Spring Conversation, Week 14

It’s review week.

Hour 1-2

Pair work (15)

Have a quick conversation with your partner.

Student A

1. What is something you have not done but would like to do?
2. If you were going on a twelve-hour flight and the only entertainment you could bring was a book, what book would you choose?
3. Do you listen to podcasts?
4. How often do you cook?

Student B

1. Name something you do that is creative.
2. What is the biggest risk that you have ever taken?
3. What is your favourite way to spend your free time?
4. If you owned a restaurant, what kind of food would you serve?

Pair work five instructions (20)

You have a map. Your partner has a map that is not complete. You have to provide instructions to help your partner complete the map. You cannot touch your partner’s map.

• Map A
• Map B

Final Exam Review (10)

Part 1 Vocabulary Check (1 min)

• I will ask you 3-5 of the words from this list.
• You give a quick definition and an example.
• Here is the list with 40 words for the quiz.
• The words in your question will be random.

Part 2 Summarize your second book (2 min)

• speak fluently about the book you read
• summarize your book and
• speak 60 seconds
• follow up questions

Part 3 Summarize the 3 videos (2-3 min)

• Summarize the 3 issues you heard and and discussed in your small group work.
• Define the key concepts; what are the pros and cons of each issue? Do you agree with them?
• How are these 3 issues connected?
• What does this mean for your future?

Part 4 Moral dilemma (2-3 min)

You will get one (random) moral dilemma. Explain your choice with a crystal clear argument backed up by logic and reason. Be ready for detailed questions.

Here are three moral dilemmas. You have one of these during the exam.

Vocabulary exercise (20)

Collect words with this jigsaw activity.

Moral dilemma (20)

Read the 3 dilemmas and create your answers.

How to make an intelligent argument.

• A summary of the problem.
• A description of the options.
• An argument that describes your decision/choice. You must choose one; you cannot say, “It depends.”
• CRITICAL: A fairly comprehensive review and critique of a different option, or options, and a description of why it is less desirable. This is the counter-argument.
• A detailed analysis of why your choice is morally correct or better than the other. Watch out for logical errors.

Number 1: Streetcar

A streetcar is driving downhill on a track. The streetcar can’t stop because the brakes were damaged by a crazy man. Down the track, six old, poor, homeless people are waiting in a fear. They were tied to the track by the same crazy guy.

Here’s the good news. You can save the six people from death by turning a switch, which will send the streetcar down a different track. Unfortunately, there is one person, who happens to be a world-famous doctor, tied to that track.

What do you do: turn the switch or nothing?

Number 2: Cave

A group of people are inside a cave near the sea. The tour guide says it is time to leave because the tide is rising. At high tide, the cave fills up with water.

A fat man leaves the cave first, but there is a problem. He gets stuck in the hole that leads to the outside. He can’t move. There is no other way out of the cave. In a short time, the tide will come in and the cave will fill up with water. Everybody will die except for the fat man.

What should the rescuers do?

A 911 team arrives and says there are only two choices: use dynamite to make a bigger hole or wait. If they use dynamite, the fat man will die but the others will be saved. If they do nothing, the fat man can be saved, but the others will die.

Number 3: Scholarship

A university asked you to choose one student to receive a scholarship. There are two students. Student A has better grades and comes from a comfortable middle-class family. Student B has lower grades and comes from a poor family.

Who gets the scholarship?

Check the schedule (5)

There will be makeup classes. But instead of a class, we will have exams. We need to have some exam early because there are too many people in the class for oral tests.

Monday-Tuesday Class

• Monday, June 10, 9 am to 11 am (8 people)
• Tuesday, June 11, 11 am to noon (5 people)
• Monday, June 17, 9 am to 11 am (8 people)
• Tuesday, June 18, 11 am to noon (5 people)

Thursday-Friday Class

• Thursday, June 13, 9 am to 11 am (10 people)
• Thursday, June 20, 8 am-9 am (3 people)
• Thursday, June 20, 9 am to 11 am (10 people)
• Friday, June 21, 11 am to noon (5 people)

Hour 3

Korean Housing jigsaw (20)

Here is the worksheet.

ESP Test (10)

Take the test do you have ESP?

Thursday and Friday

Hour 1

Review exam questions

make a test schedule

next week …

Grades

• Attendance 20%
• Midterm (speaking) 20%
• Final (speaking) 20% 
• Online listening course 10% 
• Book reports (2 x 10%) 
• Participation 10%

Final Exam Review (10)

Part 1 Vocabulary Check (1 min)

• I will ask you 3-5 of the words from this list.
• You give a quick definition and an example.
• Here is the list with 40 words for the quiz.
• The words in your question will be random.

Here is a list of the vocabulary words.

Part 2 Summarize your second book (2-3 min)

• speak fluently about the book you read
• summarize your book
• speak 60 seconds
• follow up questions

Part 3 Summarize a short story (1-2 minutes)

• Read a short story in the textbook
• Summarize all the key facts like: who, what, where, when, why, how
• prepare for some follow up questions

You will have one short story in the exam. It will be a random story. It will be one of these 3 stories:

• page 42, Double Disaster in Japan
• page 48, The Journal of Robert O’Hara Burke
• page 58, Life on Earth

Part 4 Speak for 60 seconds (1 min)

This question tests your fluency, pronunciation, accuracy and vocabulary. You must speak for 60 seconds without stopping.

The questions are easy. The answers are tough.

Here is the scoring guide:

• 5/5 speak for 60 seconds with great fluency, pronunciation, interesting vocabulary and speed (doesn’t need to be perfect); very good answers to follow up questions.
• 3/5 speak for 60 seconds but fluency, pronunciation, vocabulary are not so great and it’s slow; good answers to follow up questions.
• 0/5 less than 60 seconds; no answers to follow up questions

There are 3 question options – see below. You choose one question.

1 Tell me about your hometown.

• What kind of place is it?
• What’s the most interesting part?
• What kind of jobs do the people have?
• Is it a good place to live? Why or why not?

2 What do you like to do in your free time?

1. What activities do you like to do in your free time?
2. How long have you been interested in these activities?
3. Do you like to do theses activities alone or with other people? (Why)?
4. Do you think people have enough free time? 

3 What kind of food do you enjoy?

1. Do you enjoy cooking? 
2. What kind of food can you cook?
3. What kinds of food are popular in your country?
4. Do you prefer eating with people or alone?

Vocabulary exercise (20)

Collect words with this jigsaw activity.