Department of English

Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University

2202208  English Conversation and Discussion

Puckpan Tipayamontri

Office: BRK 1106.1

Office Hours: M 1–3 and by appointment

Phone: 0-2218-4703

puckpan.t@chula.ac.th

Section 2

T 1–3 (BRK 512), Th 1–2 (BRK 507)

Leading Discussion

You will be working with another student in leading a class discussion of an article of your choice.

Instructions: You will need to choose a partner to work with on this assignment and sign up for a day to lead the class discussion together. You will choose the topic and the article that you would like to discuss with the class. Provide your classmates and instructor with copies of and/or links to the article on a class day prior to your discussion. In the case of URLs to online articles, I will post the links on our detailed schedule web page when I receive them. On the day you have signed up for, you and your partner will lead the class in discussing the chosen topic and article for the entire 50-minute class period, so be sure to prepare adequately.

Requirements: You are expected to work together with your partner in choosing the topic and article/essay to discuss, and in leading the class discussion for the entire 50-minute period. A fun and interesting article is a good choice, but also one that will likely create a lively and rewarding conversation. Some topics, though at first glance intriguing, may be exhausted after five minutes and would not be helpful to you as discussion leader.

In preparing for the discussion, you and your partner should write a brief summary of the article and hand it in to your instructor after the discussion at the end of class. You might use this summary or part of it in your introductory remarks to ease everyone into the discussion.

You must, through well-thought out questions and stimulating prompts, engage each of your fellow students in talking about the chosen topic and article. This—getting a conversation going and keeping it flowing—is critical as it is the whole point of the exercise.

Grading: Your grade will primarily depend on your ability to start the conversation and keep it going as well as how successfully you have inspired every one of your classmates to jump in and engage.

Moreover, we will be looking at the quality of the conversation, the "meat" and difficulty of the material, and the level of discourse (vocabulary, pronunciation, knowledge, insight, etc.) achieved.

Good luck!

Leading Discussion Help

• The Art of Discussion Leading (video clip, 3:04 min.)
• Twitter and the Classroom (video clip, 9:59 min.; A discussion with students in my Introduction to Computer-Mediated class about using Twitter. Is it useful? How would students like to use it?)
  

Current Signed-Up Schedule (see also Detailed Schedule)

Jan. 19: Nisagorn and Patcharachuta

• The Effects of TV on the Brain
• How TV Affects Your Child
  

Jan. 26: Chakrit and Thanyaluk, "Korean Pop Culture"

• Patrick Winn, "Warning: This Fad May Kill You" (2010)
• Lucy Williamson, "The Dark Side of South Korean Pop Music," BBC (2011)
  

Feb. 9: Pattharin and Natthaya, "The Phenomenon of 21st Century Social Networking"

• Are social networking sites good for our society?
• Laurie McCabe, "What is Social Networking, and Why Should You Care?" (2009)
  

Feb. 14: Chairat and Porapat

• Zoe Kleinman, "How the Internet Is Changing Language," BBC (2010)
• Glenn Roberts Jr., "Internet Users Breed A Strange New Language" (2002)
• Christopher Mandall, "The Evolving World Of Emoticons" (2011)
  

Feb. 23: Pornwara and Ratchakan

• Tiffany Maleshefski, "Is it better to shop online this holiday season?" (2010)
• "Materialistic People Liked Less by Peers Than 'Experiential' People" (2010)
  

Mar. 1: Por and Pimpan

• "เลิก จัดงานบอลจุฬาฯ-ธรรมศาสตร์ "ดีมั้ย?...." ตำน้ำพริกละลายเงิน..ไม่โปร่งใส..เพื่อใคร?," Matichon Online (2012)
  

Mar. 8: Pukpitchaya and Natyada, "True Love"

• Harriet Sun, "What Is True Love?"
• True Love
  

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