OCSassignments

Voice Mail 1:due Friday, January 28, 2005

    1. Call 703 993 3660 between after 5:30 pm, press 5, 5.
    2. Be sure to leave your message in Joan's box, not John's voice mail!
    3. State your name and that this is Voice Mail #1 assignment.
    4. Introduce yourself - be as specific as possible. (tell me about your home, family, pets, goals, living situation,
                   favorite things, sports you like, movies you like, etc.)
    5. Say "Good-bye for now." and hang up.
    6. Hint: Speak slowly and clearly!

HW #1 Due: Friday, January 28, 2005
1. At the bookstore: Buy the textbook: Essential Idioms in English and a small spiral notebook or 3x5 cards for vocabulary. Bring both to class Friday, but DO NOT WRITE IN THE BOOK AND SAVE YOUR RECEIPT.

2. In your core or elective class or when you watch television, listen to the radio, talk with friends (in English, that is!) listen for words you do not know. If possible, get a friend to write them down for you (for correct spelling). This is ORAL vocabulary, not words you read in the newspaper or books. You may see word in television commercials, but try to get words that you HEAR.

3. Write your name on the outside of the notebook; individual notecards not acceptable unless fastened together with ring.
4. Write the date and number the words consecutively (i.e. start week 2 with #11 , not #1)
5. Write down 10 – 12 new words in your spiral notebook. For each word you should write:
     a. part of speech (is it a verb, noun, adjective or adverb?)
     b. source: (where did you hear it? on tv? name of program or commercial; friend? teacher? movie?)
     c. definition: what does it mean?
     d. an original sentence (your own sentence; not one from the dictionary) with the word underlined. (You may do this
           on a separate sheet of paper if you prefer).

6.    For example: January 28th
          1. aggressive                                     source: TV: NFL football game
              adjective; aggression, noun;
              def: ready to quarrel or attack; threatening
S: He’s a very aggressive player and goes after the ball on every play.

7. Grading Criteria:

a. Accuracy; i.e. the correct meaning as word is used
b. Usefulness of words (i.e. words we hear, not from newspaper!)
c. Completeness: i.e. part of speech, specific source, date
d. Original sentence (not sentence from the dictionary).
e. Neatness and legibility
f. Following instructions; i.e. spiral notebook so that words may be added
and reviewed throughout the semester. Separate 3x5 cards are acceptable
only if secured together.

HW #2 Due: Thursday, January 27, 2005

    Write 10 questions that are appropriate for getting acquainted with someone. Inquire (i.e. ask) about their
    major, their country, family, pets, hobbies, favorites, goals, opinions... but don't ask questions that Americans
    consider too personal, such as their age, marital status, political or religious opinions.

Oral Presentation 1: Tuesday, Feb. 1: Report on someone you met at the reception (or elsewhere). What did you
find out about this person. Be as specific as possible. 1-2 minutes.

HW #15b: Final FOP Questions due: Friday 10/22/04

HW# 15: Get 10 - 12 good interview questions for your FOP. Bring them to class
10/19 and practice them with GXP students. Take notes on their answers
and any new words you learn.

Video Dialog Assignment (for 10/15/04); due Tuesday, October 19th.

Feedback on HI OCS: due Friday, October 15th.

HW #14: Teach Vocabulary 4: due Thursday, October 14th

VM # 5: Due 10/7/04: Call 202 488 0400:Turn in 5 Sentences HO. (Listening assignment)

HW #13: Due 10/7/04: Revise, correct and rewrite HW # 12.

HW #12: Due 10/1/04: Choose a topic and write 10 good questions for interview #3 (with GXP
and Advanced OCS).

HW#11: Due 9/30/04: Create 10 sentences with Vocaulary 3 words that you would be
likely to say in a conversation or discussion.

VM #4: Due 9/30/04: Read the 5 sentences from your LDC assignment (9/23/04) and circle
which of the two words in brackets you are using. Repeat. Turn in
the sentences again 9/30/04. (no credit for VM without the sentences!)

HW #10: Due 9/28/04: Teach vocabulary word #3. (See instructions for HW #3 below).

HW #8: Due 9/23/04: Write 10 - 12 questions for Interview #2 with LA OCS Class on
Friday, 9/24/04. Try to explore one topic, but if needed, cover
two topics in your interview. They should last at least 10 - 15 minutes.

HW # 9: Due 9/23/04: Vocabulary Cards #3 (i.e. 10- 12 new words from ORAL sources).

VM #3: Due 9/23/04: Read 5 questions using Vocabulary #2. Repeat each one, if necessary.

HW #7: Due 9/21/04: Write 10 sentences using Vocabulary 2 words.
Due 9/21/04: Topic(s) for Interview 2

HW# 6: Due 9/21/04: Teach Vocabulary 2 word.

HW #5 Due 9/17/04: Write 10 sentences using weather words (from class) beginning with I...
Write sentences that you would be likely to actually say.

VM #2: Due 9/17/04: Read five of your weather word sentences.

HW #6: Due 9/17/04: Teach Vocabulary Word #2. (See instructions for HW #3 below).

HW #3
Due Friday, 9/10/04:
Vocabulary 1 Sentences: Original Sentences with vocabulary 1 words.

Oral Presentation 1: Due Tues. 9/14/04
A one-minute talk introducing the I OCS student(s) you interviewed on Friday, 9/10/04.
Be sure to tell us the topic of the interview; who you met and their thoughts. Grade based on
preparation; content (interesting?); delivery and eye contact.

HI OCS 32 Oral Presentation Practice Due: Tues 9/7/04

1. At the ELI welcome reception (or anytime before/after ELI classes) talk with an ELI student that you do not know and who is NOT in HI OCS. Get acquainted and find out their name, country, family (how many siblings), living situation in VA (apartment, dorm, condo, single family house, or townhouse; live alone, with family, with relatives, with friends, etc), favorites (sports, shopping, reading, movies, music etc). Try to ask followup questions to be more specific. For example, which sports? what kind of music? travel where? Try to find out as many details as possible.

2. Prepare a 1-minute talk to introduce this new acquaintance to the OCS class. Tell us his/her name, country, living situation, interests, favorites (movie, actors, music, sports, famous people, books, restaurant, etc.) Provide as many details as you can in one minute.

3. Do not write out what you want to say, but you may make notes with key words on it to remind you of the main points. Do not write out a manuscript, but just tell us, as you would tell a friend. This is an informal talk, not a formal presentation.

4. When you stand in front of our class, try to look at us – and have some eye contact with everyone in the class. This is not a graded talk, just practice speaking in front of a group.

HI OCS HW #3 Teach Vocabulary 1 Due: Tues. 9/7/04

1. Make sure you know how to correctly pronounce your word.
2. Note its various forms: adj. noun, verb, adverb (i.e. happy; happiness; happily)
3. Find a picture which illustrates your word.
4. Write a sentence using your word.
5. Prepared to teach your word to the class by putting this information on a sheet or sheets of paper to make it clearly visible to all.

HW #2 Due: Thursday, Sept. 2, 2004
    Write 10 questions that are appropriate for getting acquainted with someone. Inquire (i.e. ask) about their
    major, their country, family, pets, hobbies, favorites, goals, opinions... but don't ask questions that Americans
    consider too personal, such as their age, marital status, political or religious opinions.

Voice Mail 1:due Thursday, Sept. 2: (This is a pretest, so do your best!)
    1. Call 703 993 3660 between after 5:30 pm, press 5, 5.
    2. Be sure to leave your message in Joan's box, not John's voice mail!
    3. State your name and that this is Voice Mail #1 assignment.
    4. Introduce yourself - be as specific as possible. (tell me about your home, family, pets, goals, living situation,
                    favorite things, sports you like, movies you like, etc.)
    5. Say "Good-bye for now." and hang up.
    6. Hint: Speak slowly and clearly!

VM 4: due Thursday, 9/19:
   Invite your teacher to some special event; be sure to explain what, where, when,
            who and time. Leave your phone number for me to call you back.
HW 6: due Thursday 9/19:
    Write down 7 adjectives (see textbook for help) that describe you.

HW 5: due Thursday, Sept. 12:
1. !0 Interview questions about automobile preferences.
2. VM 3: Three sentences (each repeated twice) using Vocabulary 1.

HW 4: 10 new vocabulay words in notebook + sentence for each: Tuesday 9/10/02

HW 3: Teach vocabulary word Tuesday, 9/10/02

HW 2: due Friday, 8/30/02
    1. Call 703 936 1212 and listen to weather report recording long enough to write down
        10 new vocabulary words relating to weather. OR: Watch the weather news on tv and
        get 10 new words.
    2. Get acquainted with someone and be prepared to "introduce" this person to the class;
        if no opportunity to meet someone new, be prepared to describe someone you know.
        Be as specific as possible: their likes, dislikes, appearance, characteristics.

HW 1: due Thursday 8/29/02:
1. Buy textbook & spiral 3x5 notebook
2. 10 get acquainted questions

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Voice Mail #7 (due by 8:30 a.m. Thursday, 3/28/02)
1. Prepare three opinions you have and a reason for each one.
2. For each opinion, use a different prefacing remark; i.e.
        In my opinion...
        As I see it...
        Wouldn't you agree that...
3. Repeat each opinion + a reason for it THREE times, slowly, clearly.

Voice Mail #8 (due by 8:30 a.m. Friday, 3/29/02)
1. State you name and which dictation you are doing (A or B).
2. Read all five sentences through once.
3. Read all five sentence again.
4. Close the message (i.e. "Bye" or "See you tomorrow.")

Voice Mail # 9 (due by 8:30 Tuesday, April 2, 2002)
1. State your name & FOP topic. Then give your introduction:
2. Excuse me, do you have time to take a brief survey about ____________
(your topic) for my ELI class? (repeat twice)
3. Read your first five questions slowly, clearly once through.
4. Repeat 1 and 2 once more.

Voice Mail #10 (due Friday 4/5/02)
1. State your name and the date.
2. Read five of the questions from Vocabulary 5a once each.

Voice Mail #11 (due Tues. 4/9/02)
1. State your name and the number of the voice mail.
2. Read five sentences using vocabulary words from Vocabulary 1 and/or Vocabulary 5.
(Choose words that you are unsure of to review for Quiz 7 on 4/9/02)
3. Say the word first, then read your sentence.

Voice Mail #12 (due Tues. 4/16/02)
1. State your name and number of voice mail assignment
2. Read five sentences using vocabulary from Vocabulary 6a.
3. Say the word first, then read the sentence.

Voice Mail #13 (due Friday, 4/19/02)

1. State your name and number of voice mail assignment
2. Read your tongue twister