Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Shibaura Institute of Technology English Conversation Intermediate 2 Make-up Homework

Today's class is cancelled. Yeah! Ah, but you have to do some homework instead. Boo!! Sorry.
The topic of your make-up homework is music. You will hear three interviews. Listen to the interviewers and do the tasks on the worksheet.
Click here to download the worksheet: http://www.divshare.com/download/6364044-52f

Task 1
Click this link: http://www.elllo.org/august/alex/aradio.htm

Task 2
Click this link: http://www.elllo.org/Pages0301/303-Adrienne-Violin.htm

Task3
Click this link: http://www.elllo.org/english/0801/Q817-Eoin-After.html



These interviews come from a great website called ELLLO. ELLLO means English language Listening On-line. The interviewer is my friend Todd Beuckens. You can hear more of Todd's interviews by clicking here.

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

東洋学園大学 FE2- Reading Final Exam Study Guide



Study, originally uploaded by Bo_MaLiC.



Well the winter break is over. I hope you enjoyed it. It's time to get back to work. Your final exam is on Monday 19 January. Here's your final exam study guide:

The exam will cover units 10, 11, and 13. Please study the following pages in your textbook: pp. 77-79, 84-87, 100-103. In order to pass the exam (試験に合格するために) you must show that you understand and remember the content, vocabulary and grammar that you studied in units 10, 11, and 13. You must also show that you can use the reading skills you practiced in class. There will be 6 types of questions:
Questions about the contents of Units 10, 11, and 13
  1. Vocabulary: A. Match the vocabulary from the textbook with the Japanese translation. B. Match the words that make collocations.
  2. Grammar: These are multiple choice type questions. You will have to choose from 4 choices. Will will choose the best word or words to fill in the blank in a sentence. (p. 77 #3, p. 84 #1, p. 101 #2).
  3. Content: These are multiple choice type questions. You will be asked questions about the readings ("Into the Wild", pp. 78,79; "Seeds of Change", pp.86, 87; and "A Funny Way to Make a Living", pp. 102,103). You will have to choose from 4 choices.
  4. Personal response. This is a short paragraph type of answer. These questions will be about "Into the Wild" and Seeds of Change". Please study your answers to the "What do you think?" questions on pages 78 and 86. You will have to write 2 or 3 sentences in order to answer the question. Your answer should be at least 50 words.
Questions about two new readings.
  1. Reading for the main idea. This is a multiple choice type of question. You will have to choose from 4 choices.
  2. Reading for details. This is a multiple choice type of question. You will have to choose from 4 choices.
The exam will be sixty minutes. Use the following resources to help you study for the exam:
Verb patterns
Unit 10 Word search
Unit 11 Verbs + Nouns
Unit 3 Word Search
Sarah's Freshman English Reading Blog: Unit 10, Unit 11 and Unit 13

Good luck!