03 Where is there lots of wide-open space?

04 Who does Ann turn to when she needs help with her homework?

05 By how much did the store reduce its prices?

vi) Complete the Listening Comprehension Questions on page 2 and self-correct them.

vii) Complete the Communicative Interaction Exercises on pages 4~5 and self-correct them.

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