Basic English II

Jay Melton
We will meet twice a week

One class meeting in

7

The other class

meeting in 2

Names
Students: Teacher:
First names (Given Last name (Family
names) name) + Title
Examples: Examples
Hiroko Mr. Melton
Hiroshi

How to contact me

Come to my office: New Science

Building, 5th floor
Call me: 383-2929, ext. 787
Fax me: 384-6765
Email me: jay@pu-kumamoto.ac.jp
Use the moodle system to ask a
question: http://moodle.jklmelton.net

Required book (get it at Maruzen
now!)
Basic Vocabulary in
Use, by McCarthy &
ODell; Cambridge
(Note: please buy a
NEW copy; you
cannot study if you
have the answers
written in already!)

Other materials to get

A notebook (A4 or B5 are good sizes)

A storage device to keep your important
files (USB flash memory drive, floppy,
etc.)
There may be other materials to bring.

Dictionaries
It is useful for you to have an English
dictionary with you during class.
Bring the Longman Wordwise Dictionary you
used in Mr. Lavins course.
A bilingual dictionary is acceptable as well.
Paper, electronic or online dictionaries are
okay.
Online dictionaries will not be available during
7 classes.

Course objectives

Improving English skills

Speaking, listening, reading, writing
Increasing knowledge of other cultures
You choose the pace.
You will create your own material.
Use the models provided for you.
You will choose your own topics and
vocabulary.

The Focus is on using English
Four Main Ways:

Speaking and Listening

material

Ilikemyjob.
Vocabulary and borrow
language practice Thetrafficisheavytoday.
Igotoworkby8:30.
depart
Haveyougotaminute?
CanIhelpyou?
The moodle system

English presentations

Speaking and Listening Material
Choose a topic you
are interested in.
Create your own
tools for study. QuickTime and a
Sorenson Video 3 decompressor

Work together and are needed to see this picture.

speak lots of
English.
Ask your teacher
lots of questions.

Speaking and Listening, cont.
Choose a topic.
Find useful vocabulary.
Create useful drawings.
Create dialogs and
questions.
Put a new tool together.
Work with your partner
to talk together.

Speaking and Listening, cont.
Use the pictures to
help you get started.
Work to learn new
vocabulary.
Be creative.
Think of new ways
to communicate.
Have fun!

Speaking and Listening Test
To check your
progress, we will
have a few tests.
The point is to show
what you have
studied and learned
during the semester.

Vocabulary is Important!
We will use four units a
week in this textbook
(two in class and two for
homework).
If you miss a class, do
the units yourself.
Combine the vocabulary
you learn with the
material from the TALK
system and create new
and useful language.

Vocabulary
It is important that you first learn basic vocabulary.
Learning all the words in your vocabulary textbook
will bring you to about 2,000+ words and phrases.
This is more than 80% of the vocabulary you need
for English!
You will have a quiz from time to time to check
your vocabulary level.
We will use moodle for the quizzes and final vocabulary
exam.

Using computers to communicate

There are many

ways to
communicate.
Using the Internet
is one way to do
that.
You will have many
chances to write in
English.
You will have
regular
assignments.

moodle (a course management
system)
We will use moodle for homework and
in-class activities:
Learning communities
Quizzes (to check vocabulary learning)
Other activities
These will count for your quizzes, in-
class assignments and homework
grade.

Presentations

After the learning community

discussions, you will have much
information to share with your
classmates.
The Presentations (in English, of
course) will give you an opportunity to
share what you learned with the rest of
the class (and me :-) ).

Grading
At the end of the semester, you will receive a
grade based on the following criteria:
25% is attendance and participation (come to class
and speak English)
50% is quizzes, in-class assignments and
homework (study hard and do all your class and
homework)
25% is exams (this may be a small percentage
compared to some other courses you have; be
careful!)

Finally,

Were here to learn English; please

speak, listen to, write, and read lots
of English while youre at PUK
Ask lots of questions!
Have fun!
If you want to continue reading, come and
talk with me.