United States English Introduction/Conversational American English (Dec. 2012)

This is the official Wikiversity course Wiki for for Mr. Danoff's Teaching Lab's short, 10 lesson, course on conversational American English for English as a Foreign or Second Language Students! (EFL/ESL/ELL/ESOL)

The home for this course is located at Mr. Danoff's Teaching Lab, http://mr.danoff.org/eng099 please visit the course website for more details and to register!

Assignments

Assignment 1

• Lecture 1: Greetings

1. Publish your first post below introducing yourself and answering the following 5 questions:
   • What’s your name?
   • Where do you live?
   • Where are you born?
   • Why do you want to improve your English? or, What is your English studying goal?
   • What food do you hate?
2. Below your introduction, answer these questions:
   • Between “International English” or “Friendly American English” which greeting do you prefer? (1 to 3 sentences)
   • In the Language Talk section, the Teacher says “A spoken word then is the sign of what?” please answer the question in your own words. (2 to 3 sentences).
   • Do you like the short story? Why? (2 to 3 sentences) How much does your apartment cost? More or less than $8? (2 sentences)
3. Please write 1 question you have for 1 other participant in the MOOC
4. Answer 2 other people’s questions in their blog comments, or via P2PU, Wikiversity or Facebook
5. Complete the Paragogical Action Review, or PAR:
   • Review what was supposed to happen
   • Establish what is happening/happened
   • Determine what’s right and wrong with what we are doing/have done
   • What did we learn or change?
   • What else should we change going forward?

Assignment 1 Student Work

Please write your answers to the questions here!

Assignment 2

• Lecture 2: Formal Telephone English

1. Publish your notes from the Formal Telphone English Recommended Video (2.1) and Readings (2.2).
2. Follow the example from Language Talk (3.0) “Take a thread, put one end between your teeth, hold the other in your fingers, draw it tight and strike it, and you will understand how voice is made.” put a picture of yourself holding a string from your mouth and write 2 to 3 sentences about the experience.
3. Write a paragraph describing your apartment, try to use the same style as O. Henry (4.0) in section focus on descriptive details.
   • What’s your name?
   • Where do you live?
   • Where are you born?
   • Why do you want to improve your English? or, What is your English studying goal?
   • What food do you hate?
4. Below your introduction, answer these questions:
   • Between “International English” or “Friendly American English” which greeting do you prefer? (1 to 3 sentences)
   • In the Language Talk section, the Teacher says “A spoken word then is the sign of what?” please answer the question in your own words. (2 to 3 sentences).
   • Do you like the short story? Why? (2 to 3 sentences) How much does your apartment cost? More or less than $8? (2 sentences)
5. Please write 1 question you have for 1 other participant in the MOOC
6. Answer 2 other people’s questions in their blog comments, or via P2PU, Wikiversity or Facebook
7. Complete the Paragogical Action Review, or PAR:
   • Review what was supposed to happen
   • Establish what is happening/happened
   • Determine what’s right and wrong with what we are doing/have done
   • What did we learn or change?
   • What else should we change going forward?

Assignment 2 Student Work

Please write your answers to the questions here!