Advanced English Speaking

This is week seven of the semester. Next week the ESL students will demonstrate what they learned with a written English mid term exam.

Mid Term Exam

Here are the review questions for the mid term exam.

Learning Objectives

Here is the general plan of objectives for this week:

1. continue our critical thinking skills project by learning six new kinds of fallacies – fallacies of insufficient evidence
2. improve reading and discussion skills by completing the next chapter in the book
3. learn a few words with a quick vocabulary exercise

Fallacies in Practice: TV Commercials and Public Events

Watch and listen to these short video clips. What is the fallacy in each clip?

1. Like it or not.

2. Ice Cream and Freakonimcs

Describe fallacy discussed by the two people?

3.  The Most Interesting Man In The World

4. George Bush

5. Don’t Sell Your Hair

This is week 6 of the class that helps ESL students learn advanced English speaking. Here is the general plan of objectives for this week:

1. continue our critical thinking skills project by learning six finds of fallacies that are used in arguments
2. improve reading and discussion skills by completing the next chapter in the book
3. assess your learning by having a small, simple, easy written quiz

ESL VIDEOS AND LOGIC ANALYSIS

Watch and listen to these videos. What logical fallacy can you see in each video message?

1. Seven TV AD

2. Subway Restaurant

3. T-Mobile Phone

4. State Farm

 5 Lucky Strike Cigarettes

 

6 Election candidate

Homework

Today we will have a small group discuss exercise. You read the assigned article and prepared answers for these questions.

1. Summarize the writer’s main ideas.
2. What is the argument? What are the claims and the premises?
3. Describe two or three hypotheses.
4. Write down 5-7 comprehension questions.
5. We will discuss this article in the next Monday class (September 29).

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Here are the lessons and activities to help my ES:L students learn English conversation and develop their critical thinking skills.

Quick Review

Let’s do a quick review of the main things we have learned so far in this class.

1. We learned vocabulary and communication skills by describing the differences between two similar words. (we need to finish the last half).
2. We learned a way to think more creatively and clearly by using a method called Six Thinking Hats.
3. You talked about a sport, hobby or activity by preparing questions and answers using the 6 Thinking Hats.
4. We learned about 20 to 25 collocations with this video.
5. We read two stories from the textbook, units 1 and 2.

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