Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Midterm Sample Questions


Basic Conversation Midterm Sample Questions

Here are some questions to help you study. If you cannot answer the question, you need to study more! Please ask your professor if you need help.

This list of questions does not replace your textbook or notebook – you still need to use these to help you study!

What’s your mom like?                                                                     Unit 1

Who’s your favorite actor?                                                               Unit 4

Is IU cuter than you?                                                                        Unit 4

How much is that computer?                                                            Unit 3

What’s your name? What can I call you?                                           Unit 1

Do you exercise more than 3 times a week?                                      Unit 3/6 (p.36-38)

Do you prefer silver or gold?                                                            Unit 3

What kind of movies do you like?                                                      Unit 4

Are you from Seoul?                                                                         Unit 1

What do you do?                                                                              Unit 2

What is your best friend like?                                                            Unit 1

Do you play any sports? What kinds?                                              Unit 6 (p.36-38)

What do your friends do after class?                                                 Unit 2

When does your dad get up for work?                                              Unit 2

How often do you eat out?                                                               Unit 6 (p.36-38)

Is your house big? What’s it like?                                                      Unit 1

How often do you cook at home?                                                    Unit 6 (p.36-38)

What bands does your best friend like?                                              Unit 4

Do you work on the weekends?                                                       Unit 2

Where do you live?                                                                          Unit 2

Do you play an instrument?                                                               Unit 4

How often do you drink coffee or tea?                                              Unit 6 (p.36-38)

How do you like your school?                                                          Unit 2

When do you get up?                                                                       Unit 2

What do you usually do in the evenings?                                           Unit 2

How much are these glasses?                                                           Unit 3

What’s your favorite drink?                                                              Unit 4

Do you ever play soccer?                                                                 Unit 6 (p.36-38)

 Do you have any red gloves?                                                          Unit 3

Would you like to try some of my kimchi?                                         Unit 4

I’ll give you $10 dollars for that bag, ok?                                          Unit 3

What kinds of exercise do you do?                                                   Unit 4/6 (p.36-38)

 Which watch do you prefer? The heavy one or the light one?           Unit 3

Where is your best friend from?                                                        Unit 1

I love painting. Do you? Why?                                                          Unit 3

What kind of music do you like?                                                       Unit 4

What kind of music are you listening to these days?                           Unit 5 (p.30-32)

Do you have a park time job?                                                            Unit 2

What does a chef do?                                                                      Unit 2

Do you like rock music? Why? Why not?                                         Unit 4

I hardly ever go running. Do you?                                                     Unit 6 (p.36-38)

Are you funnier than your friends?                                                     Unit 3

Do you want to help me with my homework?                                    Unit 4

I usually read in the evenings. Do you read often?                             Unit 6 (p.36-38)

I need to visit my parents. Would you like to join me?                       Unit 4

What kind of job does your father do?                                              Unit 2/4

Do you like reading books? Why?                                                    Unit 4

How are your classes?                                                                     Unit 1

 What kind of music is popular these days?                                      Unit 4

What kind of exercise do you usually do?                                         Unit 2/4/6

What are you doing right now?                                                          Unit 5 (p.30-32)

What do you do in your free time?                                                     Unit 2

What does your dad do?                                                                  Unit 2

Which one do you want? The green one?                                          Unit 3

 Are you reading anything these days?                                               Unit 5 (p.30-32)

Does your mom listen to modern music?                                           Unit 4

Do you stay up late? When do you usually go to bed?                       Unit 2

Are you a fan of 나얼?                                                                   Unit 4

Where do you live? What’s it like there?                                           Unit 1

Where does a policeman work?                                                       Unit 2

Do you play games? What kinds?                                                     Unit 3

Would you like to go to the cinema with me this weekend?                Unit 4

What is your dad doing at work right now?                                       Unit 5 (p.30-32)

I have to go shopping. Would you like to come, too?                        Unit 4

What is your sister-in-law doing now?                                              Unit 5 (p.30-32)

How old is your brother?                                                                  Unit 1

I’d love to go to that concert. Would you?                                        Unit 4

Where are your family living these days?                                           Unit 5 (p.30-32)

Does a nurse fix cars?                                                                      Unit 2

Where do you go to school?                                                              Unit 2

What are you doing this weekend?                                                   Unit 5 (p.30-32)

How often do you exercise?                                                             Unit 6 (p.36-38)

What part-time jobs do students usually do?                                     Unit 2

What do you do in your free time? How often do you do it?             Unit 2/6 (p.36-38)

Tuesday, 8 September 2015

The Interchange Arcade

Hi guys,

This is how you can do the listening exercises in our textbook.



See you next time,

Tom

Sunday, 30 August 2015

Week 1 - Introductions


Autumn 2015                                                                      
English Conversation  (영어회화)                              DaeJin University

Professor:  Thomas Avery
Office: Humanity Building Rm. 526
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:00-3:00 or by appointment
Kakaotalk: tomavery
Email: tavery.daejin@gmail.com
Website: basicA15.blogspot.kr/

Class
Time

Place
1
Monday
09 30 – 11 20
108
2
Wednesday
09 30 – 11 20
108
3
Thursday
11 30 – 13 20
202
4
Thursday
17 30 – 19 20
119-3
5
Friday
09 30 – 11 20
105
6
Friday
13 30 – 15 20
105

Course Description: Beginning English Conversation is designed for students to improve basic conversation skills through various listening, speaking, and reading activities.  There will be many fun in-class activities focused on pair and group interactive exercises so that students can enjoy practicing conversations as well as gain confidence in speaking English.

Goals and Approach:
You will
  1. improve your speaking and listening skills through various classroom activities.
  2. improve grammar skills
  3. enhance your vocabulary from listening and speaking exercises.
  4. learn idioms and informal conversational phrases.
  5. learn from others by participating in collaborative work.

Textbook: Please bring the textbook to class every day.  Failure to have your book every class will result in your grade being lowered.
  • Interchange Fourth Edition Student’s Book 1    ISBN: 978-1-107-64867-8
Grading:
Note: Your final score is based on relative grading. If you do very well but other students do better your grade may be lower than you wish.
Attendance                        10%
-          If you do not bring the required materials to class, you are absent.
-          If you are late 4 times, every time you are late thereafter you are absent.
-          If you are absent 5 times, you automatically fail the course
Participation                     20%
-          If you are absent, you do not get participation points unless you can prove you have studied the unit we studied in class.
-          I will watch every class and note down students who do not actively participate.
Video files and chats         15%
-          I require that you use Kakaotalk in class. You must record your screen and send me the video file AND the Kakao chat file every week.
-          You get one point for every week you send the file - these are easy points!
Midterm                            15%
-          You will be given a conversation topic or problem to solve as a group.
-          You work as a group, but your grade is based only on your performance.
-          Midterms are filmed for school records.
Final                                   25%
-          Similar to the midterm, but using everything we learn through the term.
-          Learn from the mistakes you make in the midterm to do better in the final.
Notebook                          15%  
-          You must take notes in class.
-          Prove that you use your time in class and at home learning new vocabulary.
-          I will take your notebook at the Final exam.

A few rules for our class:
  • Please make sure that you are on time for class every day.  If you are late more than two times, each additional time you are late will be counted as an absence.  If you are absent for more than 1/3 of our classes, you will AUTOMATICALLY FAIL THE CLASS!
  • Make sure that you complete all out-of-class assignments on time and come to class ready to participate
  • Cheating of any kind will result in failure of the assignment and potentially the class.
  • Respect other students.
  • Help each other
  • Smile (at least a little)

Weekly Syllabus for English Conversation
Autumn 2015
Week
(Date beginning)
In-class activity
1
(Sep 1)
Welcome to English Conversation Class!!
Introduce the class and the textbook
2
(Sep 8)
Unit 1. Please call me Beth. (p. 2-7)
* Topics: Introductions and greetings; names, countries, and nationalities
* Grammar: Wh-questions and statements with be; Yes/no question and short answers
3
(Sep 15)
Unit 2. What do you do? (p. 8-13)
* Topics: Jobs, workplaces, and school; daily schedules; clock time
* Grammar: Simple present Wh- questions and statements; Time expressions: at, in, on, around, early, late, until, before and after
4
(Sep 22)
Unit 3. How much is it? (p.16-21)
* Topics: Shopping and prices; clothing and personal items; colors and materials
* Grammar: Demonstratives: this, that, these, those
Comparisons with adjectives
5
(Sep 29)
Unit 4. I really like hip-hop. (p.22-27)
* Topics: Music, movies, and TV programs; entertainers; invitations and excuses; dates and times
* Grammar: Yes/no and Wh-questions with do; what kind of; object pronouns; modal verb would
6
(Oct 6)
Unit 6. How often do you exercise? (p. 36-41)
* Topics: Sports, fitness, activities, and exercise; routines
* Grammar: Adverbs of frequency: always, almost, usually, often, sometimes, hardly ever, almost ever, and never
Mid term Assigned.
7
(Oct 13)
Unit 7. We had a great time! (p. 50-55)
* Topics: Free-time and weekend activities
* Grammar: Simple past Yes/no and Wh-questions, statements and short answers with regular and irregular verbs
8
(Oct 20)
MID-TERM
9
(Oct 27)
Unit 9. What does she look like? (p.58-63)
* Topics: Appearance and dress; clothing and clothing styles; people
* Grammar: Questions for describing people: what… look like, how old, how tall, and what color; modifies with participles and prepositions
10
(Nov 3)
Unit 10. Have you ever ridden a camel? (p. 64-69)
* Topics: Past experiences; unusual activities
* Grammar: Present perfect yes/no and wh-questions, statements and short answers with regular and irregular past participles
11
(Nov 10)
Unit 12. It really works! (p.78-83)
* Topics: Health problems; medication and remedies; products in a pharmacy
* Grammar: Adjective + infinitive; noun + infinitive; modal verbs could and should for suggestions; modal verbs can , could and may for requests
12
(Nov 17)
Unit 13. May I take your order? (p.86-91)
* Topics: Food and restaurants
* Grammar: So, too, neither, and either; medal verbs would and will for requests
13
(Nov 24)
Unit 16. A change for the better! (p. 106-111)
* Topics: Life changes; plans and hopes for the future
* Grammar: Describing changes with the present tense; the past tense, the present perfect, and the comparative; verb + infinitive
Final Assigned
14
(Dec 1)
Make Up Classes:
9.28 (Mon) class
à 12.9 (Weds)
10.9 (Fri) class
à 12.10 (Thurs)
15
(Dec 8)
Final Exam
Times to be decided in class


  • Schedule to change as needed