Fall 2013 Advanced Conversation Class: Week 10

Last week, we started to look at analogies. Let’s finish analogies this week. We will watch a few videos that make arguments with analogies. This will show us how analogies can be used to make very strong arguments. Then we will finish the analogy worksheets.

Here is the schedule for the rest of the semester:

Week 11, November 11 – case study analysis using fallacies

Week 12, November 18 – critical thinking test

Week 13, November 25 – oral presentations and quiz #2

Week 14, December 2 – review

Week 15, December 9 – make up week

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Fall 2013 Advanced Conversation Class: Week 9

Exam are done. Now it’s time for the ESL students learn English again.

Here is the plan for this week.

ESL Advanced Class Activities

Students in this class have a presentation. Remember the syllabus?

Each student will need to do an in-class presentation. That is worth 10%. Here are the requirements for the presentation.

1. You must do some research. You must collect and analyze some data for your presentation.

2. You will submit a written paper of your speech to me on the day of your speech. You should

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Fall 2013 Advanced Conversation Class: Week 7

This week, the students will finish reviewing for the mid term exam. Those questions are on this question worksheet.

Here is a collection of arguments to review logical fallacies.

EVEN MORE FALLACIES

Read these arguments. Then rewrite the argument using the simplified sentence and identify the fallacy.

1 If I make an exception for you then I have to make an exception for everyone.

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