About this Course

The Student Resources page on the TLC Website contains policies, forms, syllabi, and other useful information for students. A few examples of the policies found on Student Resources include: Make-up Work, Academic Integrity, Attendance, Satisfactory Academic Progress, etc. The Student Resources page is available at www.thelanguagecompany.com/student-resources.
Learning modules
-
Week 1
-
Video: Body Language Expert Explains How to Show Confidence
-
Partners: Dialogues Idioms 1-4
-
Finish Idioms Set 4 Once in a Blue Moon
-
"Speaking with Confidence" practice your class presentation 2-3 min. (Short-Term career/educational goal and use of 3 idioms)
-
ABC Descriptive Adjectives (choose 2 to describe yourself and 2 to describe your partner)
-
Review Course Objectives: Discussion of Proposal Design
-
Brainstorm Proposal Ideas; Mapping/Presentation Key Points
-
Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED (see video viewing focus question)
-
Practice Body Language and Use at Least 3 Idioms from Sets 1-4. Share experiences with class.
-
Impromptu -4 best advice points from video How to Have a Better Conversation.
-
-
Week 2
-
Presentation Rubric (review)
-
email Proposal, due 5 PM 12/13.
-
The 3,000-year history of the hoodie | TED Talk (see 10 questions/video viewing)
-
Proposal Presented to Class: 12/14
-
Vocabulary - adjectives: characteristics of yourself and classmates D-E-F-G
-
-
Week 3
-
Vocabulary quiz D-G positive adjectives
-
Visual Presentation
-
Advice that you would give to the next advanced class
-
12/20 preparation (practice focusing on pronunciation) presentation
-
Prepare (in mirror) (or live audience) present with confidence
-
-
Week 4
-
AE L/S Mastery of Objectives
-
Summary of Body Language - Speaking with Confidence
-
Activity 3-2-1 Learning this session
-
Idioms Review (1-30_
-
About the Instructor
Reviews
No reviews