Oral Practice Spring semester, 2012 13 weeks

1. Oral Practice Spring semester, 201213 weeks Senior students Day College Professor: LudmillaCawdrey

2. The Textbook We Use: David Paul Communication Strategies Book 4 Units 8 - 15 CENGAGE Learning ISBN 978-981-4232-67-8

3. Audio practice Partner and small group speaking practice Free communication Course Methods

4. Lesson plan(in weeks) Unit 8: Phobias Unit 9: Life’s Luxuries Unit 10: Good Service Unit 10(cont): You have to fight for your right Unit 11: Fans Unit 12: Strange weather Unit 12(cont): Environment Concerns Midterm Oral Test

5. Lesson plan (continued) 9. Unit 13: Getting Older 10. Unit 14: Bullying 11. Unit 15: Working 9 to 5 12. Review Units 8 – 15 13. Final Oral Test (subject to adjustment)

6. Requirements and Grading For Midterm and Final Tests the following is adjusted: • Attendance (presence in class) – 25% • Participation (classroom activity, homework) – 25% • Midterm test – 20% • Final test – 30%

7. Warning Merely memorizing the words in a word list cannot help you make a great progress in English. Knowing more words is only a necessary but not a sufficient condition for better English. Your proficiency level is not determined by how many words you know but by how accurately and fluently you use them. There is no replacement for the actual application of the language, i.e. reading, writing, listening and speaking.

8. Unit 8: Phobias Discussion Practice • What might make someone worried? • What are the real or imagined reasons for fears? • Do you think that phobias often relate to real dangers? • What kind of facts might reassure them? • How can people help themselves to feel more relaxed?

9. Fear Quotes • "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified, terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.“ FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) • "Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.“ (German Proverb) • "A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.“ (Edgar W. Howe) • Courage is not the lack of fear but the ability to face it.“ (Lt. J. B. Putnam Jr.) • "There would be no one to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.“ (M. K. Gandhi) • "Fear always springs from ignorance.“ (Ralph Waldo Emerson) • Listing the five important motives for murder: Fear - jealousy - money - revenge - and protecting someone you love. (F. Knott )

10. Unit 9: Life’s Luxuries Discussion Practice 1. How do you feel about the following items? an expensive holiday the latest mobile phone a rare painting a video camera membership at an exclusive club a new computer a meal in a nice restaurant a luxury sports car an MP3 player concert tickets 2. Do you think they are luxuries? 3. What would convince you to buy them?

11. Luxury Quotes • Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things (Benjamin Franklin) • Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three – and paradise is when you have none. (Doug Larson) • Morality is a private and costly luxury (Henry Brooks Adams) •  Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world. (Cesare Pavese )

12. Unit 1: FriendsDescribe your Neighbors Age Appearance, Physical Features Personality Behavior Interests Job/ Activity Positive and Negative Features

13. Unit 1Neighbors Quotes Sweep first before your own door, before you sweep the doorsteps of your neighbors” (Swedish Proverb) “Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace” (Barry McGuire) “A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn't climb over it” (Arthur Baer) “A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing” (Hesiod) “The dearest things in the world are our neighbor's eyes; they cost everybody more than anything else in housekeeping” (Sydney Smith)

14. Unit 2Quotes on Tourism and Traveling The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist see what he has come to see. The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land. Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen. Traveling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places. Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

15. Unit 2Quotes on Tourism and Traveling No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby-so helpless and so ridiculous. Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. A wise traveler never depreciates their own country. Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.

16. Unit 2Quotes on Tourism and Traveling I would like to spend my whole life traveling, if I could borrow another life to spend at home. To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

17. Unit 4: Body ImageDieting Your stomach shouldn't be a waist basket.  One should eat to live, not live to eat.  It's okay to be fat.  So you're fat.  Just be fat and shut up about it. I keep trying to lose weight... but it keeps finding me!  I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is fourteen days. I'm on a seafood diet.  I see food and I eat it. To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. 

18. Obesity vs Anorexia

19. Plastic Surgery Gone Wrong

20. Unit 5: The Internet The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow. (Bill Gates) Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.”( Mitchell Kapor) The Internet is the world's largest library.  It's just that all the books are on the floor. (John Allen Paulos) The Internet is the world's largest library.  It's just that all the books are on the floor.  (John Allen Paulos)The Internet is just a world passing around notes in a classroom. (J. Stewart) The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life.  (Andrew Brown) Internet:  absolute communication, absolute isolation.  (Paul Carvel)

21. Unit 6: Modern Families I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. (D. Wilcox, Th. Mumford) The family is a haven in a heartless world. It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.  (J. Schiller) When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.  (J. Brothers) You don't choose your family.  They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.  (Desmond Tutu) In time of test, family is best.  (Burmese Proverb) The family is one of nature's masterpieces.  (George Santayana) “The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman” (Mexican Proverb)

22. Unit 7: Medicine To live long, live slowly.(Cicero) Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. (Buddha) Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death. Buddha To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. Buddha It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. M.Gandhi A healthy outside starts from the inside. Robert Urich “So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.”( A. J. Reb Materi) Three rules: I do not eat too much; I do not worry too much; and, if I do my best, I believe that what happens, happens for the best. (Henry Ford)

23. January 2 and 9- Final test days Review the topics and the vocabulary from Units 3 - 7. Make up a story (15 – 20 sentences) on the main topics of the Units. Consider the following: a) The importance of the subject under discussion b) The extensive vocabulary c) Clearly explain your position Prepare and print out a story for the teacher. Be ready to answer the teacher’s questions. Describe a picture Comment on the Quotes Review tongue twisters

24. Requirements and Grading For Midterm and Final Tests the following is adjusted: • Attendance (presence in class) – 25% • Participation (classroom activity, homework, test papers) – 25% • Midterm test – 20% • Final test – 30%

25. Which is the correct spelling? • Innossent – innocent – inoccent • Suspicion – suspicioun – suspectious • Trail – triel – trial • Arressted – aressted – arrested • Dout – daubt – doubt • Colleagues – colleaques – collegues • Conseguence – consequences – consiquences • Allibi – alibi – alliby • Quilty – guilty – guillty • Concideration –consideracion - consideration

26. Correct spelling • Innocent • Suspicion • Trial • Arrested • Doubt • Colleagues • Consequences • Alibi • Guilty • Consideration

27. Jumbled Word: GRASSHOPPER

28. Jumbled Word: GRASSHOPPER (50) AGE, AGO, ASH, APPOSE, ARGO, EAR, ERASE, ERASER, EGO, ERGO, GAS, GRASS, GO, GOSH, GOP, GRAPE, GORE, GOA, GOAS, GASH, GROS, GOPHER, GAP, GRAP, GREASE, HE, HARSH, HORSE, HOP, HOPPER, HERO, HOG, HOPE, PORSH, PREP, PREPARE, PERHAPS, SHE, SEA, SHOP, SHOPPER, SASH, RAP, RASH, REP, RAPPER, RAPE, ROPE, ROSH, SHORE, SORE, PROPER, SAP, SOAP, SHARE, SHEA,

29. Tongue Twisters 2 A sailor went to sea to see, what he could see. And all he could see was sea, sea, sea.  The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday. An Ape hates grape cakes. Rubber baby-buggy bumpers.

30. Unit 3: Media Violence Whoever controls the media, controls the mind. (Jim Morrison) Advertising is legalized lying. (H. G. Wells) Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper. (George Orwell) The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing, but newspapers. (Thomas Jefferson)

31. Tongue Twisters • I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you. • Double bubble gum, bubbles double. • A sailor went to sea to see, what he could see. And all he could see was sea, sea, sea.  • I thought a thought.But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought.If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so much. • An Ape hates grape cakes. • She sells sea shells on the sea shore she sells sea shells no more .

32. Tongue twisters • Penny's pretty pink piggy bank • Freshly-fried fat flying fish • Any noise annoys an oyster but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more.      • The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday. • Rubber baby-buggy bumpers. • Jolly juggling jesters jauntily juggled jingling jacks. • Mr. See owned a saw.And Mr. Soar owned a seesaw.Now See's saw sawed Soar's seesawBefore Soar saw See,Which made Soar sore.

33. Weather vs whether • Whether the weather be fine or • Whether the weather be not • Whether the weather be cold or • Whether the weather be hot • We’ll weather the weather • Whatever the weather • Whether we like it or not

34. Tongue Twisters A sailor went to sea to see, what he could see. And all he could see was sea, sea, sea.  An Ape hates grape cakes. Penny's pretty pink piggy bank. Freshly-fried fat flying fish. Rubber baby-buggy bumpers.

35. Midterm Tongue Twisters Double bubble gum, bubbles double. She sells sea shells on the sea shore she sells sea shells no more . Any noise annoys an oyster but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more.      Whether the weather be fine or Whether the weather be not Whether the weather be cold or Whether the weather be hot We’ll weather the weather Whatever the weather Whether we like it or not Peter Piper

36. Tongue Twisters 2 • A sailor went to sea to see, what he could see. And all he could see was sea, sea, sea.  • The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday. • An Ape hates grape cakes. • Penny’s pretty pink piggy bank. • Freshly-fried fat flying fish. • Rubber baby-buggy bumpers. • Singing Seals Seven seals Sit by the sea Singing silly Songs to me • Wes waded in the water, Wendy waded, too They walked in the wet sand, and Waved to Mom and Sue

37. What Is Pink? byChristina Rossetti What is pink? a rose is pink What is yellow? pears are yellow, By the fountain’s brink. Rich and ripe and mellow. What is red? a poppy’s red What is green? the grass is green, In its barley bed. With small flowers between. What is blue? the sky is blue What is violet? clouds are violet Where the clouds float thro’. In the summer twilight. What is white? a swan is white What is orange? why, an orange, Sailing in the light. Just an orange!

38. Use a wide and suitable range of vocabulary • Age: infant, baby, child, toddler, pre-school boy/girl, young boy/girl, teenage boy/girl, a teenager, an adolescent, juvenile, young man/woman, yuppie-looking man/lady, middle-aged man/woman, elderly man/woman, an adult, a grown-up, an elderly person, an old man/woman • to be young / old, to look young for one’s age, to be between … and … years old, there is a gap of … or … years, to be fully … and a half years older (younger) than …., to be in one’s early / late teens, to be in one’s mid (middle) …, to be under …, to be over …, to be of the same age

39. Appearance Description 1 • Body Parts Head, neck, shoulders, arms, elbows, wrists, hands, palms, fingers, nails, breast, chest, waist, stomach, back, hips, legs, knees, ankles, feet, toes, heart, lungs, skin, bone, muscle • General characteristics Handsome, beautiful, pretty, good-looking, ugly, young, elderly, middle-aged, well-dressed, immaculately dressed, shabby, untidy, imposing, charming, elegant • Height Tall, short, middle-sized, small, of medium height • Gait Graceful, awkward • Carriage Upright, (un)steady, heavy, halting, swaggering, walking with a stoop, shuffling, swaying

40. Appearance Description 2 • Face Long, thin, square, clean-shaved, oval, freckled, with dimples in cheeks, pale, plain, wrinkled, sun-tanned • Features Regular/ irregular, delicate, refined, stern a bit, rough • Complexion Fair, ruddy, dark, clear, sun-tanned • Nose Turned up, straight, aquiline, flat, hooked, snub (snubbed) • Lips/ mouth Thin, full, thick, well-cut, heart-shaped, tiny, even, perfectteeth • Chin Pointed, protruding, round, square, double • Cheeks Hollows, plump, chubby, rosy, pale

41. Appearance Description 3 • Eyes Large/ small, wide-set/ close-set, deep-set eyes/ bulging eyes, hazel, green, steel-grey, piercing, curious, prying, expressive, shining, almond, slanting, round, narrow, cross-eyed, bulging, sunken • Eyebrows Bushy, drooping, penciled, arched • Eyelashes Thick, long, darkened, curving • Eyelids Heavy, drooping, swollen with tears • Forehead High, broad, doomed, low, narrow • Ears Small, large, lop-eared, ear-lobes

42. Appearance Description 4 Hair Thick (thin), plaited, wavy, a ponytail, balding, shoulder-length, combed back, rumpled, crisp, silky, straight, curly, a brunette (blond), ash-blond, jet-black, auburn, red, chestnut, dark, fair, a moustache, a beard, a fringe, a hairdo (hairstyle), a haircut, a hair set, a hair waving, a knot, a lock, a parting, a ponytail, swept-back hair, hair rollers, side-whiskers, a stubble beard, a bun Figure Average-sized, skinny, well-built, medium built, thin, slim, overweight, fat, broad-shouldered, over-weight, graceful, slender, plump, stocky, paunchy, (well)ill-made, clumsy, superb Shoulders Broad, narrow, slopping, round Fingers Long, short, bony, a thumb, a forefinger, an index finger, a middle finger, a ring finger, nails Legs Long, short, slender, crooked, shapely, bow-shaped, stout

43. Some Expressions to Describe Appearance 5 to attract attention; to look like somebody; to take after somebody in appearance and character; to be like somebody; to be the very image of somebody; to be the replica of somebody; to resemble; to give an air of; to have regular/ irregular features; to give an impression of; to weigh; to put on/to gain weight; to lose weight; to be of (upright) carriage; to be on the diet; to keep a diet; to keep fit; to be slim at the waist; to raise (knit) one’s brows; to smile; to wear make up; to put on/to take off make up; (mascara, lipstick, eye-shadow, powder); to be dressed/to wear; to put on / to take off; to swagger; to walk with a stoop; to shuffle; to sway

44. Some ideas to describe someone Personality Talk about the inner person. What are their hopes and dreams? What are their fears and worries? How to they respond to problems? Do they have an optimistic outlook on life or a pessimistic one? What are their strengths and weaknesses? Describe how you feel about their personality.

45. Some ideas to describe someone Behavior Talk about how the person acts. Are they outgoing and friendly or shy and fearful? Do they joke all the time or stay serious? What to they do in different situations? Describe how you feel about the person's behavior.

46. Words that describe behavior active, aggressive, ambitious, argumentative, arrogant, assertive, bad-tempered, big-headed, bossy, careless, caring, catty, cautious, charming, cheeky, clever, conceited, conscientious, considerate, coy creative, curious, deceitful, docile, dogmatic, domineering, enthusiastic, excitable, extroverted, faithful, fickle, flaky, full of himself, funny, fussy, good-natured, grumpy, happy-go-lucky, impulsive, inconsiderate, introverted, inventive, irritating, jokey, jolly, kind, loud-mouthed, loyal, manic, manipulative, moody, nervous, old-fashioned, opinionated, passive, perfectionist, persuasive, picky, playful, pleasant, polite, pragmatic, quick-tempered, reserved, rude, scatter-brained, serious, shy, sincere, slapdash, slimy, sly, spiteful, thoughtful, thoughtless, trustworthy, volatile, witty

47. Some ideas to describe someone Interests Talk about any hobbies and interests the person has. Describe what they do for fun, and how you feel about their interests.

48. Some ideas to describe someone Job/Daily Activities Talk about what the person does for a living, or about their career plans. Going to school is the same as a job, so if they are a student, you can talk about what classes they take and what their day is like at school. Describe how their career makes you feel.

49. Positive Qualities Inventive Exciting Thoughtful Powerful Practical Proactive Productive Professional Quality Quick Balanced Achiever Knowledgeable Leader literate Logical Initiator Original Outgoing Particular Patient Active Positive Consistent Compassionate Incredible Independent With Integrity Mediator Emotional Cheerful Forgiving Sensuous Generous Sporty Devoted Candid Rebellious Cooperative Industrious Interesting Racy Meditative Understanding Quirky Quixotic

50. More Effective Qualities Optimistic Accomplished Adept Analytical Articulate Artistic Self Disciplined Controversial Individual Tolerant Naïve Green Unselfish Sophisticated Stable Strong Successful Tactful Talented Team Player Fun Intelligent Changeable Passionate Intense Intuitive Upbeat Vibrant Funny Constructive Customer-oriented Dependable Direct Loyal