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Week 1 |
Jan. 5 |
Unit 1 Secret Fears Reading
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Jan. 7 |
Unit 1 Secret Fears Reading
Workshop:
Communication strategies
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| Week 2 |
Jan. 12 | No class (Intervarsity Games: January 11–15, 2016) |
| Jan. 14 | No class (Intervarsity Games: January 11–15, 2016) | |
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Week 3 |
Jan. 19 |
Unit 2 Fashion Passion Reading
T-Shirt
Presentations: For Thursday, January 21, in 6
groups of 3 students and 2 groups of 2, you will have
designed a fashion item out of a cheap T-shirt (just as in
the listening) and make a presentation to your classmates
explaining the idea behind your fashion. You can modify the
T-shirt however you like, but the T-shirt is the fashion,
not just the base upon which you throw a thousand
accessories or print patterns. Each group will have five
minutes for the presentation (explain your concept, creative
process, reasons people would like the item, showcase your
product, etc.) in which everyone should have comparable
speaking parts. Following the presentation will be a
three-minute question and answer session.
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Jan.
21 |
Unit 2 Fashion Passion Reading
T-Shirt
Presentations: In 6 groups of 3 students and 2
groups of 2, present your T-shirt, designed out of a cheap
T-shirt (just as in the listening). Explain to your
classmates the idea behind your fashion. You can modify the
T-shirt however you like, but the T-shirt is the fashion,
not just the base upon which you throw a thousand
accessories or print patterns. Each group will have five
minutes for the presentation (explain your concept, creative
process, reasons people would like the item, showcase your
product, etc.) in which everyone should have comparable
speaking roles. Following the presentation will be a
three-minute question and answer session.
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Week 4 |
Jan.
26 |
Unit 3 Dating and Relationships Reading
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Jan. 28 |
Unit 3 Dating and Relationships Reading
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Week 5 |
Feb. 2 |
Unit 4 Cyberbullying Reading
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Feb.
4 |
Unit 4 Cyberbullying Reading
Leading
Discussion: Kitinut Onsee, Niyada Jaidee and
Kawintida Denduan
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Week 6 |
Feb.
9 |
Unit 5 Study and Education Reading
Listening
and vocabulary test 1 (40
minutes at the beginning of class; please arrive
promptly; 20–25 minutes for listening, worth 10 points,
and 15 minutes for vocabulary, 5 points; there are ten
or so questions for the listening, and ten questions for
the vocabulary)
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Feb.
11 |
Unit 5 Study and Education Reading
Leading
Discussion: Norawit Suwannakarn,
Wirapa Boonyasurat and Goonwiga Auanduengdee
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Week 7 |
Feb. 16 |
Unit 5 Study and Education Reading
Workshop:
Presentation skills
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Feb.
18 |
Unit
5 Study and Education
Reading
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Week 8 |
Feb.
23 |
Unit 6 Happiness Reading
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Feb. 25 |
Unit 6 Happiness Reading
Leading
Discussion:
Wilaiporn Najorn and Sarawan Meemak
Play: (7:30 p.m., Sodsai Pantoomkomol Theatre for Dramatic Arts) ชีวิตดี๊ดี [Every Brilliant Thing]
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Week 9 |
Mar.
1 |
Midterm Presentations
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Mar.
3 |
No class (Midterm week: February 29–March 4, 2016) |
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Week 10 |
Mar.
8 |
Unit 7 Fitness Facts Reading
Your
Physical Fitness Facts: Please bring comfortable
clothes and shoes for exercising in and change into them for
class.
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Mar.
10 |
Unit 7 Fitness Facts Reading
Leading
Discussion:
Teerathon Tohtrakul and Thanapat Wongsangiam
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Week 11 |
Mar.
15 |
Unit 8 Crime and Justice Reading
Voice
Sample: Record your moral for "The Little Girl and
the Wolf" by James Thurber (1939). Spoiler
alert!: Read the story from this
file only, and do
not search online
for this story because it will reveal Thurber's moral. You
want to record your moral
and send it to me before
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Mar.
17 |
Unit 8 Crime and Justice Reading
Leading
Discussion: Jenica Lien and Sittiwan
Jaiwaree
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Week 12 |
Mar.
22 |
Unit 9 Friendship
Listening
and vocabulary test 2
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Mar.
24 |
Unit 9
Friendship Reading
Leading
Discussion:
Pornpreeya Jumnongbut and Puttipong Oungkanungveth
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Week 13 |
Mar.
29 |
Unit 10 Language and Communication Reading
Leading
Discussion:
Arkarin Limnitsorakul and Suphanut Tantikaewfa
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Unit 10
Language
and Communication Reading
Street
Talk: Class convenes at 2:30 p.m. in Charoen Krung soi
32, part of the Bukruk
Urban Arts Festival, at the first wall art by guest graffiti
artist J.
M. Yes. On the way there, take the Surawong Road route
and check out the Fikos
mural
before you turn onto Charoen Krung. I'm told that it is
worth seeing in real life. Familiarize yourself with art
work and artists on that strip (and surrounding area within
walking distance, if you wish) and the Bukruk Urban Arts
Festival in general so that you have plenty of accurate
information to share with foreign tourists who are
interested in the graffiti art. I will be giving you
handouts to record your activity when we meet that
afternoon. Have fun working on your language and
communication in a bigger classroom!
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Week 14 |
Apr.
5 |
Unit 11 The World of Work
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Apr. 7 |
Unit 11
The World of Work Reading
The
New World of Work: Students share future work
trends from different cultures around the world, making use
of information written in other languages. Bring lists and
numbers to share with class that show what the work world
looks like or will look like that you have learned from
ideas being discussed in countries outside of Thailand and
the United States, and in different disciplinary cultures.
For example, in Spain, in Pakistan, in the food industry, in
biomedicine, what kinds of jobs are emerging, what benefits
can we expect, and what environments will be the workplace
of the future?
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Week 15 |
Apr.
12 |
Reading
Discovering
the Natural World: Each student brings a piece of
information about the world of nature that you have learned
from one of the websites below to share in class. Prepare so
that you can relate what you find in two minutes.
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Apr.
14 |
No class (Songkran Day) |
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Week 16 |
Apr.
19 |
Review
Listening
and vocabulary test 3
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Apr.
21 |
Review
Speaking
Workshop: speech training, useful topical
vocabulary, useful conversation phrases, eliminating
flow-disrupting speech habits, mock final conversations,
evaluating mock final conversations
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Week 17 |
Apr.
26 |
Instructions:
2:30: Cholatep and Sarita 2:40: Kritaporn and Sommarat 2:50: Kitinut and Niyada 3:00: Supatra and Yatita 3:10: Purita and Prapatson 3:20: Thanaporn and Anisong 3:30: Goonwiga and Kawintida 3:40: Wanwisa and Arisa 3:50: Surakan and Putsakan 4:00: Lugsana and Nattapon 4:10: Pornpreeya and Puttipong 4:20: Thanapat and Teerathon |
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Apr.
28 |
Final Conversations Schedule: 2:30: Thanyaporn and Dheeraporn 2:40: Norawit and Wirapa 2:50: Sarawan and Wilaiporn 3:00: Natchanon and Kittiya 3:10: Sittiwan and Jenica 3:20: Suphanut and Arkarin 3:30: Kongpop and Radis 3:40: Jirawan and Suwicha 3:50: 4:00: 4:10: 4:20:
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