March 24
- Course description and schedule
- Reading assignment
- Accurate English - 1.1 & 1.2
- Accurate English - Assignment 1-3
- Listening in the Real World - 1-9
- Streaming Information
- Introductions
- Accent Inventory
- "Let's Talk It Over"
- Introduce Lantern articles
March 26
- Accurate English - 2.2 & Transcription
Begin Unit I
- Unit I Assignments:
- Culture reading assignments
- Discussion: stereotypes
- FTA Manual, pp. 1-10
- Lantern articles
March 28
- Accurate English - Transcription / Vowel quiz
- Accurate English - 3.1A, 3.2, & 3.3
- Introduction to Listening in the Real World
- Student presentations and/or discussion:
- American educational system, background and expectations
March 31
- Accurate English - 5.2 (1-5)
- Student presentations and discussion (continued)
- ITA guest speaker
- Conversation partners sign-up
April 2
- Accurate English - 5.2 (6-11)
- Student presentations and discussion (continued)
- UG panel
- Accurate English - 12
April 4
*Listening in the Real World - Quiz 1-9
*"Common Questions" Quiz 1-4
*Unit I Observation Guide due
Begin Unit II
- Unit II Assignments:
- Listening in the Real World - 10-16
- "Common Questions" - 5-9
- Accurate English - 6 & 7
- Observation Guide
- Video Assignment
- Key Terms
- Discussion: opening class verbal and nonverbal strategies
- (FTA Manual, pp. 13-16)
April 7
- Accurate English - 6.1-6.4
- *Reaction paper due
- Discussion and classroom language: defining, giving examples, framing, class endings
April 9
- Accurate English - 7.1
- Practice: opening class, framing a lecture, defining, and ending class (pairwork)
- Discussion and classsroom language: establishing control and maintaining control
April 11
- Accurate English - 7.2
- Practice: opening class, establishing and maintaining control
April 14
- Peer evaluation (Print 1 for each student)
- Self evaluation
April 16
- Peer evaluation (Print 1 for each student)
- Self evaluation
April 18
*Listening in the Real World - Quiz 10-16
*"Common Questions" Quiz 5-9
*Unit II Observation Guide due
Begin Unit III
- Unit III Assignments:
- Listening in the Real World 17-26
- "Common Questions" - 10-14
- Accurate English - 8-10
- Observation Guide
- Video Assignment
- Key Terms
- Describing a process
- Discussion: establishing rapport and engaging students by asking for participation
April 21
- Accurate English - 8.1 & 16.5
- Classroom language:
- comprehension checks
- Small talk
- Idioms and slang
- Discussion and practice: question forms (grammar)
April 23
- Accurate English - 8.2
- Review question forms homework
- Classroom language: reductions and reduced questions
- Introduction: board, projector, and/or PowerPoint
- (Dictation reduced questions)
April 25
- Accurate English - 8.3
- (Dictation reduced questions)
- Slang quiz
- Practice: use of board, projector, and/or PowerPoint; student questions / teacher quesitons (pairwork)
April 28
- Accurate English - 9 p. 104
- Peer Evaluations (Print 1 for each student)
April 30
- Accurate English - 10 p.112-113
- Peer Evaluations (Print 1 for each student)
May 2
*Listening in the Real World - Quiz 17-26
*"Common Questions" Quiz 10-14
*Unit III Observation Guide due
Begin Unit IV
- Unit IV Assignments:
- Listening in the Real World - 27-36
- "Common Questions" - 15-19
- Accurate English - 16
- Video Assignment
- Key Terms
- Observation Guide
- Discussion: communication maintenance
May 5
- Accurate English - Review
- Discussion and practice: paraphrasing
- Classroom language: communication repair
- TA Manual, pp. 10-12
May 7
- Accurate English - 16.1 & 16.2
- Practice: echo and wh-echo questions
- Classroom language: responding to student questions
- Practice: classroom interaction activity - teacher and student questions (pairwork)
May 9
- Accurate English - 16.5
- Peer evaluation (Print 1 for each student)
May 12
- Accurate English - 16.3
- Peer evaluation (Print 1 for each student)
May 14
*Listening in the Real World - Quiz 27-36
*"Common Questions" Quiz 15-19
*Unit IV Observation Guide due
Begin Unit V
- Unit V Assignments:
- Accurate English - 13-14
- Video Assignment & Key Terms
- Mock-Teaching Test Information
- Accurate English - 16.4 (and Chapter 16 catch-up)
- Discussion: first day of class activities
May 16
- Accurate English - 16.6
- Discussion: first day of class activities (continued)
- Classroom language and practice: introduction, syllabus, and nonverbals
- (FTA Manual, pp. 13-16)
May 19
- Accurate English - 13.1, 13.2, & 13.3
- Interaction practice: introductions, syllabus - nonverbal cues and answering questions (pairwork)
May 21
- Accurate English - 14.1
- MTT Scheduling
May 23
May 26
MEMORIAL DAY
OSU CLOSED
May 28
- MTT Scheduling
- Accurate English - 14.3
- TA Manual, pp. 16-20
- Discussion: office hours, student requests and complaints
- Presentation practice: classroom interaction (course review)
May 30
- Discussion: office hours, student requests and complaints (cont')
- Practice: office hours, student requests and complaints
- MTT Scheduling
- Course evaluation