Ready for action!

We will start off today by briefly going through the curriculum (kursplan) and grade guidelines for the course.

As you can see the following activities need to be included in the course:

Reception
Listening (Watching)

• Films
• Lectures (Ted Talks)
• Information (videojug)  
• Youtube clips

• Text book texts (Context web)

Reading

• Text book (Context 1)
• Echo Short Stories
• Literature (1 books- novel or play) 
• Internet- ezines; newspapers(net versions); official sites

Production
Speaking 

• Oral presentations 
• Pair discussions
• Group discussions
• Conversation topics
• Dialogues 
• Debates
• Role plays

Writing

• Assessments
• Stories
• Summaries
• comments
• Opinions
• "Regular" exercises from text book
• presenting a case/argument
• Informal writing (emails etc)
• WORD LISTS

Focus areas

• Chosen area (social sciences/music)
• International perspectives
• Comparison with Sweden
• English-speaking world 

Regular activities

•   Word lists- Every other week (check out Context word list)
• Conversations - Every other week. Here is the document 
• Oral presentations (once or twice a term)
• Literature (one book per term)
• Grammar (when needed but intensively using your computers)

 The rest of today's lesson we shall try to get you record your first conversation.  (Number 15- How I spent my Summer holidays)  Send it to one of my email addresses for the moment.

Once we get going with Vklass ALL hand-ins will be done there
(www.vklass.se) on the course web page.

Next Tuesday I will go through the Diagnostic test with you and we will be starting on the text book.


Don't forget your wordlist! ( Tuesday week 37)

I will give you time to work on that at the end of the class

NOW let's look at the planner

By the way have you seen the first quiz.

First correct answer to michael.hegarty@leksand.se
wins some candy!!

Finally you have a reading assignment for next Tuesday.