COURSE GOALS
- Have fun speaking English
- Improve your language skills in general
- Practice likely usages of English (professionally and otherwise)
- Help you pursue your desired path (career related or otherwise)
Based on input from your entrance surveys, most topics of interest fall into these categories...
Discussion Streams
- Health, Nutrition, Exercise
- Media - TV, Movies, Music Books
- Sports & Recreation
- Social - Love, Dating, Friendship
- Current Events - News, Social/political issues
- Beauty, Appearance, Fashion
TO CONTEMPLATE
21st Century Skills
- Building your reputation, Shaping your 'brand'
- Content Production
- Adaptability
- Interpersonal and intercultural skills
Examples: 양띵 (wikipedia) , Michelle Phan YT , Bethany ,
Pewdiepie, How my blog got me my full time job,
Confidence = Competence + Experience
To achieve the course goals, we will do…
- In class discussions - fun, friendly, relaxed practice opportunities
- Virtual Hangouts: value in recordings: post-discussion analysis, presentation style
- Hangouts on Air: same as above + interact with a real audience
- Individual blogs - post materials and reflections related to topics of interest + build your online reputation
Possible Ongoing discussions/shows
- Fan Shows (BBT Club, Harry Potter, Sherlock)
- Kpop This Week
- International News Weekly
- Sports Update
- Dear 선배
- Debate Club (e.g. should the grade quota system be banned, should cigarette taxes be raised)
- NBA News
TO DO
- Install the Band App - Android Apple
Join Your Class Band
ENG318-03 Access Code: 6460 USED
ENG318-04 Access Code: 1582 COLTON - Create an English Blog: (you can be anonymous if you want)
Blogger: To do so, go to Blogger.com , log in with your gmail address and click 'create blog'. More information at the Blogger Guide
When you've created your blog, email the URL of your blog to Jeff (pufslebow@gmail.com) or post it in the Band.
Please adjust your blog settings to English. You might also want to change your blog's timezone.
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