Language and Culture 3

Raise Course: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Vocabulary, Grammar

Instructor: Suzanne Cloke
Classes Start: October 15th, Aula H Maldura, 10:30-12:00
Office Hour: Thursdays, 10:30 CEL office, Via
Pellegrino, 25

Required Books:
 Excerpts from Raise the Issues, 2nd edition, by Carol Numrich, Longman: New York. (There
is no need to buy the book.)
 A book of your own choice. You will divide the book into 9 sections, and read one section
per week.
 A thesaurus, Roget’s, for example.
 A monolingual English dictionary (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Cobuild
English Dictionary for Advanced Learners, Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary, MacMillan
Dictionary for Advanced Learners, Webster’s Dictionary, etc.)

Requirements:
 You will only speak English in Class. Hand in a Percentage English Sheet each week.
 You need to attend 80% of the lessons to get the most out of the class.
 You will be assigned into groups. Weekly participation in your group is required. This
includes preparing homework in advance. Don’t let your group down. The success of the
group depends on you.
 You will keep a weekly reading journal in which you summarize, in your own words, a
section of your book, AND write your opinion, thoughts, inspirations, etc. Please write in
paragraph form and include two sections: The Summary and My Opinion. You can
write this in Writing Journal, in the FirstClass Conference if you wish (see * free
below). Be prepared to give an oral summary of your book each week (without looking!).

Writing A-L LSRVG* Writing M-Z

Wednesdays Wednesdays Thursdays
8:45-10:15 10:30-12:30 12:30-14:00
Ex-Fiat 9 Maldura Aula H Ex-Fiat 9
*Listening/Speaking/Reading/Vocabulary/Grammar
Tentative Schedule:

Week In Class - LSRVG Raise homework for the Next

Week
Week 1 Introduction Week 2 homework
October 15 Read Raise, Unit 6, “To Know More about
Less…”, pp. 119- 23. Do ex. A (without a
dictionary). Do ex. B and be prepared to
discuss C in class. Skim pp. 123-26. Do
not do exercises.
Week 2 Present a 2-3 minute summary of your Week 3 homework
October 22 book to your group. Continue from last week
Unit 6 ‘To know Less…’ pp. 119- 23, Unit 6 “To Know More about Less…”,
compare answers to A and B, and discuss Do Opinion Pieces, ex. A, B, & C pp. 127-
C. 31.
Week 3 Present a 2-3 minute summary of your Week 4 homework
October 29 book to your group. Unit 6 “To Know More about Less…”,
Do Listening: NPR, Krulwich Reports, Complete A & C, pp. 131-33
Shakespeare - Roses.
Finish Unit 6 listening, p. 119- 23, Ex C, A
and B.
Week 4 Present a 2-3 minute summary of your Week 5 homework
November 5 book to your group. Read Raise, Unit 5, “Beyond Darwin” pp.
Unit 6 “To Know More about Less…”, 96-99. Do ex. A (without a dictionary). Do
Discuss answers to pp. 127-131, Ex A, B, ex. B and be prepared to discuss C in
& C. class. Read, pp. 103-106, Do ex. A, B,
 Discuss answers, Ex. B pp.132, then
compare answers to C p 133.
Week 5 November 12 Present a 2-3 minute summary of your
book to your group.
Unit 5, ‘Beyond Darwin’ pp. 96-99,
compare answers to A and B, and discuss
C.
Do listening, p. 100-03, Ex. A, B, & C.
Start Opinion 2 Reading, pp. 103-106.
Week 6 Present a 2-3 minute summary of your
November 19 book to your group.
Finish Unit 5, ‘Beyond Darwin’: Discuss pp
103-109, Ex A, B, C & pp. 109-111
compare answers and discuss ex. A, B, &
C. Discuss the case study and state
whether you would take part in the study
or not.
If time, do discussion B, p. 113. Compare
answers to Grammar and writing exercise
1. In pairs write topic sentences for
Exercise 2, pp 117-18.
Watch video.
Week 7 Present a 2-3 minute summary of your
November 26 book to your group.
Unit 8 ‘The Right to Live vs. The Right to
Die', pp. 169-173, compare answers to A
and B, and discuss C.
Do listening, p. 173-77, Ex. A, B, & C.
If time, compare answers pp. 177-81.
Week 8 Present a 2-3 minute summary of your
December 3 book to your group.
Finish Unit 8 ‘The Right to Live vs. The
Right to Die’: Discuss pp. 182-84, Ex A, B,
& C.
Debate & discussion of case study, pp.
186-7, ex. A & B.
Compare answers on participial phrases
exercise, pp. 188-89.
? Watch video, “Whose Life Is it Anyway.”
Compare your work on pp. 46-7 on
parallelisms.
Week 9 Present a 2-3 minute summary of your
December 10 book to your group.
Unit 3 ‘When Does Life Begin’, pp. 48-52,
compare answers to A and B, and discuss
C.
Do listening, pp. 52-55, Ex A, B, & C.
If time, compare answers pp. 55-59.
Or Watch a Movie?
and C (without a dictionary), pp. 106-109.
Week 6 homework
Read Raise, Unit 5, “Beyond Darwin”
Do p. 109-111, ex A & C.
Case Study: read pp. 111-112. Decide
whether you would participate in the
cancer research project or not.
Grammar, p 91-93 Count/Noncount nouns
+ exercises. Read about paragraph
cohesion, pp. 115-116. Do Exercise 1.
Week 7 homework
Read Raise, Unit 8 ‘The Right to Live vs.
The Right to Die', pp. 169-173 + ex. A & B.
Read pp. 177-81 + ex. A, B, & C.
Week 8 homework
Prepare, Unit 8 ‘The Right to Live vs. The
Right to Die', pp. 182-84, ex. A.
Read to prepare for the debate, pp. 186-7,
Case Study: Dr. Death.
Read pp. 187-89 grammar—participial
phrases+ do exercise.
Read pp.189-90.
?Prepare for video, “Whose Life Is it
Anyway.”
Do pp. 46-7 on Parallelisms.
Week 9 Read Raise, Unit 3 ‘When Does
Life Begin’, pp. 48-52 + ex A & C.
Read pp. 55-59.
Do ex. A , B, and C (without a dictionary).
(?) Prepare for video, “Making a Baby” or
Christmas Movie
March’s first lesson homework
Prepare, Unit 3 ‘When Does Life Begin’, p.
59-61, ex. A & C.
Read to prepare for the ethics committee
meeting, pp. 62-3.
Read pp. 66-67 grammar—negative
inversion + do exercise.
Read pp. 39 -41, on introductions and
conclusions.
Week 10 Christmas Movie: The Family
December 17th
Stone
Christmas Break Merry Christmas

March Present a 2-3 minute summary of your Read Raise, Ch. 1 ‘The Internet: A Driving
book to your group. Force for Change’, pp. 1-3 + ex A & C.
Finish Unit 2 ‘When Does Life Begin’: Read pp. 4-5.
Discuss pp. 59-61, Ex A, B, & C. Do ex. A, B, and C (without a dictionary).
P. 62, in your group decide on the rules
you would establish for the handling and
disposition of frozen embryos and discuss
the questions in B. Be prepared to relate
your groups ‘Rules’ to the class.