3C

I played the 3 tapes 3 times. I don’t think they really had a good idea of which were best. I used 3D tapes. Next time I will do 3C’s and 3D’s and perhaps just 2 tapes. Make it easy.

Then what happened? This was after listening to their own tapes in areas or before?

I don’t know if this was after next or near the end, but I felt the need for another quiz. This was improvised. The week before I hadn’t done any quiz. Getting them to record again rather than working on a quiz was probably the reason for this. I wanted to continue with quizzes. I’m grading each week and posting continuing grade situation on the wall.

The quiz:

1. Did your voice sound funny?
2. Did your partner’s voice sound funny?
3. Did you do a good job?

Give yourself a score out of 3.

Probably before this I talked about recording again for homework. “I’m afraid I won’t be able to work this weekend.” p96. Names on tapes, tape boxes, etc. I started by thinking, Make their own situationExpressways find drillbut suddenly changed my mind to keep in step with 3D, who had done only one drill instead of all 5 like 3C, and because I hadn’t prepared them for doing guided role play rather than just drill. Although they did it last semester in class when I gave them the went round and graded it.

These questions were similar to the discussion questions, which I didn’t think they did. This was getting close to the end. I just collected them. I had the idea of totalling the score with

1. Yes = 1, No = 0
2. Yes = 0, No = 1
3. Self-evaluation score

Then as they wer talking out the door, I remembered I had given them homework: Write 2 (?) lines about why did I ask you to do the recording. I only got 6/46 books. “Why do I want you to record conversations?”

Did I forget anything?

3D

Generally the same course of events, but I did only 1 listening exercise, p95 at start (& another later?) for no reward. Couldn’t get people to point (1 person at back did) so just took answers (no knock out). Then read picture book story (I had a lesson plan on the board:

I can’t remember exactly what I wrote or the exact actual order)

I talked about how I was “impressed” by the tapes. Why can’t you do that in class, I asked. I talked about intonation. How they went:

Sure↓ If↓ you↓ don't↓ mind↓

I wrote and practiced the Chinese way

Would↓ you↓ like↓ me↓ to↓ set↓ up↓  the conference room?

& the English way (only 1 or 2 stresses in sentence)

I also talked about right grammar (plural object pronouns)

(Didn’t talk about someone with good intonation as I did in 3C mentioning Linda, who wasn’t there in 3C as it turned out.)

Then said areas would play tapes, others would listen & answer (discuss) think about 3 questions:

1. intonation
2. grammar
3. fluency (hesitancy: gave example)

(or was that for the quiz on the 3 tapes. Perhaps I think I didn’t have any questions/ask them to discuss)

This went better than 3C. I assigned 4 people in areas to handle the players. Others were to listen, draw closer perhaps. Although player operators were not slow, didn’t seek out tapes, finally snatches of conversation were heard in 4 corners. I then stopped them and did the quiz. Same as before, except order of tapes was different and number 1 was best.

It required all my concentration to play tapes. I did second listening exercise, talked about next week’s homework, collected homework and ended. Lots more homework collected.

Questions

1. Did your voice sound funny 2 Did your partner’s voice sound funny
2. Did you do the conversation well

Then I started to say, Give score of

1. Yes=1, No=0
2. Yes=0, No=0

but notedsomeone (CArl?) changing answers so stopped and collected quiz slips.

According to what student wrote in book, questions for consideration during listening in areas were

1. Does my voice sound funny
2. How can I do better
3. What score would I give myself

I have to record next week

3D homework answers 2000 March 16

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Miumiu: Maybe you hope we can open [picture of mouth] speak Englihsh Sandra: because help our conversation & English Ivy: Because you want to our practice English Ellen: Because you want we speak English Cindy: Because teacher want we the conversation is change. We can usually speak English. Record the conversations is very good idea. I am vcry like. Thank you teacher ^v Cindy pen [picture of pen] Fanny: Because we don’t speaking. You think listen to our’s voice. Vicky: Because you think give we happy. Eva: We, usually speak English Rebecca: Maybe teacher hope ours listen to conversation or speak too more Rosa: Because teacher want me to speak English May 1: Because I don’t know Candy: Because I don’t know June: Because it is homework, so we want to record it. Connie: Because teacher hope we’s conversation よくなります Joyes: Because our conversation is not good & we not usually speaking English in the class. Karen: Teacher want our English very good. Because our conversation is very bad. Rita: Because we don’t like speaking English in tghe class; you want we speaking English when we come back the bedroom. Sara: Because you want we speak a lot of English in after class. Penny: Because you would like to understand in English, listen to about English things with us. I think we have a good time in a English conversation. Sabrina: Because you want we speak English & listen to English. Katy: You want to listen to my sound. The intonation is good or bad. Lynn: Because you want we speaking English. Yvonne: Because アクセントよくない. Jean: Because let’s more & more practise, everyone can conversation practise more Meka: Because let we study more conversation. I very like this homework. I very like speak English. I help teacher can use this way teach conversation. Thank you very much. Stady: Because our pronounce are very bad. record the tape with teacher. Heidi: I think very good!! Angela: I think very good Lulu: Because you want we easy to learn the conversations. Rose: Conversation is good. Sandy: Because make ours アクセントよくになります. Because we don’t speak English in class, so …

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