BASIC
ENGLISH V 2004-II
I.
CONTENT
BOOK
REPORT: ORAL AND WRITTEN SUMMARY PLUS GLOSSARY OF TERMS FROM BOOK
Biography of Edgar Allan Poe.
Biography of Sherwood Anderson.
Biography of Shirley Jackson.
Biography of
Elements
of the short story: photocopy (Lecture by instructor)
Factors
which influence learning English as a foreign language. (Oral discussion of
list)
Glossary of short story terms. Photocopy
Grammar:
past perfect (Exercise from site on the Internet)
Grammar:
Past perfect. (Exercises from Grammar in Use).
Idioms
(List of Idioms compiled by Word Smith) photocopy-2 pages.
Internet
addresses to study English.
Jokes:
Rooster, The Two Cow
Poem:
Emily Dickinson (reading and discussion of translation)
Poem:
Emily Dickinson (reading and discussion of translation)
Poems:
Emily Dickinson ( Students choose poems from
audiotape and transcribe it).
Puzzle
stories (20 questions to be answered orally.)
Questionnaire
to answer in class: 20 questions. (computer
printout)
Reading of article from a magazine. (In class oral rendering and written summary)
Reading of article from a newspaper. (class
oral rendering)
Short
story :Rip Van Winkle (by Washington Irving) oral
rendering and written summary.
Short story. The Monkey and the Crocodile (
Short
story: The Egg, by Sherwood Anderson.
Short
story: The Fall of the House of Usher. (By Edgar Allan Poe) Oral
rendering and written summary.
Short
story: The Last Leaf. by O’Henry. (Discussion
and Written summary).
Short
story: The Lottery (by Shirley Jackson (Oral
discussion and written summary).
Short
Story: The Seventh Father of the House. (
Short
story: The two Pickpockets (reading, discussion and sight translation)
Song:
Song:
Forever and Ever Amen. By Randy Travis.
Song:
Ruby Don`t Take Your Love to Town by Kenny Rogers.
Song:
Whose Bed have your Boots Been Under by Tania Shwain
Text:
(private )Translation, Postcolonialism and Power. Article by Taina Tervonen (photocopy).
Text:
A Walk on the Linux Side. (photocopy from PC World,
February 2004).To render a written Translation.
Text:
Dating. (computer printout). Reading
comprehension and discussion in class.
Text:
Here the Sidewalks End (
Text:
translation of text from magazine.
The
Job Interview (Questions to work in couples- oral production)
The Jungle Crash. A puzzle for
discussion (photocopy).
Sight translation of text: Digitize Your Memories (Photocopy) article taken
from Smart Computing, November, 2002).
Translation of text: Environmental Intelligence (photocopy from World-Watch, Nov., Dec., 2002.
(Written) Translation of text: General Remarks, pages 166-167. Article by Ingrid Kurz. Workshop: to render a written
translation.
Video:
transcription (into English) of 30 minutes of video(
free selection of assigned tape)
MINITASKS