1. Oral Practice (VII) 英文口語順練〈七〉 Senior Class Daytime 日間部四甲 Instructor: Inga Koehler Time: Mon., 10:05~11:50, Mon. 13:20~15:05 Required Textbook: English Conversation in Taiwan Upper Intermediate Level

2. Week 1 Course Introduction Course Introduction Unit 1 ~ Personality Unit 1 ~ Personality Vocabulary Activity (Words used to describe personality) Classroom Discussion (Activity 6, p. 3)

3. Week 2 Vocabulary Activity 1 (Talking about famous people) Vocabulary Activity 1 (Talking about famous people) Vocabulary Activity 2 (Talking about your friends) Vocabulary Activity 2 (Talking about your friends) Personality Idioms and Expressions Personality Idioms and Expressions

4. Week 3 Unit 2 ~ Feelings and Emotions Unit 2 ~ Feelings and Emotions Match the facial expressions with the words expression the various feelings. Classroom Discussion (Activity 4, p. 9)

5. Week 4 Grammar Focus (-ed and – ing adj.) Grammar Focus (-ed and – ing adj.) Reading Activity (Displaying Emotions, p. 11) Reading Activity (Displaying Emotions, p. 11)

6. Week 5 Unit 5 ~ Love and Dating Unit 5 ~ Love and Dating Vocabulary Introduction Dating game role-play

7. Week 6 Small group work and classroom discussion (Activity 3, p. 15) Small group work and classroom discussion (Activity 3, p. 15) Grammar focus (past tense review) Grammar focus (past tense review) Cross-cultural look at Valentine ’ s Day and Chinese Lovers ’ Day Cross-cultural look at Valentine ’ s Day and Chinese Lovers ’ Day

8. Week 7 Love advice role-play Love advice role-play Planning a dream date Planning a dream date

9. Week 8 Review for midterm exam Review for midterm exam

10. Week 9 Midterm (individual interviews of 2~3 min.) Midterm (individual interviews of 2~3 min.)

11. Week 10 Unit 4 ~ The Movies Unit 4 ~ The Movies Activities 1 and 2 Name the Actors Who starred in these movies?

12. Week 11 Classroom Discussion (Activity 5, p. 20) Classroom Discussion (Activity 5, p. 20) Taiwan ’ s Movie History Taiwan ’ s Movie History Review: Ways of telling the time Review: Ways of telling the time

13. Week 12 Grammar Focus (Embedded Questions) Grammar Focus (Embedded Questions) Pair work (Information Gap, p. 21) Pair work (Information Gap, p. 21)

14. Week 13 Classroom discussion (Talking about your favorite movie) Classroom discussion (Talking about your favorite movie) Focus on Ang Lee ( 李安 ) and Shihung Lung ( 郎雄 ) Focus on Ang Lee ( 李安 ) and Shihung Lung ( 郎雄 ) Focus on Jin Cheng-wu/Kaneshiro Takeshi ( 金城武 ) Focus on Jin Cheng-wu/Kaneshiro Takeshi ( 金城武 )

15. Week 14 Unit 5 ~ Slang Unit 5 ~ Slang What is Slang? When do people use it? Vocabulary Introduction (Activities 2~6)

16. Week 15 Pair work and classroom discussion (Activity 7) Pair work and classroom discussion (Activity 7) Slang Quiz (Activity 8) Slang Quiz (Activity 8) Texting Texting Grammar Focus Grammar Focus

17. Week 16 Unit 6 ~ Gossip Unit 6 ~ Gossip Gossiping about friends Pair work and classroom discussion (Activity 4, p.34)