CLASS MEEETING #2 September 23, 2005

WHAT WE DID IN CLASS TODAY

1) Dr. J discussed "weekend terms" (cultural differences, such as why do many Western people like to go to the ocean and sit on the beach whereas most Taiwanese would rather fish or have a bb-que on the beach at night?)

2) Timed Writing 7-minutes: "What I Plan on Doing This Weekend"

3) Student Group Work on weekend plans & Presentations of four groups

4) Dr. J gave Unit 1 Handouts (pp. 2-5) and we discussed basic layout of the book chapters

5) Dr. J discussed the STEP-UP STEP-DOWN intonation method. Each sentence in English has a high and low point. A question always goes up at the end and a statement like one that ends in a period always goes down like the Chinese third tone.

~~HOMEWORK FOR NEXT WEEK (SEPTEMBER 30, 2005)~~

1) Read over Unit 1 Handouts (pp. 2-5)

2) On page 2 do Lesson 2 (ALL). This should be pretty easy.

3) Be prepared for a group-led discussion on "What I Thought I Was Going to Do ... But What I Did Not Do This Weekend"