May 12th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will listen to a lecture, make notes, answer questions and write a summary. After that you may work on your portfolio.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

April 28th class

Dear students,
Today you will listen to a lecture, make notes, listen and write down the questions you hear, and finally write a brief summary. This exercise is similar to what you should be doing for your portfolio except that there is no visual component; just an audio file.
After that you will start learnig about world Englishes or carrry on with your portfolio. Please download and bring the file below to class.
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/as/World_Englishes.pdf
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

How was Hall`s classification of culture unit?

Write your comments below here, please. (click on the comment box and type your opinion).

April 21st lesson

Dear students,
Today you will carry on with Hall`s classification of culture, and if there is time work on your listening portfolio,
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

April 14th Class

Dear students,
Today we will study Hall`s classification of cultures. Please download the print and bring it to class.
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/as/Hall's_Classification_of_Cultures.pdf
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

academic skills textbook

http://www.cl.aoyama.ac.jp/~dias/pdfs/Academic%20Skills%202012.pdf

Listening homework portfolio template

Dear students,
You may download and print a copy of your homework portfolio template here:

http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/as/portfolio.pdf

Kind regards,
Chirs Elvin

Welcome to Academic Skills - Spring 2015

Academic Skills

Spring 2015

Instructor:             Chris Elvin

blog:                     http://ascelvin.blogspot.jp

Course Description

Welcome to Academic Skills. The class goals are;

To participate in seminars in their junior and senior years.

To have further practice in the four English skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.

To learn how to make good notes.

To classify certain types of questions such as cause/ effect, comparison/contrast, definition and illustration.

To give opinions and evaluate other opinions.

To study literature, linguistics and communication.

Course Assessment and Grading Criteria

a)        50%     extensive listening portfolio

b)        25%     mid-term lecture listening quiz

c)        25%     final lecture listening quiz

Attendance: You are expected to attend ALL classes. Your first two absences will be penalized by one drop in grade. Your third and fourth absences will be penalized by subsequent drops in grade. If you are absent five times, you will fail the course.

Listening homework portfolio: You are required to keep a record of listening activities that you do outside class. These activities should take up 20 hours or more of your listening time. You may listen to the news, documentaries or songs. You may watch movies, or presentations on TED, for example. What you do is up to you, but you should make sure to keep a record of what you do. Your portfolio should include notes, summaries, vocabulary items, and personal comments, and you should hand this in to your teacher at least one week before the end of the semester.

Mid-term quiz: This challenging lecture listening quiz is worth 25 points.

Final quiz: Your final quiz will take place during the last lesson of the semester. It is also worth 25 points.

Good luck!