Wednesday, November 19th, 2014

Good afternoon CLB 7/8,

Following up on our conversation from the other day about language families, here's a diagram of the Indo-European family, which includes most of the languages in our class. In the bottom right corner, you will see 'Finno-Ugric/Uralic.'  Some linguistics believe that Turkish belongs in the same family as Finnish, Hungarian, and Estonia (to name a few), but other linguistics are not so certain, thinking that it belongs to the 'Altaic' family.  

For today, we're going to work on some listening and speaking exercises.  Please begin with the handout.  In the handout, you will begin with a reading task before moving on to listening and speaking.  

Here's the link for the podcast: http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/eal/media/nov16_2011.mp3

Here are some more strategies for listening and note-taking. 
http://www.northshore.edu/support_center/pdf/listen_notes.pdf

The final part of the handout mentions a short speaking task which will be completed on Monday, November 24th.  If you choose another topic, please check before you begin your preparations.  

Enjoy!

Wednesday, November 12th, 2014

                                      

Good afternoon CLB 7/8,


This afternoon, I would like you to revise your responses from last Wednesdays on 'Stress.' Please think about what we talked about this morning and use the example questions to help you reach from the level of 'analyzing' to 'evaluating.'  It is important for you to be able to evaluate all the sources of information you have and decide whether are valid, useful, and appropriate for your purposes.  

Once you've completed your revisions, please submit your writing.  

Then, you can continue to practice working on the sounds we've been practicing this week:

http://evaeaston.com/sh-zh-pattern.html

http://evaeaston.com/ch-dzh-pattern.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/con_voiceless_3.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/con_voiceless_8.shtml

Some more tongue twisters:

1. I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.                                                                        
2. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he?                                                                                                                           
3. Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?                                                                                                              

Enjoy!

Wednesday, November 5th, 2014

Good afternoon CLB 7/8,

This afternoon, I would like you write a short response to information that you've heard on Monday and this morning about stress.  I would like you evaluate the value of the warnings and the validity of the suggestions and recommendations that you heard for managing stress. Do you agree with everything you've heard?

Please use your notes from this morning.  If you'd like to listen to the podcast from Monday again, here's the link.

http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/eal/media/nov27_2008.mp3

It's not necessary to write more than a paragraph or two. What I'm going to be evaluating is your ability to "understand communication intended to persuade (such as extended warnings, threats, suggestions, recommendations and proposed solutions) in situations related to personal decisions."

Please refer to specific details, recommendations, and strategies you heard in the podcast and lecture.Submit your response before you leave.

Enjoy!