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2011 Academic Lecture Comprehension 2

Coordinator : Yoshio Ueno (yueno@waseda.jp)

red: required for all ALC classesgreen: useful to lower-level

students

Review of 2011 ALC1 (sources of difficulties) and preview of changes in ALC2

# Classes: Only 11 classes (and 3 make-up classes) 14 ALC course design (from 2007)

Summary writing after each of 5 chapters 1 or 2 (incl. 1 before mid-term) (one-paragraph-long multiple-paragraph-long)

5 chapters 4 chapters No paragraph writing session

Week 1 review of paragraph structure (sample on CD)Week 2 how to write a multiple-paragraph-long passage (sample on

CD) Student Performance Record Sheet

7 goals 5 goals 2 in-class tests 1 mid-term (sample draft on CD; rewrite/revise) Achieving a goal: cumulative 60% 60% in one of the assessments “Class Participation”: 3 homework tasks (15 points)

40 points defined by the teacher

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Outline Today’s Handouts Slide 4 Course Overview Slide 5 Course Goals Slide 6 Textbook and Materials Slides 7-12 Course Schedule Slides 13-14 Lecture and Summary (Application) Slide 15 Alternative Schedule Slide 16 Student Performance Record Sheet (SPRS) Slide 17 Notes to SPRS Slide 18 Grading Slide 19 Turning Notes into Passage Slide 20

Today’s Handouts

ALC2 Student Performance Record Sheet ALC2 Course Syllabus ALC2 Instructions for Teachers

Teachers’ Assessment Responsibilities Teacher’s CD

The above documents Supplementary materials

Vocabulary worksheets for each chapter Paragraph writing materials and checklist Sample mid-term test and other sample questions

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Course Overview ： ALC2

Required course for first-year students

One 90-minute session per week Number of sessions (including the

orientation): 14 Approximately 45 students per class

Some new retake students

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Course Goals (simplified) Five Goals in ALC2

Comprehend 5-10 minute lectures. Understand lecture structure. Develop note taking skills.

The above three are combined into one goal in 2011 ALC2.

Ask and answer questions. Read and understand related articles. Write multiple-paragraph-long summaries. Attain 2000-word-level vocabulary.

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Textbook and Materials (1/6)

Textbook Textbook CDs and DVD Students’ Access to CDs and DVD

MDL library: 61-03-303 (Room 303, 3rd Floor, Building 61) 理工メディア映像情報ラボ

In-house online supplementary materials at CELESE website: www.celese.sci.waseda.ac.jp

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Textbook and Materials (2/6)Textbook

Teacher’s Book Intermediate Listening Comprehension transcripts and answer keys Don’t give out transcript copies.

Student’s Book Academic Lecture Comprehension No transcripts or answer keys Different cover

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Textbook and Materials (3/6)Chapter Organization

I. PrelisteningA. Listening PreparationB. Preview of Vocabulary and SentencesC. Rhetorical Listening Cues

II. Listening A. Initial Listening (CD, DVD)B. Mental Rehearsal and Review of the Talk (CD)C. Consolidation (CD)

III. PostlisteningA. The Comprehension Check (CD)B. The Listening Expansion: Task 1 and Task 2 (CD)C. LISTENING FACTOIDS: #1 and #2 (CD)

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Textbook and Materials (4/6)Lecture Types and Chapters

Two lecture types and four chapters covered

Comparison/Contrast Chapter 10 – Asian and African Elephants [3:25] Chapter 12 – The Titanic and the Andrea Doria

[4:48] Causal Analysis

Chapter 13 – Dinosaurs [4:17] Chapter 15 – Endangered Species [10:22]

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Textbook and Materials (5/6)Lecture Recordings

DVD CD

A. Initial Listening (faster, DVD sound)B. Mental Rehearsal and Review of the Talk (very slow, sentences shortened and simplified, comes with soothing music)C. Consolidation (slower than Initial Listening)

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Textbook and Materials (6/6)Online Supplementary Materials

Vocabulary Lists (self-study ) Vocabulary List 1 for mid-term test Vocabulary List 2 for final test

For each chapter/lecture type: Note Taking Materials Practice Lecture (recorded)

Sample worksheets [CD] Supplementary Reading

Ch10 and Ch12 for mid-term test Ch13 and Ch15 for final test

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ACL2 Course Schedule (1/2)

Week 1: Orientation and Review of ALC1 Review of Paragraph Writing [CD]

Week 2: How to write multiple-paragraph-long passage Writing multiple-paragraph-long passage [CD]

Weeks 3,4 : Chapter 10 – Elephants Weeks 5,6: Chapter 12 – The Titanic Week 7: In-class Mid-term Test

Sample mid-term test [CD]

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ALC2 Course Schedule (2/2)

Weeks 8, 9: Chapter 13 – Dinosaurs Weeks 10, 11: Chapter 15 – Endangered

Species Weeks 12-14: Lecture and Summary

(Application) Sample worksheets (based on MITOCW) [CD]

Exam Week: Standardized final test

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Lecture and Summary (Application) (LSA): Plan Ahead!

See pp.2-3 in “Instructions for Teachers” Two possibilities

LSA at the end of the semester (Week 12 to Week 14) Assign a small portion of a specific lecture every week

(with a worksheet that helps understanding) Students have something to watch or listen to every day. No need for the LSA sessions at the end and hence spending

three classes for one chapter is possible. (See the next slide.)

Other options Teacher delivers a lecture. Students watch the assigned lecture at home and teacher

reproduces (a part of) it in class.

Course Schedule (alternative)

Week 1: Orientation and Review of ALC1; LSA prep

Week 2: How to write multiple-paragraph-long passage; LSA prep

Weeks 3,4: Chapter 10 – Elephants; LSA prep Weeks 5,6,7: Chapter 12 – Titanic; LSA prep Week 8: In-class Mid-term Test Week 9,10,11: Chapter 13 – Dinosaurs; LSA prep Week 12,13,14: Chapter 15 – Endangered

Species; LSA prep

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2011 ALC2 Student Performance Record Sheet (SPRS)

Goals Mid-term test

Final test

Class Partici-pation

total

Listening comprehension and note-taking

10 [6] 10 [6] 15 [9] 35

Reading comprehension

5 [3] 5 [3] 10

Q&A 5 [3] 5 [3] 5 [3] 15

Turning notes into passage

5 [3] 5 [3] 15 [9] 25

Vocabulary 5 [3] 5 [3] 5 [3] 15

total 30 30 40 100

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Notes to SPRS

To achieve a goal, students must obtain 60% of the points (shown in brackets [ ]) in one of the assessment for that goal.

To pass ALC2, students must achieve at least 3 out of the 5 goals.

Decide how to use the points for Class Participation and explain it in the orientation. Suggestions on p.2 of Instructions for Teachers

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Grading

① [attendance policy] Miss more than one-third of the classes → “F”

② [pass/fail] To pass the course, students must achieve at least three of the five goals.

③ [letter grade] Add all the assessment points.A+: 90 ≤ score ≤ 100 A: 80 ≤ score < 90

B: 70 ≤ score < 80 C: score < 70

Teacher grade is the final grade.

Turning Notes into Passage: multiple-paragraph-long summary writing

Week 2: How to write a multiple-paragraph-long passage; Explain the guidelines. See p.5 of Instructions for Teachers.

(possible exercise) Write a passage that meets the guidelines using a supplementary reading text. (See sample on CD.)

See “Class Participation” on p.3 of Instructions for Teachers. Before the mid-term: Write one summary. (Ch10). In the mid-term: Write one summary based on notes. (See

the sample mid-term test on CD.) After the mid-term: Write one summary. Write a summary as part of Lecture and Summary

(Application). In the final: multiple-choice questions about the guidelines

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2011 Academic Lecture Comprehension 2

Questions?

Comments?

Suggestions?To Course Coordinator

Thank you!