1. Homework Two 10 minute conversations
Record your notes in your Oral Log
Do Unit 8A Listening 2A,B&C – page 62
Do Unit 8B Listening 2A,B&C – page 66

2. Mid-term Exam Grading Rubric
Lang. Function/ Topical Vocab.: 15%
Pronunciation / fluency: 20%
Uses correct grammar: 20%
Expresses ideas clearly: 25%
Listens to and engages partner: 20%

3. Common Weaknesses
Slow to start: Pronunciation: ‘s’, ‘th’ and other sounds
Grammar:

4. Remedies http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics Listening & Speaking
Listening: TV, music, conversation, websites with recordings like the VOA site.
Speaking: Office hours, iTalk Office, Movie Nights, English Corner, Classmates

5. Unit 7: Changing Times
Instructor: Jered Faires
Week 10

6. Trend: Noun (also a verb)
1. the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events.
2. style or vogue: the new trend in women's apparel.
3. the general direction followed by a road, river, coastline, or the like.

7. How we are changing p. 54
1 A – Have you noticed any of these trends in your community? Which ones?
1 B – With your partner discuss the good & bad points of each trend.

8. Current Trends
2A - Pairs: Think of a current trend in any of the listed areas.
2B – Group: What are the three most significant trends?

9. Warm-Up Question
What are some similarities and differences in values between your generation and your parents’ generation? Discuss with your partner for 5 minutes…

10. Lifestyle Debate Practice, Part 1
Read discussion on the next slide.
Work in pairs: come up with 2 or 3 good arguments “for” AND “against” Alice’s decision. 10 minutes

11. A matter of choice
Alice Bain, a 36-year-old woman from Seattle, is typical of many people these days. She is happily married, enjoys her job, has lots of friends, and spends the weekends doing exactly what she wants. She has it all. The only thing she doesn’t have is children – and she doesn’t want any. Family members ask when, not if, she is going to have a baby. But Alice isn’t thinking about motherhood. “Kids are fine,” she says. “It’s just that taking care of another human being is not what I want to be doing with my life for the next 20 years.”

12. Lifestyle Debate Practice, Part 2
Pairs practice debating in groups of 4.
Practice using opinion functions (page 2 & page 4 ).
Pairs switch “for” and “against” positions after 5 minutes!
Find another pair to work with after 10 minutes.
Critique each other!
20 minutes

13. I Agree/Disagree (pp. 2 &4)
I'm sorry, but I have to disagree
I disagree
I couldn't agree less
I couldn't disagree more
I see you point, but …

14. Lifestyle Question Debate
Teams in pairs:
Team A: “for” team
Team B: “against” team
Team A, Person #1 presents
Team B, Person #1 presents
Team A, Person #2 argues against Team B
Team B, Person #2 argues against Team A