Level 4 Listening/Speaking

Summer 2001: Tentative Calendar

(revised 7/7/01)

Note: Each class will have a dictation and an idiom presented by students.


Day/Date Activities
T 6/26 
W 6/27
Diagnostic tests; introduction to the course. 
Th 6/28 No class--picnic in Willamette Park
M 7/2 
T 7/3
 Discussions: a) discussion grading criteria, b) effective listening and participation, c) group task roles, d) functions. Introduction to Discussion #1--"Marriage?". Speech process, esp. step #1--selecting a topic
W 7/4 No class--Independence Day holiday
Th 7/5 
M 7/9
Discuss/select speech topics and writing interview questions/identifying influencing factors. Discussion topics:  effective meetings, groups building roles, individual blocking roles, effective leadership, self-evaluation.  Groups: Discussion #1 (Marriage?) 
T 7/10 
W 7/11
Note-taking practice--numbers, symbols/abbrevs., visual representation.  Speeches--steps 2 and 3 (interviews and analysis).  Preparation for Lecture #1 (Voter Turnout). Introduction to Discussion #2 (Downsizing).
Th 7/12 
M 7/16
Lecture #1 ("Voter Turnout") + quiz?; Discussion #2 (Downsizing); speech troubleshooting 
T 7/17 
W 7/18
 Discussion #3 prep (Food Poisoning)--videos; Lecture #2 prep(How to Deal with Stress); speech troubleshooting if time, or by e-mail--NOTE:  TUESDAY 7/17 CLASS MEET IN 335 SHATTUCK HALL
Th 7/19 
M 7/23
Lecture #2 (Stress) + quiz; Discussion #3 (Food Poisoning); lecture #4 prep (Hall's Classification of Cultures) 
T 7/24  Discussion #4 prep (Assisted Suicide)--video; Lecture # 3 (Hall's Classification of Cultures)
--NOTE:  TUESDAY 7/24 CLASS MEET IN 335 SHATTUCK HALL
W 7/25 BEACH TRIP--NO CLASS
Th 7/26 NO CLASS--Independent work on speeches; individual conferences as needed (drop in to my office)
M 7/30 [See Tues. 7/24 for content]
T 7/31
W 8/1
Discussion #4 (Assisted Suicide); Quiz on Lecture #3; Final exam discussion preparation; Speech sign-up
Th 8/2
M 8/6
SPEECHES
T 8/7
W 8/8
SPEECHES and Final Exam lecture preparation ("Perfectionism")
Th 8/9 
M 8/13
FINAL EXAM DISCUSSION GROUPS--ALL GROUPS
T 8/14 
 
 FINAL EXAM LECTURE (Perfectionism) and QUIZ
BOTH SECTIONS (A AND B) MEET IN 335 SHATTUCK HALL
 

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