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Posted by Mick, June 26th, 2012


 * [[image:tustclass2011/No_Baidu.JPG width="145" height="123"]] || ** Important Message ** This class is to practice using English on the computer. Please do not use Chinese websites. If you use Chinese websites, you will not be permitted to use the computer, but will be required to use pen to write an essay. Please take advantage of this opportunity! || [[image:tustclass2011/No_RenRen.JPG width="139" height="107"]] ||

Week 12

Academic Listening

You are to watch two lectures - first this one, and then this one. (They can also be found on your desktop)

**First Lecture (22 minutes)** Watch and take notes as you listen. You must make an outline of the lecture with the major topics and the important information. NOTE - some of the information is not important.... don't include this.

**Second Lecture (14 minutes)** Again, watch and take notes. Type up a summary of the main points of the lecture. NOTE - Do not attempt to type out every word..... only the things which you think are most important.

I want you to finish BOTH of these tasks in class, so use your time wisely to make sure you complete both of them. Send me one email at the end of class (not before there are 10 minutes remaining)

Week 11

Shark Tank (continued)

Important - Please try to stop relying on English - Chinese dictionaries so much. You need to think in English more and do your best to understand English speakers without looking up dictionaries every time you hear a new word.

**Task 1** Watch this video and follow the instructions. (It will also be on your desktop)

**Task 2** Watch this video and follow the instructions. (Look on your desktop if you need to)

**Task 3: VOA Special English** If you finish Task 2 before the end of class, transcribe this VOA video.

Week 10 Shark Tank **Task 1** Use the homework reading and this video to write a summary (a biographical summary) of the following sharks: Kevin O'Leary Barbara Corcoran Robert Herjavec Daymond John

**Task 2** Watch this video (or find the video on your desktop) and answer the following questions:

Answer in **complete sentences**.


 * 1) What led Dan to create the new product? Explain.
 * 2) Why does he want the Sharks’ help?
 * 3) What investment is Dan seeking from the Sharks?
 * 4) How many calories does Chill Soda have? Compare this to other sodas.
 * 5) What is the ultimate leverage of success in the beverage market?
 * 6) What sales does Dan have so far?
 * 7) Who did Dan sell the Chill Soda to?
 * 8) Why does Daymond decide to go out?
 * 9) Why does Kevin Herrington (the guy next to Daymond) go out?
 * 10) Why does Robert go out?
 * 11) Why does Kevin O’Leary go out?
 * 12) What does Barbara like about Dan?
 * 13) What does Kevin O offer to give Barbara $20,000 for?
 * 14) What offer does Barbara make to Dan?
 * 15) What is Dan’s reaction at the end of the segment?

After you watch the video, go to the website and answer these questions: > Compare the two.
 * 1) What flavors of Chill Soda are available?
 * 2) Look at the “Nutrition Facts” of Chill Soda. Search on google.com (NOT Baidu) and find the Nutrition Facts for a can of Coke.
 * 1) Go to the “did you know” section.
 * 2) How much soda do Americans drink each year?
 * 3) What benefits does Chill Soda have over other sodas?
 * 4) What did studies find out about diet sodas?
 * 5) What vitamins can be found in Chill Soda?
 * 6) Why have these vitamins been added?
 * 7) Go to the “about us” section. What is the slogan Chill is using?
 * 8) After watching the video and looking at the website, what is your opinion? If you were a shark, would you invest? How much would you invest in Chill Soda? Explain your reasons.

**Task 3** Watch this video (also can be found on your desktop) and answer the following the questions: Answer in **complete sentences**.
 * 1) What is Gayla Bentley’s profession?
 * 2) What is the “void” in the market Gayla is trying to fill?
 * 3) What is the “modern woman” according to Gayla?
 * 4) What is the investment Gayla is hoping to get from the Sharks?
 * 5) What does Gayla want to do with the investment from the Sharks?
 * 6) What experience does Gayla have in the industry?
 * 7) What is Kevin’s opinion about demand, and how does it relate to Gayla’s business?
 * 8) What profit does Gayla make on the Italian wool jacket she makes?
 * 9) Where does Gayla sell her products?
 * 10) What are the sales?
 * 11) What is the problem that Kevin O’Leary is “stuck on,” that is, that he can’t understand?
 * 12) What is Barbara’s opinion of the clothes Gayla is selling?
 * 13) Why does Gayla want to open a retail store, and why does she want to open it in Houston?
 * 14) Why did Gayla turn the front part of her wholesale showroom into retail? What was the result of doing that?
 * 15) Why doesn’t Gayla get the money she needs from a bank?
 * 16) Why hasn’t Gayla signed a contract to do a deal with a home shopping TV network?
 * 17) Why does Gayla want to do an infomercial on a home shopping network?
 * 18) What reasons does Gayla give as to why she thinks this an extraordinary opportunity for Daymond?
 * 19) What offer do Daymond and Barbara make?
 * 20) YOU are a shark. What offer (if any) would you make to Gayla. Explain your reasoning.

If you finish all of the above, go the website and look at the prices and designs of some of the products they have.

Week 9

**Logistics - Supply Chain Management.** **Task 1**

Answer the questions from the paper you were given. **Task 2**

If you finish, continue answering the questions from the second video.

** Task 3: VOA Special English ** If you finish Task 2 before the end of class, transcribe this VOA video.

Week 8

**Task 1: Vocabulary Practice**

www.academicvocabularyexercises.com

Spend about 10 minutes doing exercises under Academic Wordlist Sublist 2

**Task 2: Supply Chain Management**

Video 1 - Answer the questions and do the activity

Video 2 - Summarize the Video [ Make sure you explain Eddie's analogy and how it relates to purchasing ]

【type your answers in Microsoft Word first and then paste into an email - **don't** attach the file....send to klub157@gmail.com 】

Week 6

**Task 1: Vocabulary Practice**

www.academicvocabularyexercises.com

Spend about 15 minutes doing exercises under Academic Wordlist Sublist 2

**Task 2: University Websites**

We will be doing a Webquest today to research some information about universities you know. Go to this page and follow the instructions.

**Task 3: Listening** When you finish above tasks, check out the Contemporary Topics or VOA listening files that I will send to your desktop. Listen to one of these and take notes. Send me an email of your note outline or a summary of the main points of the recording that you listened to.

Week 5 **Task 1: Vocabulary Practice**

www.academicvocabularyexercises.com

Spend about 15 minutes doing exercises under Academic Wordlist Sublist 1

**Task 2: Academic Reading**

Check the PDF reading that your teacher will send you. The file is also available here.

Read pages 33, 35, 36, 38, and 39 of the textbook (those would be pages 11,13,14, 16, 17 of the PDF file). Answer the worksheet your teacher will send you. Email the answers to tust.ruby@gmail.com

**Task 3: Listening** When you finish above tasks, check out the Contemporary Topics or VOA listening files that I will send to your desktop. Listen to one of these and take notes. Send me an email of your note outline or a summary of the main points of the recording that you listened to.

Week 4
Task 1: Academic Reading from UEFAP This week we move on from story reading to academic reading. Our resource website is UEFAP.com

On the UEFAP website, choose the Reading section. Before you begin your reading exercises, have a look at the Introduction page to review what we discussed about reading skills. After this, click on the Exercises page, choose two reading passages from the list, and practice the reading technique that you learned on each one.

For each of the reading passages, complete the outline that your teacher will send to your desktop.

Submit your work to tust.ruby@gmail.com before the class finishes.

Task 2: Listening When you finish Task 1,check out the Contemporary Topics or VOA listening files that I will send to your desktop. Listen to one of these and take notes. Send me an email of your note outline or a summary of the main points of the recording that you listened to.

http://college.cengage.com/devenglish/resources/reading_ace/students/index.html

Week 3

Task 1: Extensive Reading: Awesome Stories Here is our second reading session. Go to the website AwesomeStories.com, choose a story that appeals to you, and read your chosen story. You can choose any from the list, EXCEPT those under the "Inspiration" section.

When you finish the story, or after an hour of reading, proceed to the Awesome Stories Project of your team and your class in our Projects page. Create a post sharing 5 KEY CONCEPTS YOU LEARNED IN THE STORY. The title of your post should be the title of the story you read. You must write approximately 200 words. Task 2: Listening When you finish Task 1,check out the Contemporary Topics or VOA listening files that I will send to your desktop. Listen to one of these and take notes. Send me an email of your note outline or a summary of the main points of the recording that you listened to.

Week 2

Task 1 - [|Reading: What Happens in This Story]


 * Instructions**: The link above takes you to the Projects page. When you get there,click the "What Happens in This Story" project of your class to find which team you belong to. Then click the link for your team and read the additional instructions on the page.

Task 2 - Listening: Contemporary Topics/ VOA When you finish Task 1,check out the Contemporary Topics or VOA listening files that I will send to your desktop. Listen to one of these and take notes. Send me an email of your note outline or a summary of the main points of the recording that you listened to.

Week 1 Task 1: Student Homepages

Task 2: Supplementary Listening

** Winter Vacation Activities **

During the winter break, you must continue working on your English. If you don't, much of the hard work you have done this term will be wasted.

There are 15 videos about Business English that we would like to watch - click here. After you watch each video, please write a report about that video. (At the end, you will have written 15 reports)

Here is an example of the kind of report you should write:

__**Video One: Pleased to Meet You**__

In this video, Victor meets two people at a conference he is attending. He first meets Sam Erics, the CEO of packing company which specializes in seafood, and then he is introduced to Lynne Chan, the sales manager at Sam's company. Victor works for a company called Oceanwide, and he is the sales representative for the region. __Introductions__ - Some of the ways to introduce yourself given in the video are: [here, fill out the rest of the information yourself]

[Type out any other things that are taught in the lesson]

Do the same for each of the other fourteen episodes/videos and then send them in an email to: Mick ( klub157@gmail.com ) and Ruby ( tust.ruby@gmail.com )

**IMPORTANT!** ** Deadlines: You must send the first five reports (Episodes 1-5) by January 19th ; the next five (Episodes 6-10) by February 5th ; and the last five (Episodes 11-15) by February 19th. **

__**Listening Practice**__ ALL of the students should try to improve their listening over the vacation. Listen to (and read) these VOA videos. (Just click on the image)


 * [[file:A Goal for 2012_ Learning English.mp4]] || [[file:EU Officials Urge Tighter Fiscal Rules for Euro Countries.mp4]] || [[file:India on Way to Topping US in Internet Users(1).mp4]] ||
 * [[file:Microsavings Could Mean Big Gains for the World's Poor.mp4]] || [[file:Obama Appoints Financial Protection Chief.mp4]] || [[file:US Congressional Committee Fails to Identify Budget Cuts.mp4]] ||
 * [[file:The Hottest Electronic Gifts in 2011.mp4]] || [[file:Scientists, Engineers Help Elementary School Teachers.mp4]] || [[file:Rural Medical School Competes With City Life.mp4]] ||
 * [[file:Olympus' Troubles_ What Would Peter Drucker Have Said_.mp4]] || [[file:A Closer Look at High-Frequency Trading.mp4]] || [[file:A Quick Lesson in Ways Businesses Are Organized.mp4]] ||

Week 11 Activities

TASKS FOR TODAY Task 1A: Listening: Children and Entertainment

Task 1B: Listening: IELTS Writing Tips

__**NOTE:**__ If you do not complete these tasks, you still must send the work which you have done.

ALSO: If you do complete the tasks, you can look at this page which will help you prepare for your speaking test.

At the end of class, please send your work to Mick ( klub157@gmail.com ) and to Ruby ( tust.ruby@gmail.com)

Week 10 Activities

TASKS FOR TODAY:

Task 1: Listening: Afghan Institute of Learning

Task 2: Reading: Afghan Institute of Learning

At the end of class, please send your work to Mick ( klub157@gmail.com ) and to Ruby ( tust.ruby@gmail.com)

Week 9 Activities TASK FOR TODAY:

Reading and Writing: Online Newspapers

At the end of class, please send your work to Mick ( klub157@gmail.com ) and to Ruby ( tust.ruby@gmail.com

Week 8 Activities <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: center;">TASK FOR TODAY: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: center;">Harvard Business School video

*At the end of class, please send your work to Mick ( klub157@gmail.com ) and to Ruby ( tust.ruby@gmail.com)

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: center;">Week 7 Activities

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: center;">TASKS FOR TODAY: Listening: BBC 9 - Market Research

Webquest: Thanksgiving


 * At the end of class, please send your work to Mick ( klub157@gmail.com ) and to Ruby ( tust.ruby@gmail.com)

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: center;">Week 6 Activities

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: center;">TASKS FOR TODAY:

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Listening: Microsoft Surface

English Learning Games

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: center;">Week 5 Activities

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: center;">TASKS FOR TODAY:

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Listening: VOA New College Programs

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Knowing your Personality: What Makes You Tick?


 * At the end of class, please send your work to Mick ( klub157@gmail.com ) and to Ruby ( tust.ruby@gmail.com )

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: center;">Week 4 Activities

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: center;">TASKS FOR TODAY:

Writing: Explaining Graphs

Listening: VOA Credit Cards

<span style="color: #365e41; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: center;">Week 3 Activities

<span style="color: #365e41; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: center;">TASKS FOR TODAY:

Researching US universities

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Halloween

<span style="color: #365e41; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: center;">Week 2 Activities

TASKS FOR TODAY:

Finish creating your Yahoo.com/Google.com email account

Company Introduction

Let's Go Shopping

<span style="color: #365e41; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: center;">Week 1 Activities . = = ===**Every week in computer class, we will be visiting this website to work on tasks which will help you improve your English language skills, study skills, and computer skills while enjoying the wealth of resources we have online.**===

For many of you, this is the first time you will be using an English website as part of your studies. In our classes, we will be communicating with each other and working together on projects through this wiki.


 * Let's get started! Below are our tasks for today. Click the links below to find the instructions.**

First Step: Join wikispaces

Second Step: Write your introduction

Third Step: Test your devices (USB and headset)

Fourth Step: Create your English email account on Yahoo or Gmail


 * For further information, click the links below.**

Learn More: What is a Wiki Sample Class Wiki Advice for TUST class 2011 from TUST class 2010

**Have a happy semester of English learning!**




 * Now, let us get started.**

Start by being a member of our wikispaces website.

On the right hand corner of this page, click "Join" and on the new screen, click "create an account".

Choose a username and password. Important: Your username must start with your class number and have your English name in it. For example: "1.jasmineyang" or "1.tonyliu58". Write your username and password on paper or record on your phone so you would not forget them. Follow the rest of the instructions on the website.

On the "Request Membership" page, leave the space blank and click "request membership".

When you are finished joining, sign in with your new username and password.

You are now ready to use our website.

Some tasks that we will be doing in the next weeks are:
 * Creating an English email account
 * Typing an essay on Microsoft Word and submitting by email
 * Basic online searching using English search engines

Your teachers will give you more information as we go through our course.




 * Introduce yourself on our wiki.**

Scroll up to the top of the page and click the "Discussion Tab".

On the discussion page, click "New Post".

On the window that appears, write a short subject (for example, "Greetings from Tina!") and on the message box, say a few things about yourself. You may write 50- 100 words.

When you finish writing, click "Post" and your introduction will be seen in the discussion.

Have fun reading your classmates' introductions!

 


 * Test your USB drive and headset.**

On the left side menu, click "Ruby's MP3 files" to go to the download page.

Download some mp3 files from class by right-clicking the name of the file and saving the file on your USB drive.

Click the "Play" button on some of the files to listen and check the speakers of your computer.




 * Create a new email account on Yahoo or Gmail**

Go to Yahoo.com or Google.com, find the "sign up" or "create an account" button and click this to start creating your new email address.

Take note that you should be on Yahoo.com or Google.com, and not cn.yahoo.com or yahoo.com.cn. Your email address should have your English name in it.

Follow the rest of the instructions on Yahoo or Gmail.

When you are finished creating an account, sign in to your new email account and send an email to your teacher.




 * Here is a sample wiki**.

To give you an idea of what our wiki can become in the future, have a look at the class website of our TUST-QIBA students last year. Click the link below to take you to the webpage.

TUSTCLASS2010

The students of last year have taken some time to offer you some helpful advice for your first year university life at TUST. Check out what they wrote for you on the following pages:

Guide to Studies from 2010 Class1

Guide to Relationships from 2010 Class 2

Guide to Things to Do and Places to Go from 2010 Class 3

Guide to What's on Campus from 2010 Class 4




 * What is a Wiki?**

Here is a video about what a wiki can do.

The video is fast but you can watch it again and you can find the video transcript at:

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