BELT speakingfall 2015

BellworkPrint in neat CAPITAL LETTERS on a sheet of paper:

YOUR NAME and YEAR IN SCHOOL

YOUR EMAIL

3 THINGS THAT EXCITE YOU ABOUT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

3 THINGS THAT SCARE OR CONFUSE YOU ABOUT ENGLISH

Patrick Gilfether

pgilfeth@oberlin.edu

sorry but

no I wont give you my phone number, bbm, whats app, line, or Facebook for class purposes, so please dont ask

but

pgilfeth@oberlin.edu

you can always email!

Some facts about me

I am from Ohio!

I have one brother, and one sister

I have been to 12 countries and 5 continents

I like to make and watch movies

Oberlin Shansi

Founded 1908

Mutual exchange

Sends teachers and researchers, brings scholars from partners

Has partners in Indonesia, India, China and Japan

what do you want to know about me?

My Rules Attendance: no more than 3 unexcused absences

Late policy: no more than ten minutes or it counts as an absence

Assignments: Typed and stapled

Class time is English time

On Plagiarism What is plagiarism?

Two-Strike Policy

First Strike= 0 on assignment and mandatory makeup

Second strike= failure of my unit of the class

If you feel like you need to cheat, come talk to me

Questions?

Course Goals

Students will

become more comfortable speaking spontaneously.

improve oral comprehension abilities (listening).

study and practice different speaking contexts

I want you to make mistakes

-James Joyce

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

- Albert Einstein

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Oscar Wilde

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

What are your goals

write down three goals on a piece of paper!

think about what skills you want to improve!

everybody will stand up and share one!

Tongue Twisterstongue twister

noun

1.

a sentence or phrase that is difficult to articulate clearly and quickly, such as Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper

Red leather,yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather,red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather

Fresh fried fish,Fish fresh fried,Fried fish fresh,Fish fried fresh.

You know New York.You need New York.You know you need unique New York.

If two witches would watch two

watches, which witch would watch which

watch?

A big black bug bit a big black bear and made the big black bear bleed blood.

2 Y's U R.2 Y's U B.I C U R.

2 Y's 4 me!

Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. But if Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore then where are the sea shells Sally sells?

She stood on the balcony, inexplicably mimicking him hiccuping,and amicably welcoming him in.